Report: DA declines to prosecute Alabama players Cam Robinson, Hootie Jones
Alabama offensive lineman Cam Robinson and cornerback Hootie Jones will not be prosecuted for drug and weapons charges, according to a report from KNOE 8 News in Monroe (LA).
KNOE Exclusive. DA has declined prosecution of two Alabama football players arrested in Monroe on drug & weapon charges. Live at 12PM.
— KNOE 8 News (@KNOE8) June 20, 2016
DA declines to prosecute Bama players Cam Robinson & Hootie Jones due to insufficient evidence @KNOE8 @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/v6cJvisjda
— Nicholas A. Picht (@N_Picht) June 20, 2016
Initial charges listed for Robinson included possession of a controlled dangerous substance and illegal possession of stolen firearms. Jones was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and the illegal carrying of a weapon.
District Attorney Jerry Jones cited insufficient evidence in proving who was in possession of the gun and the drugs, which led him to drop the charges. However, AL.com reports that the clerk’s office said the case could proceed in the future if new evidence is presented.
For now, though, no future court dates are scheduled.
“I want to emphasize once again that the main reason I’m doing this is that I refuse to ruin the lives of two young men who have spent their adolescence and teenage years, working and sweating, while we were all in the air conditioning,” said Jones.
Robinson, who missed spring practice because of injuries, is set to begin his third season as the Crimson Tide’s starting left tackle and could be a potential first-round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Jones is a backup safety who has been competing for a starting position.
It is unclear whether Alabama coach Nick Saban will opt to take any disciplinary action of his own. Not long after the allegations, he left us with this: “We are aware of the situation involving Hootie Jones and Cam Robinson and are in the process of gathering facts to determine what internal actions need to be taken.”
We will monitor this story as it continues to develop.
Nice Cover Nick!
Football is too important to the toothless Alabubba people
@sevenT……know the facts before you make a fool of yourself!! Hillbilly……Kentucky style
Back to the kitchen Shelby :)
considering this happened in Louisiana your point makes no sense… thanks tho! :)
Says the backwoods inbreed hillbilly.
Didn’t see that coming AT ALL.
Yeah, who knew the Louisiana DA would drop the charges?
Most likely the bag man that paid the DA knew the charges would be dropped.
Bag man? You mean like John Miller or Barney Farrar? What is it about Ole Miss fans and payoff conspiracies?
You have made 5 or 6 posts about a bagman or paying someone off….I guess if anyone should be familiar with that it would be a Ole Miss fan.
Even after Florida (gun charges), Smh
One question, I’m guessing he never carried on campus ???
The arrest happened in Louisiana, not in Alabama. The university has no pull on Louisiana DA.
Boosters can have pull wherever cash is legal tender, wherever credit cards are accepted, and wherever checks are cashed…
“The university has no pull on Louisiana DA.”
ya think?
id love to know how much that cost.
At least a new air boat.
Yea, I was thinking the same thing. Usually for something like this, they would both be charged. They normally don’t play when it comes to felony charges and firearms.
Being charged is different from being convicted….but I guess you folks in Mississippi don’t know the difference……..BTW how’s that NCAA investigation coming?
You should definitely be relieved, not calling us out. And if NCAA finds OM with no postseason ban, bama fans have no room to talk after this one. Illegal firearms in this bad time vs a $300 light bill, plane ticket, and hotel nights are clear differences.
Bama has no room to talk? Stringfellow was convicted of assault which involved a woman and he is starting for Ole Miss….Might want to watch that glass house.
BamaTime, Stringfellow lost a year of eligibility and the “assault” was him trying to take a camera from a woman and she fainted. Go read the police report. But either way, if that had been you or me they would’ve gone through with pressing charges. This is just another case of athletes getting a break. The DA literally said he didn’t want to ruin this kid’s life because he “worked hard while we sat in the air conditioner.”
BamaTIme, old, tired argument you’re making about Stringfellow. He did his time, paid the fine, and sat out an entire year of football. And the “Assault” was a scuffle over a camera. He handled the camera, not the woman. The woman was knocked over in the fight for the camera is all. He didn’t punch at her (the way Simmons did to a woman on the ground, yet got practically zero punishment for.)
You’re trying to compare a misdemeanor against a federal felony. Just doesn’t fly. Go home. Sit. Stay. Good boy.
Actually when you read the report and the law what made the Stringfellow case a misdemeanor was the value of the camera…Just so happens it was 3$ under the cost of a felony. As for Cam and Hootie. Looks like they weren’t charged with anything.
Lol Crimson you sounded pretty unintelligent, but doesn’t surprise me. You should be happy they got away with something they should have. That should have been a little jail time.
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“As we say in munchkin land, no one saw this coming because it’s over all our heads.”
–Nick Saban
The “munchkin” in KING in college football…….Esec….Go back under your rock…Jealousy doesn’t become you!! RTR
Excuse me, but “say what?” I’d say scandal but this happened in a rivals territory, simply sounds like good place for every drug dealer , or any criminal enterprise to consider relocating to
Dude, the DA doesn’t care about school loyalty and rivalry hate. He only cares about whether or not he gets paid.
