Idiot of the Week: The Fake Gunslinger

Idiot of the Week: The Fake Gunslinger
Idiot of the Week: The Fake GunslingerIdiot of the Week: The Fake GunslingerIdiot of the Week: The Fake GunslingerIdiot of the Week: The Fake GunslingerIdiot of the Week: The Fake Gunslinger

Without a doubt, the Rutgers University football team has been doing a lot better over recent years. Tickets for games have been selling out in outstanding numbers, the amount of prospective students applying to the University has significantly skyrocketed and Scarlet Knight students have definitely been feeling the spirit. Unfortunately, our school can’t seem to stay out of the news.

 

Not many have heard but 19-year-old Justin Francis, defense tackle football player, was arrested for robbery during the spring semester ’08 at Rutgers. Francis allegedly robbed a man for his cellular phone in a New Brunswick parking lot on campus and threatened a student with a fake pistol for knocking on his apartment door.

 

The Florida native was held overnight at the Middlesex County jail on $20,000 bail. According to Pete Hendricks, a New Brunswick lawyer, “The police did their investigation into the matter and brought charges against Justin Francis.” Francis was charged with robbery, possession of a weapon, burglary and terroristic threats.

 

Coach Greg Schiano decided it would be best to suspend the player for an indefinite length of time. There are many different views about this matter from RU students. According to a few blogs about it online, some feel the situation was taken too seriously because Francis may have been intoxicated during his actions and no one was harmed. Others feel it really does not matter and he should be punished for “terrorizing” students.

 

Different opinions are always interesting to hear, so feel free to share your thoughts and comments.

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Comments

Jessica Almanza
I think it's worse to get mugged by someone who's clearly intoxicated because alcohol throws inhibitions out the window so that's definitely not a good defense. Besides - he's 19 so he shouldn't be drinking in the first place. Posted 06/20/2008 09:28 AMReply
Hector Nazario
Were there really people defending his actions by saying it's OK cause he was probably drunk?

Wow. I weep for humanity.
Posted 06/20/2008 09:44 AMReply
Steph
That guy has man-breasts. Posted 06/20/2008 2:21 PMReply
Hector Nazario
@ Steph: Luscious, ample man-breasts, though. Posted 06/20/2008 2:59 PMReply
Anonymous
@ HectorOTR: Actually he did take the cell phone, but immediatly gave it back. It was a very very stupid prank it seems and he will pay the appropriate consequences. Posted 06/20/2008 3:05 PMReply
Anonymous
ouch . . . I hope he's sorry for what he did, and bounces back from this. Posted 07/13/2008 04:57 AMReply

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