Friendly Fire from Ryan Gillum
D.A. | Apr 20, 2010 | Comments 3
Posted: Mike Couzens
The Great Snowball Fiasco of 2010 continues on The Hill. Delone Carter’s lawyer entered a not guilty plea for him in court yesterday and the case will not resume in court until June 2nd.
The Fizz has already documented there are no winners in this embarrassment. However, a nugget from the court proceedings makes the entire case even more interesting.
The Post Standard’s court reporter extraordinaire, Jim O’Hara, dug into the case to find out that something teammate Ryan Gillum said may have helped keep the case against Delone alive.
O’Hara writes, “The criminal case almost didn’t make it through Monday’s arraignment, according to (Carter’s attorney).”
This is because the complaint brought against Delone was based off a “police investigation” and the affadavit of William Hotaling – who has now become “That Guy” for sending his mashed up face picture into the newspaper. (See this week’s FizzCast for D.A.’s rant on Hotaling)
But what may have kept the entire thing afloat, according to O’Hara, is that Ryan Gillum threw Delone Carter under the bus.
O’Hara writes, “Gillum, who was released without being charged, gave police a statement Wednesday identifying Carter as the person who threw the punch.
“Gillum said it sounded like a brick hit his 2007 GMC Yukon SUV when the snowball struck the passenger side.
“The two guys were laughing about it and they both denied it and that’s when Delone punched the kid,” Gillum said. “He only punched him once but the kid went down hard. I didn’t know Delone was gonna punch the kid.”’
This doesn’t make things easier for either Carter or Gillum. It sounds like without the Gillum statement, Carter might be in the clear.
Now, not only does it identify Carter as the guy who threw the punch, but also creates a rocky situation for Gillum in the locker room. You don’t get respect when you sell out a teammate to the cops.
And as it stands now, both players are suspended for the rest of spring practice and Carter is suspended from school. Carter’s lawyer says he plans to appeal to have Delone reinstated as a student.
We’ll continue to dissect “The Snowball Fiasco” as details emerge. Don’t forget – whatever you hear, you can always feel free to pass it along to The Fizz newsroom right here.
You guys are making it out like Gilluim is the bad guy. Carter obviously is a thug with anger problems, or else he would not have punched the kid for throwing snow at his buddy’s car. Who does that? Not people from where I am from. Do you expect Gillum to lie to the police to get Carter out of trouble for doing something so stupid. Not to mention the fact that the victim could probably point Carter out as well as the victim’s friend. This is pretty irresponsible journalism, and I use the word journalism lightly.
Tony,
I think you’re probably smart enough to realize the difference between journalism and opinion. We’re not breaking the story here. We’re analyzing it. It’s hard for me to see where the irresponsibility in that lies. Also, not sure where you’re from, but my guess is somebody’s thrown a punch or two in your zip code without being a thug or having anger issues. Unless of course you’re monk in Nepal. In which case I’d applaud your dial up connection.
Thanks for reading the Fizz,
DA
If you are punching someone that hard over a snow ball hitting your boy’s car, you have anger issues and I consider you a thug. Yes I have seen fights and punches throw in my zip code, but that was mostly in grade school or bar fights. If you are a college student and you are still fighting, you have issues, anger is probably just the tip of the iceberg. The guy is a thug, face it, and not even a good enough football player for really anyone to care. Sad thing is he will likely stay in this area after graduation or being kicked out of school so we will have to deal with him for years, b/c I am sure he was a model citizen before this incident.