Search warrants sealed yet again

cloneaholic · 05-09-2008, 06:18 PM

Amazing.
Search warrants involving alleged UI assault, football players sealed again | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register

ISUAlum2002 · 05-09-2008, 06:24 PM

Big surprise. Make sure we suppress all information to make sure not to damage anyone's reputation in Iowa City.

brianhos · 05-09-2008, 06:25 PM

Must be something good and juicy in there.

SouthernHawk · 05-09-2008, 06:45 PM

Uh oh, I smell a cover up!

Wesley · 05-09-2008, 06:50 PM

It will be opened when recruiting season is over.

MontyBurns · 05-09-2008, 07:28 PM

It must name more players than just the ones who transferred. No big deal, with all the talent and depth on the Iowa football team they can handle the distraction not to mention wondering which players will be taking the fall for this in the future.

ISU4ME · 05-09-2008, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by MontyBurns

It must name more players than just the ones who transferred. No big deal, with all the talent and depth on the Iowa football team they can handle the distraction not to mention wondering which players will be taking the fall for this in the future.

Exactly "Next Thug In." Iowa does not rebuild, just reload.

(Yeah, reload the balance on stolen credit cards!)

Ivanclone · 05-09-2008, 09:29 PM

Huge article today in the Daily Iowan about the latest beatdown, last Saturday:

Aftermath of brutal attack on UI student - Metro

The final blow could have killed him within 30 minutes.

It was a punch that smashed UI student Brian LaGro's skull, flooding blood between his skull and brain tissue and sending his body to the concrete sidewalk.

During the early hours of May 3, the 22-year-old was reportedly beaten by a group of people near the L&M Mighty Shop, 504 E. Burlington St. Although LaGro has been released from the hospital, the investigation is still going on; as of Thursday, police have not yet found any suspects.

The assault

It is fuzzy to police, his family, and LaGro himself what exactly happened around 2:15 a.m. near downtown Iowa City, but there is a generic picture of how the incident played out. . . .

Sad . . . the problem appears to be getting worse. Imagine the call in the middle of the night that your son is going in for brain surgery.

MontyBurns · 05-09-2008, 09:52 PM

More good pub. Should be a big help for recruiting:

Once his son is better and things settle down, Phillip LaGro plans to come up with a written campaign against "alcohol-infested" campuses across the nation, focusing on the UI. He says that alcohol abuse is a national epidemic that is, in general, ignored...

During his time in town, Phillip LaGro said many officials and people he has spoken with have expressed their frustration with the increase in violence in Iowa City.

UI senior Greg Guinter, one of Brian LaGro's roommates, agreed that Iowa City has become more violent.

"It's unbelievable how bad it's gotten since my freshman year in terms of violence and sexual assaults," he said.

twojman · 05-09-2008, 11:08 PM

Sick, just sick.

Psyclone · 05-09-2008, 11:09 PM

I'll never understand why that cell phone incident a number of years ago didn't become a bigger deal. It was discovered in court documents and it exposed activity that was in clear violation of NCAA rules. I thought the hammer would come down on that one, but it just seemed to fade away.

ketelmeister · 05-11-2008, 07:29 PM

Actually, it is sealed until multiple investigations are over, then a full report will be made. As I've said in the past, this is far from over. If it was over, the files would be opened up for all to see, the case dismissed and everyone would move on. That may yet happen, but the fact it hasn't yet, shows this is far from over.

SouthernHawk · 05-11-2008, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by ketelmeister

Actually, it is sealed until multiple investigations are over, then a full report will be made. As I've said in the past, this is far from over. If it was over, the files would be opened up for all to see, the case dismissed and everyone would move on. That may yet happen, but the fact it hasn't yet, shows this is far from over.

Yup, and I'm glad those guys are off the team.

MontyBurns · 05-11-2008, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by SouthernHawk

Yup, and I'm glad those guys are off the team.

Which guys? The ones named in the sealed search warrants that you've never seen?

Phaedrus · 05-11-2008, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by SouthernHawk

Yup, and I'm glad those guys are off the team.

Or maybe the "guys" are the coaches who claimed to know nothing about it, even though they'd already suspended the players who "they didn't know had done anything...."

That old "integrity" thing just is a PITA, ain't it???