Since it was the Louisiana DA, I guess it’s probably clean of any Alabama sway.
Yeah, right. Because Ben Franklin and Ulysses S Grant have absolutely no pull in a budget deficit state. Poor DA worried if the state can afford to pay him this year, and along comes an Alabama player with rich connections.
So if they were “young men” who spent their adolescence and teenage years studying and working in the air conditioning, he would have decided to prosecute???
That is one of the most idiotic statements I have ever heard from a District Attorney. Something stinks in this case.
Illegal possession of stolen firearms, are you kidding me??? This is how these athletes get their privileged attitude. He should have at least plea bargained to a minor drug possession charge at THE VERY LEAST.
I completely agree. I’m shocked by his stated reasoning. If the basis was insufficient evidence, he should have left it at that. Insinuating that he didn’t want to charge them b/c they are hard-working football players is inflammatory, and should be irrelevant, in my opinion. I find myself baffled that a DA, in any jurisdiction, would find it necessary or appropriate to make those sort of comments, especially considering the sensitivity of illegally possessed firearms in our current social and legal landscapes.
yup, I expected to see a plea deal, but this “these poor kids” and insufficient evidence?? c’mon…
Good job, aggie. I was wondering if anyone was going to point out the DA’s statement. Going by his logic (lack thereof, really) then that would make a case for anyone who studied at any point throughout their primary school years to never be prosecuted… this guy is crazy. I was all about waiting til this played out in a courtroom before passing judgement on whether or not they should get in trouble, after we heard the facts of the case… that’s not even gonna happen though, for that reason??? If there’s more to the story, why not say so? That is unless it’s something illegal, which we have no way of knowing. If what he said is the truth, he should be out of a job at the very least.
I seriously hope no one thought this would end any other way. I can’t wait for the 30 for 30 story to come out in twenty years. “The U Part 3” will have a slight change of scenery.
It would have to be part 4 as part 3 was already done on Auburn…
You just can’t keep your mouth shout can you…..Two football players embarrassed your school and you are clowning on everybody else ! But what else should we expect from you. #Vols4Real
Really? You’re a UT fan. You have players committing rape and players assaulting the guy who tried to help. Be careful in that glass house.
Two words…………
ROLL TIDE!
So let me get this straight, they were caught red handed with stolen guns and pot but there isnt enough evidence? Either the DA is extremely incompetent or something fishy is going on. My 11 year old daughter could prosecute this case.
No they were in a car with pot and a gun under the seat. That’s not “red handed”, and if they “didn’t know it was there” there is enough doubt as to who it belongs to. I’m betting the fact that neither of them have a record played in to this decision.
The law states when you take possesion of a vehicle and are in control of it you are responsible for anything in that vehicle. Ignorance is no excuse. In real life if any other than a college kid playing for any school that is a high profile player, were caught they would have been held responsible for the contents inside the vehicle. Period. It is an absurd call by the DA
Unless something was handled incorrectly. Which it appears to be leading that way.
“The arresting officer, Sgt. Tommy Crowson, detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle
and found Jones sitting in the passenger seat with a handgun laying in his lap.”
I’m wondering what would have made it an illegal search.. unless shining a flashlight into the car is not illegal…
I’m not nor have ever advocated that Cam n Hootie be ruined over this. But I did expect to see a plea down. Not the crap the DA is saying.
ops, unless shining a light *is illegal…
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Put that in your pipes and puff on it clowns!!! You can’t touch THE University of Alabama!!! Thank you Scammin” Cam Newton for paving the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proud to be an alumnus of the Evil Lipstick-Trophy-Wielding Empire
I read that the reason they dropped the charges was due to it being considered an illegal search. Not sure why it would be considered an illegal search, smell of weed, 2:30 a.m., etc. And they couldn’t determine who the gun belonged to? Smh..
if that’s the word, it took them this long to decide, this is the best excuse we can come up with?… The gun was reported stolen. The gun was under the seat of one of the players car. If it was Cam’s car, good thinking to place it under the passenger seat so he could have deniability at least. But enough pressure and threats could have gotten him to reveal the source for the gun, unless of course, he felt exposing the source was considered to a the bigger risk.
Just a reminder to the haters who are too busy yelling about football and money and conspiracy theories:
These are young men, who have no record whatsoever, and if they weren’t Alabama football players you would probably never have heard about it or cared. Would you really rather ruin the lives of these young men over something as simple as a little pot and a couple of guns that they had taken target shooting, just so your football team can have a different situation that may not even matter against another football team?
Who, exactly, are the ones who are obsessed with football over everything else now? Heaven forbid we actually try to teach these kids an actual lesson, and have them earn redemption, instead of just tossing them in jail and screwing them over forever.
And yeah, Cam had a stolen gun. Prove that he knew it was stolen, when he bought it (if I remember right) a store in Daphne, AL, and bought it over a year ago.
