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For having his pants too low......and fighting about it. :D

 

Vikings cornerback Cedric Griffin was arrested early Sunday morning after an altercation at the Spin nightclub in downtown Minneapolis.

 

Griffin was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct after fighting with staff members from the Spin, located at 10 S. 5th St. He posted $50 bail and was released at 4:45 a.m.

 

According to Minneapolis police spokeswoman Lt. Amelia Huffman, Minneapolis police were summoned to the Spin because security members were "physically fighting" with Griffin inside. The officers observed Griffin being carried "bodily down the stairs" toward an exit.

 

Spin staff members got Griffin outside and told him not to return. "[Griffin] was quite angry," Huffman said, "and was yelling at the officers, refusing to leave." One of the officers maced him, Huffman said, but Griffin still remained on the sidewalk outside the club.

 

"He was yelling and swearing at officers," Huffman said, "telling the officers that he was going to have them fired." At about 1:40 a.m., Griffin was arrested.

 

Spin officials later told police they ejected Griffin for a dress-code violation. Huffman said Griffin refused to correct the violation -- wearing his jeans too low -- and would not leave when asked.

 

"He threw elbows and pulled away when they tried to escort him out," Huffman said.

 

A Vikings spokesman declined to comment. Griffin has an April 20 court date.

 

Griffin, penciled in to be a starter in the 2007 season, is the sixth member of the Vikings to be arrested in the past 12 months. According to a 2003 story in the Austin American-Statesman, he also was arrested while attending the University of Texas. In that incident, he was charged for interfering with an emergency telephone call.

 

Because this is his first arrest since joining the NFL in April 2006, Griffin likely will not be subject to immediate discipline under the league's new personal conduct policy. The lone exception under a first offense, according to the policy, is in cases of "significant bodily harm."

 

A second offense can lead to fines and/or a suspension. Vikings coach Brad Childress also can levy a limited fine, or deactivate Griffin for a regular-season game -- the equivalent of a suspension with pay.

 

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Spin staff members got Griffin outside and told him not to return. "[Griffin] was quite angry," Huffman said, "and was yelling at the officers, refusing to leave." One of the officers maced him, Huffman said, but Griffin still remained on the sidewalk outside the club.

 

 

Jeez...with everything happening in the NFL regarding this stuff, you would think he would just shut up and walk away when police were called.

 

 

"He was yelling and swearing at officers," Huffman said, "telling the officers that he was going to have them fired." At about 1:40 a.m., Griffin was arrested.

 

What a dumb@ss...

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He's mad and he's going to get those cops fired.

 

Don't they know who their dealing with? He's a Minnesota Viking for godsakes. He'll wear his pants as low as he wants and nobody's going to do anything about it. He's calling the Mayor's office as we speak.

 

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If this cornerbacking thingy doesn't work out, he's going to replace this dude at NWA...

 

 

NWA pilot arrested in Michigan after chase in Hummer

The St. Paul man is suspected of being under the influence of cocaine and alcohol in the incident Saturday.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Last update: April 15, 2007 – 11:37 PM

 

PORT HURON, MICH. - A Northwest Airlines pilot from St. Paul made a U-turn at a U.S.-Canada border crossing, then led deputies on a chase in a rented Hummer before being subdued and found to be holding suspected cocaine, sheriff's officers said Sunday.

Walter L. Dinalko, 50, apparently changed his mind after driving onto the Blue Water Bridge toward Sarnia, Ontario, Saturday night, said St. Clair County sheriff's Lt. A.J. Foster.

 

Dinalko turned around three times, then drove the wrong way off the bridge and headed west onto the eastbound lanes of Interstate Hwy. 94, Foster said.

 

U.S. Customs agents followed the pilot and alerted sheriff's deputies, who closed down the expressway and gave chase, Foster said.

 

Deputies laid down stop sticks, which flattened the Hummer's tires. Dinalko stopped but refused to surrender to deputies, Foster said.

 

"He started giving them a hard time, and a tussle ensued," Foster said. Deputies subdued him and found the suspected cocaine on the floor of the vehicle and in Dinalko's pocket, the lieutenant said.

 

The pilot was taken to a hospital to test for possible drug poisoning because it appeared he had taken cocaine, said sheriff's Lt. Jim DeLacy. He was later taken to jail, where he was held overnight.

 

"He appeared to be highly under the influence of narcotics," said DeLacy, who was on the scene of the arrest.

 

DeLacy said a "user's quantity" of suspected cocaine was found in the vehicle, including one opened package and one sealed package. Toxicology tests on a sample of the pilot's blood were pending, DeLacy said.

 

Dinalko was arraigned Sunday on charges of cocaine possession, eluding police, resisting officers and operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs, DeLacy said. He was released after posting $10,000 bail.

 

Calls to the number listed for Dinalko in St. Paul were not returned.

 

Before his release, Foster said Dinalko was given a breath test that indicated he had alcohol in his system. He was held for some time until his blood-alcohol level fell to a level considered sober, Foster said.

 

DeLacy said Dinalko didn't smell of alcohol at the time of his arrest, but the sheriff's officer noted that drunken driving and operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs are treated similarly under Michigan law.

