Ray Small arrested with Oxycontin and loaded handgun

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February 28th, 2012 at 7:06 AM
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Ray Small arrested with Oxycontin and loaded handgun

According to the Pomeroy Daily Sentinel, the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested Small in Meigs County on Sunday evening. The 24-year old, who last played for the Buckeyes in 2009, was pulled over by Trooper James Trelka, who discovered over 200 suspected Oxycontin tablets.

That could be the least of Small’s worries. He was also in possession of hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes, a loaded 25 caliber pistol and what is believed to have been heroin.

http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2012/SmallArested.html

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February 28th, 2012 at 7:39 AM | Bush league. I am sure he is (Score:5 Funny)
dennisblundon
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Bush league. I am sure he is being called a fake ass buckeye by all the real motherf's. Clarrett has set the bar high and this weak shit just won't fly.

February 28th, 2012 at 7:50 AM | I'm not surprised, it's Ohio. (Score:4 Normal)
nikj
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I'm not surprised, it's Ohio.

February 28th, 2012 at 8:00 AM | I (Score:5 Normal)
ijohnb
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wonder what his major was?

February 28th, 2012 at 8:12 AM | Doesn't matter, he was a scholarship player, (Score:5 Normal)
jblaze
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not a walkon (they are only counted).

"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt

February 28th, 2012 at 8:27 AM | You would (Score:2 Informative)
ijohnb
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be surprised.  Depends on his prior record.  If he was in New York he would be looking at about 3-5, ask Monty Brogan.  In Ohio, 24 years old, if no record, you would be surprised how often offenders like this are given 6 months in the County and a semi-retire probation officer to keep tabs on them.

February 28th, 2012 at 8:29 AM | Stay Classy (Score:1)
umichsims24
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Ohio

February 28th, 2012 at 10:50 AM | Glass houses and all (Score:1 Normal)
joeyb
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Glass houses and all that.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/boubacar-cissoko-charged-with-assaulting-jail-employees-last-month/

February 28th, 2012 at 12:09 PM | True, but.... - Cissoko: (Score:3 Normal)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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True, but....

- Cissoko: kicked off team by "LOL DickRod hurrr"

- Small: sold stuff for tats, got deals on cars, kept on team and covered up by St. Tress.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

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February 28th, 2012 at 12:29 PM | Great point (Score:1)
Urban Warfare
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except that Tressel kicked Ray Small off the team during his senior year after he did stupid crap - not criminal, but dumb nonetheless.

February 28th, 2012 at 12:35 PM | I don't think he was kicked (Score:1)
74polSKA
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I don't think he was kicked off the team.  Wasn't he suspended for their bowl game his Junior year and he then entered the NFL draft?  This story from The Lantern mentions him being suspended several times but not kicked off the team.

February 28th, 2012 at 12:38 PM | I suppose you could put it (Score:5 Normal)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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I suppose you could put it like that.  More specifically he only missed the Rose Bowl his senior year, and this was after being named a team captain for the Michigan game.

"We've beaten Michigan the last four years.  So where's the threat?"

- Mark Dantonio

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February 28th, 2012 at 8:30 AM | . (Score:2 Normal)
Username2
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Was he holding up a pizza delivery man?

February 28th, 2012 at 8:34 AM | No, but he was offering free (Score:5 Normal)
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No, but he was offering free OSU memorabilia with any larger order.

February 28th, 2012 at 8:36 AM | Hewas just holding for a (Score:2)
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Hewas just holding for a friend, who has had a hard time dealing with the loss of Whitney Houston.

Columbus, your tears are delicious.

Yes, that is me dressed as Casey Anthony for Halloween.

February 28th, 2012 at 8:36 AM | I'm surprised that this is (Score:1)
74polSKA
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I'm surprised that this is the first athlete/former athlete I've heard about getting arrested in that area.  Most of SE Ohio is known for meth/marijuana production but Meigs county is the most famous/notorious.  I wouldn't be shocked to find out he's part of a larger distribution network.  Ohio hate aside, this is a sad story.  It must be tough to transition from a life of praised athlete to the life of John Q Public.

February 28th, 2012 at 11:51 AM | I'm wit-chu, I'm wit da government. (Score:1)
DrueDown
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Whaddaya mean we don't keep getting booster money after we're done playing?