They had no previous record. They weren’t hurting anyone, it was a non-violent offense, and I applaud the DA for seeing the bigger picture with these kids. I don’t care what school they went to, I don’t care if this was any of the big-name players for any SEC team, including people like Leonard Fournette or Josh Dobbs or someone like that. This is a win for common sense, and for the real purpose of these programs: molding young men into better ones with an education and the development of skills that will provide for their future.
You guys can all shut up and deal with it, and keep crying about how your team can’t beat Bama and how two players getting out of something is at fault for that instead of the actual factors. Meanwhile, I’ll keep enjoying having a coach like Nick Saban who, contrary to you haters’ opinions, actually cares about the character and actions of his players, not just the talent.
And also be careful about throwing stones when EVERY SEC program has arrests, and frankly, I’d rather Alabama players get arrested for this than for sexual assault or actual violence.
Also, I’m going to say this and you won’t believe it, but I don’t care. I am not a hateful, homer, Alabama fan. I hate Updyke, I pull for EVERY SEC team against non-conference opponents, and I’m ok with every single one of you winning 11 or 12 games a year, depending on if you play Alabama. But that doesn’t mean I won’t speak up when I hear a bunch of people talking out of places that shouldn’t see the light of day.
So now you understand how tiring it gets for us OM fans with the NCAA investigation? We’re pretty tired of it and the conspiracy theories from other “experts” on these message boards. I just want to get to September so the games can be played on the field, not behind computers.
What’s crazy if you have Ole Miss fans posting constantly about Paying players on multiple article more than other fanbases… You guys are doing it to yourselves…
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You saying OM fans are posting comments about how we pay players? More than other schools? WTF. That doesn’t even make sense! Cam may not have known it was stolen, but surely he knew it wasn’t his. No, I don’t think he should go to prison but all charges dropped completely, even a serious felony? Even our own Robert Nkemdechie has to go through the court system and pay a fine for the weed. Certainly fell in the draft over it and no guns involved there.
You haven’t seen Tclark post in all the Ole Miss articles about paying players? Not sure how you missed it.
Thank you. Frankly, I’m tired of it too. Until the NCAA comes out with the results, all of it is speculation. It’s so tiring to hear fanbases yell at each other for the stupidest of reasons.
alrighty then, not another word about Jeffrey Simmons… ok?…
What does Simmons have to do with this? If we are linking all cases together no fan base should be talking smack.
I’m sure you’ve heard the term, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander… and yep, I guess you’d be correct on the smack talk over arrests.
BamaTime…..I am asking nicely…..please stop posting stupid comments ….your boys got off…Nick will do nothing….all things are good in your world…..let’s move on. #Vols4Real
Asking nicely? You’re ignorant. UT is currently fighting against charges about not properly handling sexual assault cases. You might should be quiet.
The DA should be removed simply for that idiotic statement.
Who and what charges besides Johnson and the JUCO D-lineman ….you just have wishful thinking…just admit your stupid and rejoice that you are a Bamer….#Vols4Real
Trouble with the reply function? Seriously your a UT fan. The school not a player but the school itself Is being accused of not handling sexual assault cases properly. You might have the least amount of room as a fan base in the SEC to talk about someone else.
If the 2 guys arrested for rape are convicted ….then issue the punishment…..but there are 85 plus guys that are only guilty of being on the same team…..Bama has accomplished so much under Saban… And you have owned UT ….just like our 9 game win streak….. Oh and there is one other thing you are better at…..Being on probation ! So I think we have a lot of room as a fan base.
You still don’t get it. In your crying rant of trying to put down Bama on multiple articles you continue to overlook what I have said. You keep talking about the two guys being arrested for rape but it goes beyond that. The University has a lawsuit against it for improperly handling sexual assault. So please keep focusing on someone getting arrested and continue to miss what is actually being said.
Then it is up to the NCAA to make sure they never hit the field.
Less than half a gram, a strong smell of marijuana? Or 4 young black males with a legally owned firearm legally being carried gives the cop his illegal reasonable suspicion to illegally search the vehicle & then “less than half a gram of pot” was found. Had this been 4 young guys without a means to be properly defended they would’ve been railroaded, like so many others. It just so happens these guys had proper legal representation & justice was served. Unfortunately this happens all to often in this country, cops use illegal means to put cases on people. If more people had access to a private attorney not a public defender more cases would be properly dismissed like this one was.
Wow. I’m shocked. Didn’t see this coming at all. Alabama was getting thin on the OL and secondary. Can’t have these 2 being suspended and risk losing a few games. What a joke. They found them with a stolen gun and let them off free because “they work hard in the sun”. So what you’re saying is, anyone who works outside gets a free pass to steal firearms?
So if I don’t have air conditioning, I can have a controlled substance and illegal carrying of a stolen firearm?? Smh… just because they are football players. One of the most idiotic statements I’ve ever seen from a human being.
The only thing that bothers me is the reasoning the DA gave as to why he isn’t pursuing it. That is freaking stupid LOL playing football is a privilege. They weren’t forced to be out in the Heat LMAO the guy acts like they were in some kind of forced labor camp their whole adolescent LOL no they were out there with all their buddies practicing a GAME!
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