09-17-2007, 12:02 PM
Crime Blotter: O.J. Squeezed For Armed Robbery
Audio of the confrontation: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/17/oj.simpson/index.html#cnnSTCVideo">http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/17/oj ... nnSTCVideo</a><!-- m -->
Here we go again. O.J. Simpson says he didn't do it, but he's been arrested for stealing his own sports memorabilia at gunpoint from a Vegas hotel room. The former football player maintains that he was only retrieving his goods swiped from him, but a tape obtained by TMZ indicates otherwise. On it, O.J. basically goes all O.J. on the vendor he claims is a thief.
"Whether or not the property belonged to Mr. Simpson or not is still in debate," a Sin City detective told the Associated Press Sunday. "Having said that, the manner in which this property was taken, we have a responsibility to look into that, irregardless of who the property belonged to."
Simpson has been charged with two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit a crime and burglary with a firearm. If convicted, he could get as many as 30 years in state prison on each robbery count alone. He's currently being held without bail and being subjected to countless, "What happens in Vegas... " jokes.
Meanwhile, in Nashville, country singer Mindy McCready has been sentenced to a year in prison for violating her probation on a 2004 drug charge. She's already been in jail since July, when she was busted for allegedly roughing up her mother.
Audio of the confrontation: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/17/oj.simpson/index.html#cnnSTCVideo">http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/17/oj ... nnSTCVideo</a><!-- m -->
Here we go again. O.J. Simpson says he didn't do it, but he's been arrested for stealing his own sports memorabilia at gunpoint from a Vegas hotel room. The former football player maintains that he was only retrieving his goods swiped from him, but a tape obtained by TMZ indicates otherwise. On it, O.J. basically goes all O.J. on the vendor he claims is a thief.
"Whether or not the property belonged to Mr. Simpson or not is still in debate," a Sin City detective told the Associated Press Sunday. "Having said that, the manner in which this property was taken, we have a responsibility to look into that, irregardless of who the property belonged to."
Simpson has been charged with two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit a crime and burglary with a firearm. If convicted, he could get as many as 30 years in state prison on each robbery count alone. He's currently being held without bail and being subjected to countless, "What happens in Vegas... " jokes.
Meanwhile, in Nashville, country singer Mindy McCready has been sentenced to a year in prison for violating her probation on a 2004 drug charge. She's already been in jail since July, when she was busted for allegedly roughing up her mother.