 

Shawn Brumbaugh, a spokeswoman for Eagan-based Northwest, confirmed that Dinalko was an off-duty Northwest employee but declined further comment.

 

DeLacy said the sheriff's department notified Northwest of the arrest Saturday night.

 

DeLacy said Dinalko -- who has worked as a pilot for about 20 years -- had flown Saturday afternoon to Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, about 70 miles southwest of Port Huron, and rented the Hummer.

 

 

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He's an NFL player and for all the talk around trouble with the law and new disciplinary measures, it amazes me how these guys forget one very simple rule...

 

"Nothing good can possibly come from being in a night club at 2 am."

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Don't get us started now...one way to keep Green Bay players out of trouble:

 

1. Don't build any nightclubs.

2. Don't resign your star players.

3. Invite minors over for parties.

4.

 

1. Nick Barnett has done nothing wrong.

2. If you're referring to Ahman Green, you're insane. He was done 3 years ago. The line made him look good last year.

3. Mark Chmura was a piece of trash, I beleive he was already on the way out when that happened.

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...one way to keep Minnesota players out of trouble:

 

1. Don't launch any boats.

2. Trade your star players.

3. Don't sign Donald Driver when he's a free agent.

4. Hire Mike Tice.

 

 

 

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Normally it's the other teams in the NFL undressing the Vikings. Pretty bad when you do it to yourself. Of course, I think the reason the cornerback pushed off Pearson back in the day is because his pants were falling off him as well. :D

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Don't get us started now...one way to keep Green Bay players out of trouble:

 

1. Don't build any nightclubs.

2. Don't resign your star players.

3. Invite minors over for parties.

4.

 

4 make sure they poop before they go in youre closet

 

5 dont allow any pain pills in GB

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Don't get us started now...one way to keep Green Bay players out of trouble:

 

1. Don't build any nightclubs.

2. Don't resign your star players.

3. Invite minors over for parties.

4.

 

 

1. Super Bowl IV

2. Super Bowl VIII

3. Super Bowl IX

4. Super Bowl XI

5. Atlanta Falcons Dirty bird

 

Why be a Viking fan? I think suicide would be in my near future.

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Normally it's the other teams in the NFL undressing the Vikings. Pretty bad when you do it to yourself. Of course, I think the reason the cornerback pushed off Pearson back in the day is because his pants were falling off him as well. :D

 

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Maybe I jumped the gun in caling him a dumbass...

 

GRIFFIN TRULY IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME?

 

Though we usually regard claims that an arrested NFL player was in the "wrong place at the wrong time" as having the same credibility as a prisoner in a jail cell professing his innocence, we're heard from some trusted sources that Vikings cornerback Cedric Griffin truly might have been the rare exception to the rule.

 

Griffin was at the Spin nightclub in Minneapolis following a meeting with his banker, and was invited by the manager to stay in a VIP room. When Griffin went to the men's room, a bouncer asked him to pull up his pants, which supposedly were riding too low.

 

Griffin objected, and before he knew it he was being thrown out. There was, we're told, no fight.

 

Once on the outside, he tried to explain the situation to a police officer. The officer told him to move on. (Or move out.) The officer eventually concluded that Griffin was too aggressive and/or animated, and so the cop broke out the mace.

 

We're told that, after Griffin was arrested, he promptly called coach Brad Childress.

 

Our sources also tell us that Griffin rarely goes out, and that he was not at the club with an entourage or "making it rain."

 

With all that said, the fact remains that he was arrested. And it's three points in Turd Watch for the Vikings. But given that he got out of jail on bail of only $50, we have a feeling that these charges will likely be dropped.

 

 

 

From PFT...

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Vikings CB Ronyell Whitaker was just arrested last night as well (2 misdemeanor charges involving driving and alcohol). :D

 

 

 

This was a mistake and an apology was issued....

 

Vikings player's arrest a 'total mistake'

By Judd Zulgad, Star Tribune

Last update: April 19, 2007 – 4:47 PM

 

 

 

The attorney for Vikings cornerback Ronyell Whitaker said the arrest of his client Thursday morning in downtown Minneapolis on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for drunk driving and careless driving was a "total mistake" and that an apology has been made.

The warrant stemmed from Whitaker being pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving by the State Patrol last September in Eden Prairie. Whitaker passed the field sobriety test but was issued a citation for reckless driving. Whitaker's attorney, Joe Tamburino, appeared in court on the player's behalf and the ticket was paid.

 

The matter, however, did not show up as being resolved when police observed Whitaker's vehicle parked illegally at 400 3rd Ave. North at 2:40 this morning. Whitaker's agent, Brian Levy, said Whitaker had been at a club and that the valet service actually parked the car.

 

When the police ran Whitaker's license through the system the warrant for his arrest mistakenly came up. Whitaker was released from police custody at 5:28 a.m. and hours later Tamburino's office contacted the clerk at the Ridgedale courthouse in Minnesota.

 

"I have the receipt that we paid the ticket," Tamburino said. "They apologized and said they didn't know why it was marked as a non-appearance by Ronyell. It's a total mistake."

 

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