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Armed robbery, that is. Here's the story:
LAS VEGAS -- Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying
he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room
and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career,
long ago eclipsed by scandal.
The arrest starts a new legal odyssey for the fallen football
star who more than a decade ago was acquitted of the slayings of
his ex-wife and a friend, and opens the possibility he could spend
decades behind bars.
Simpson was taken away from The Palms casino-hotel by
plainclothes officers a day after the arrest of a golfing buddy who
police say accompanied him with a gun in the Thursday night holdup.
Handcuffed and wearing a golf shirt and jeans, Simpson was placed
in an SUV.
"He was very cooperative, there were no issues," Capt. James
Dillon said.
Simpson was being booked on two counts of robbery with a deadly
weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to
commit burglary and burglary with a firearm, police said. The
district attorney, meanwhile, said he expected Simpson to
ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross
misdemeanor.
A judge ordered Simpson held without bail, police said. If
convicted of the booking charges, Simpson would face up to 30 years
in state prison on each robbery count alone.
"He is facing a lot of time," said Clark County District
Attorney David Roger.
Simpson, 60, has said he and other people were retrieving items
that belonged to him. Simpson has said there were no guns involved
and that he went to the room at the casino only to get stolen
mementos that included his Hall of Fame certificate and a picture
of the running back with J. Edgar Hoover.
LAS VEGAS -- Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying
he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room
and snatched memorabilia that documented his own sports career,
long ago eclipsed by scandal.
The arrest starts a new legal odyssey for the fallen football
star who more than a decade ago was acquitted of the slayings of
his ex-wife and a friend, and opens the possibility he could spend
decades behind bars.
Simpson was taken away from The Palms casino-hotel by
plainclothes officers a day after the arrest of a golfing buddy who
police say accompanied him with a gun in the Thursday night holdup.
Handcuffed and wearing a golf shirt and jeans, Simpson was placed
in an SUV.
"He was very cooperative, there were no issues," Capt. James
Dillon said.
Simpson was being booked on two counts of robbery with a deadly
weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to
commit burglary and burglary with a firearm, police said. The
district attorney, meanwhile, said he expected Simpson to
ultimately be charged with seven felonies and one gross
misdemeanor.
A judge ordered Simpson held without bail, police said. If
convicted of the booking charges, Simpson would face up to 30 years
in state prison on each robbery count alone.
"He is facing a lot of time," said Clark County District
Attorney David Roger.
Simpson, 60, has said he and other people were retrieving items
that belonged to him. Simpson has said there were no guns involved
and that he went to the room at the casino only to get stolen
mementos that included his Hall of Fame certificate and a picture
of the running back with J. Edgar Hoover.
:cough:: lindsey lohan).