Jamal Lewis Indicted
Yahoo! News – Jamal Lewis Indicted on Federal Drug Rap
Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis, who had the second-highest rushing total in NFL history last season, was indicted Wednesday on federal drug charges.
The Atlanta native is accused of helping arrange a drug deal involving cocaine in the summer of 2000, U.S. Attorney William S. Duffey said. Lewis was expected to turn himself in Thursday, the prosecutor said.
A message left for Lewis’ attorney, Ed Garland, wasn’t returned.
Lewis is charged with conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms of cocaine and using a cell phone in the commission of the first count, Duffey said.
Yikes. Although, in all fairness, the cell phone thing strikes me as piling on.
It does sound silly, but the cell phone charge does give the feds a “lesser included” offense to use as a plea bargaining chip.
I wonder if he is off probation from a shoplifting charge out of Cobb County, Georgia. He had a spotty record growing up if I remember…
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