Jayru Cambell sentenced to 60 days
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/05/cass_tech_football_…
Sentence begins July 28. Good news for Spartan fans, he'll be back just in time for Big Ten Conference play!
he's still going to be in high school this fall, right?
Hmm that detail slipped my mind.
Does that mean that Dantonio can't provide a chauffered ride from the clink to practice?
This dude should be spending years in prison and only gets 60 days? Pathetic. Of course, trashy Spartan fans wouldn't care as long as MSU is beating us, I guess.
"He said the incident taught him more than he could have expected and if it were to happen again he would be sure to handle it in a non-assaultive manner."
Well, I suppose that's about the least we could expect.
does not approve.
Is that Tom you are referring to?
But no, this Gholston:
You mean Tom.
Listen, baby steps...
I call bullshit. IIRC he came up behind the guard and slammed him to the ground. Not like he was in a confrontation and lost it. Coward and a liar.
"Jayru Campbell, the 17-year-old Cass Technical High School junior quarterback accepted a plea deal that will likely keep him out of jail and his criminal record clean, so long as he abides to the court requirements."
Followed by
"...Jayru Campbell to serve 60 days jail Friday.
The sentence will begin July 28, after Campbell finishes summer school to make up time he missed because of the incident, with 3 days served."
They seem to be contradicting themselves a bit and it makes the terms of the plea deal unclear.
in WCJ, more like 6 and then work release, early release, tether and community corrections. he won't miss any school.
That's a pretty serious sentence for a first offence. I wonder if the judge exceeded the prosecutor's recommended sentence because Campbell's apology came in in under 30 seconds.
Going beyond the recommendation of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Wayne Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny ordered 17-year-old Cass Technical High School football standout Jayru Campbell to serve 60 days jail Friday.
Campbell also got 15 months probation and 75 hours of community service. Given the violence of the offence, it seems to be on the stiff side of fair, but still pretty fair. With luck, he'll get anger management counselling and turn his life around - he's got a lot of life to live.
And of course we will all watch to see how/if MSU reacts (I suppose they are constrained from commenting due to him not having signed an LOI yet).
reaction, I would guess there'll be no repercussions since he wasn't enrolled or part of MSU's team at the time. Not that there would be repercussions had he been enrolled or a member of the team anyway. What was that RB's name? Winston or something? The one Graham killed on that memorable play a few years back. Didn't he pop out of jail and go right into uniform and onto the field?
You've got it right. In what MSU fans often depict as a fight, it appears that Winston assaulted (from behind) and nearly killed MSU hockey player A.J. Sturges. Sturges's statement on the incident is one of the reasons I can't stand MSU football - Winston caused Sturges tremendous harm and cost him his hockey career, and was still put on the practice field straight from jail.
It's worth reading the whole statement, but here's an excerpt:
Last October, I was assaulted by Glenn Winston. This was not a fight, or a disagreement. I was in bed in my room and came downstairs after hearing the commotion caused by three cars pulling up filled with screaming and violent people. I was standing in my front yard trying to figure out what was going on when Glenn Winston punched me in the head from the side. I never saw him. I did not have any chance to protect myself at all. Neither did his other victims.
That night, I received a fractured skull, five stitches inside my mouth, and a subdural hematoma, or bleeding on the brain. I was not involved in a college fight, as this story is perceived. After having nothing to do with any events that occurred earlier that night, I was attacked in my own house.
As a hockey player, I know what a fight is. What happened that night was not a fight. What happened was a violent crime. Pure and simple.
I don't think MSU will go after him. When they were building the team, they might have, but they are now in a position that the risk on players like that is no longer worth the potential payoff.
In my opinion, it's better to get harsh penalties early. A slap on the wrist for body slamming a security guard is not going to teach him much. Hopefully he learns his lesson and comes out of it as a better person.
I agree that a harsh punishment is appropriate. I'm just pleased (and mildly surprised) that the judge actually applied one. Apparently the judge never got the memo that Campbell is supposed to get special treatment, and I applaud him for having the backbone to go beyond the prosecutor's recommendation (and the judgment to not hammer Campbell either). It seems like a well-tempered decision, falling on the harsher side of fair (but fair all-the-same).
I am still curious as to how Campbell got back into Cass Tech after the incident, in apparent violation of DPS rules. Between that and Campbell's playoff fight (resulting in a slap on the wrist), I am glad to see the judge recognize the need to levy a meaningful punishment on Campbell. From a distance it seems he's been given too many "free passes" so far, and those free passes aren't really helping him.
Not sure about how he was allowed back into Cass Tech either, but at least for this case, the full quote from Timothy Kenny was in the DetNews piece and I fully agree with it:
“Mr. Campbell’s regrettable lack of self-control and his violent response to legitimate school authority has to be sanctioned,” Kenny said. “No matter who you are.”
I hope this means the judge got the memo and didn't care, because that seems to me even better.
fault because the security guard supposedly was giving him a hard time before this happened.
Ok so instead of going to someone he body slammed the security guard and was justified. I don't think the judge agreed with that based on the sentence. Someone at Cass Tech should be held accountable for violating state law. I would like to know how a school security guard gets Campbell's phone number to text threats.
Wow.
in the video, he got what he deserved. It's a minor miracle the security guard wasn't severely injured. Hopefully for Campbell, it will turn his life around and not lead to further bad choices.
he got what he deservedHe got a slap on the wrist...not what he deserved. He's lucky, frankly.
It's not a jail in Norway.
"Less than 30 seconds"?
That's some Grade-D lawyerin' right there.
What is up with the pigtails? I can see why he wouldn't want to rock and unkempt fro to his sentencing hearing but pigtails? The dreadlock ponytail is a better look IMO.
"It's only a misdemeanor so his is a lesser crime than Frank Clark's"
-Signed,
Jagaloons from MSU
"Here kid, lemme show you how to body slam..."
Sounds about right. I hope he learns a lesson.
Well he will playing in the Big House, a little sooner than the rest of his Sparty teammates. Do they make the jumpsuits in Green?
I'm pretty sure that if I body-slammed Mary Sue Coleman on the Diag the way Campbell did his victim, I'd be getting a lot more than 60 days.
I have not followed the Jayru incident closely other than to have seen the video and noted that sparty has not withdrawn the scholarship offer as of yet... Here's my question... the video of the incident seems to follow the kid for several seconds until, finally, the bodyslam takes place. It seems as thought the person taking the video knew full well something worth taping was about to happen ie. full premeditation, hoody or no hoody. Has there ever been a discussion or explanation of this?
I have to imagine MSU will pull the scholarship offer at least for now, but like most college teams they'll welcome the kid back if (a) they need a QB/player like him, and (b) he stays out of trouble and the PR dies down. I don't think a first strike should necessarily preclude a kid's future, even something as violent and disturbing as this, and while I think Hoke would probably think twice I also don't think any school is so high-and-mighty that they'd act differently than MSU.
Jayru Campbell the next Tom Gholston.
The media doesn't give two shits about this or Payne/Appling. They're still crucifying Taylor Lewan for a fight with a rival fan and something he may have said 6 years ago.