Ray loved to use 25s because the bullets are small and they don't come out the other end like a 45, see, a 45 will blow a barn door out the back of your head and there's a lot of dry cleaning involved, but a 25 will just rattle around like Pac-Man until you're dead. 

February 28th, 2012 at 1:57 PM | Sarcasm/Funny detected however... (Score:3 Normal)
mark5750
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If you shoot anybody in the head with what most people carry for a handgun sized round (.45, 9mm, .357/.38) you will likely have a sizable exit wound on a head shot...however with a .45 the stopping power that everybody talks about or thinks of is associated with a center of mass shot where it will achieve 5-8 inches of penetration with a sizable mushroom effect of the round which wreaks havoc on internal organs.  Your small rounds such as the 9mm have a much faster velocity which results in more through and throughs.  Your really small rounds such as .25 or .22 are the ones that will bounce around more but in a body shot you will more likely expect a shot to the chest coming out a leg or something to that effect.

February 28th, 2012 at 2:02 PM | I hope like hell that you are (Score:1)
74polSKA
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I hope like hell that you are in law enforcement or the military.  Thanks for the info.

February 28th, 2012 at 2:17 PM | Army (Score:3 Normal)
mark5750
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and more than half way to retirement

February 28th, 2012 at 2:56 PM | Thanks for your service.  I (Score:1)
74polSKA
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Thanks for your service.  I thought you sounded well informed.

February 28th, 2012 at 8:39 AM | You know you're hardcore (Score:0 Overrated)
February 28th, 2012 at 8:53 AM | Look out fellas.  There's a (Score:5 Normal)
cbuswolverine
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Look out fellas.  There's a tough guy in the house.

February 28th, 2012 at 9:27 AM | THE (Score:5 Normal)
Isaac Newton
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Isn't it THE Ohio State Highway Patrol?

February 28th, 2012 at 9:35 AM | Bo would have called them (Score:5 Normal)
El Jeffe
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Bo would have called them that highway patrol down south.

Brady just says: "Ohio cops."

February 28th, 2012 at 10:33 AM | I think with Coach Hoke's (Score:1)
74polSKA
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I think with Coach Hoke's personality and college major, he'd have more respect even for the Ohio Highway Patrol than to call them "cops".

February 28th, 2012 at 4:40 PM | ...isn't the highway patrol (Score:2 Normal)
Jon06
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...isn't the highway patrol just the assholes with radar guns and nothing better to do?

RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.

February 28th, 2012 at 4:46 PM | So, you have a lead foot? (Score:2)
74polSKA
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Anyway, I think it's respectful, and smart, to call them "officer".  I don't care if you agree with their job.  Man, do we have several threads pushing the "no politics" rule today or am I just taking everything that way?

February 28th, 2012 at 9:42 AM | I read this quickly the first time and (Score:2)
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thought

"That could be the least of Small’s worries. He was also in possession of hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes, a loaded 25 caliber pistol and what is believed to have been heroin (Herron, Dan)

"Touchdown... No flags!!"

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February 28th, 2012 at 10:12 AM | "That could be the least of (Score:2 Normal)
kehnonymous
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"That could be the least of Small’s worries. He was also in possession of hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes, a loaded 25 caliber pistol and what is believed to have been heroin (Herron, Dan)

BOOM! (...goes the oxycontin)

Former Buckeye Antonio Pittman on being a poster child for compliance: "This osu tattoo stuff is silly. Cats been getting hookups on tatts since back in '01."

February 28th, 2012 at 10:12 AM | Maybe he'll quit the state to (Score:2)
aMAIZEing_BLUE132
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Maybe he'll quit the state to go pro.

Always reaching for the banner.

February 28th, 2012 at 10:18 AM | Really it's only the heroin (Score:3 Normal)
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Really it's only the heroin that can't be explained.  I mean he could be getting his tats removed and that would be painful, then the heavy doses of oxycontin might make him need medical marijuana to keep his food down.  Given the crazy OSU fans blaming him and some of the other players for the downfall of Saint Tressel, he probably needs a gun, too.

February 28th, 2012 at 10:21 AM | Hmmmmm... (Score:3 Normal)
clarkiefromcanada
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This is a sad story; clearly Tressel didn't make him read the book.

If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone

February 28th, 2012 at 10:27 AM | Sad. (Score:3 Normal)
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No matter who ...this is just sad.

Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal

February 28th, 2012 at 10:34 AM | Oh Ohio... (Score:1)
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“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”

February 28th, 2012 at 11:21 AM | Terrible (Score:3 Underrated)
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It's one thing to be a college football f**k up.  It's another to be (allegedly) caught with a bunch of drugs.  He was always a talented player who couldn't keep his head on straight.  Sad to see him fall so far even if he did go to the wrong school. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

February 28th, 2012 at 11:49 AM | Oh, I think he went to the (Score:3 Funny)
74polSKA
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Oh, I think he went to the right school.  Bud dup bup, tsh.

 

February 28th, 2012 at 12:31 PM | It's okay... (Score:1 Flamebait)
Mr. Yost
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Tressel just won't start him for the first series and take his single digit number away and make him wear something in the 80s.

Nothing to see here folks. Ohio's got it alllll under control.

“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”

February 28th, 2012 at 12:36 PM | In fairness (Score:2)
Erik_in_Dayton
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Tressel suspended him a bunch of times.  Small also never did anything nearly as bad as what's been alleged here. 

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. -- Yogi Berra

                         

February 28th, 2012 at 12:03 PM | I mean, this guy's been off (Score:5 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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I mean, this guy's been off OSU's team for a while. Every school has ex-players who do stupid stuff, us included. Let's not go overboard with posts like these.

February 28th, 2012 at 12:34 PM | well said. (Score:3 Normal)
clarkiefromcanada
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We do have memories of the Fucklion, Boubacar, Ryan Mallett at any Ann Arbor establishment, Tater gonna Tate etc. etc.

 

If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone

February 28th, 2012 at 12:46 PM | We handled those differently... (Score:1 Normal)
Mr. Yost
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They were all benched, kicked off the team, Mallett transferred himself (but he was just an idiot freshman college student with fame, nothing Gronk wasn't doing post Super Bowl...not driving a car as if he's a character on The Town w/ Ben Affleck), Tater was benched all year for DG and for the bowl game - then he transferred.

Small was kept on the team over and over, played...and his punishment was changing his jersey number and sitting the first series of games.

“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”

February 28th, 2012 at 12:40 PM | The difference is... (Score:4 Normal)
Mr. Yost
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Every team doesn't recruit a player like this.

Every team doesn't allow the kid to hang around and give him 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th chances just because he can help them win football games.

Every team doesn't think changing a player's number is punishment.

Every team doesn't milk the player for all of his athletic abilities and then send him on his way with no help or support.

Every team doesn't foster an environment where players are above the law.

So is this a sad story? Yes. Do I hope he gets his life together? Absolutely. Do I feel bad for Ohio? Hell no. They brought any attention this causes for them - any "linking" the troubled former player back to his old university - any rivalry jabs, ribbing and/or laughs on themselves. Deal with it.

“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”

February 28th, 2012 at 12:13 PM | Funny to me how they said that (Score:0)
February 28th, 2012 at 12:21 PM | I don't think we should make (Score:5 Normal)
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I don't think we should make light of situations like this, even if it
involves an Ohio player. It's in poor taste, and we don't know the circumstances.

Denied by UM multiple times, nonetheless lifelong M fan.

February 28th, 2012 at 12:43 PM | The 'nuts are actually (Score:3 Normal)
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The 'nuts are actually probably happy about this. Small was the guy who was TP's buddy/roomate. He was the one who was talking about a lot of money changing hands. This arrest will only lend credence to their argument that he is a scumbag and cannot be trusted to have been telling the truth

February 28th, 2012 at 12:48 PM | hmmmmm... (Score:2 Normal)
clarkiefromcanada
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Naturally the Ohio faithful will be happy about this because in their twisted minds it will somewhow exonerate Tressel somewhat as "Small can't be trusted" (as if Tressel, Gee and Smith could be...). 

Isn't the argument he "is a scumbag and cannot be trusted to have been telling the truth" a bit specious in that if there really was money changing hands with TP/Small etc. then he'd be lying to people about that as well? There is a circularity there that Ohio fans would not easily understand.

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February 28th, 2012 at 1:42 PM | I didn't know who Ray Small (Score:1)
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I didn't know who Ray Small was and when I clicked on this, I was under the intention this was about Ray Vinopal. I was happily wrong.

February 28th, 2012 at 1:47 PM | General Studies (Score:1)
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He was probably just put in the wrong track at school.  Should have done General Studies instead of all those advanced degrees Urban Meyer is pushing.

BILG

February 28th, 2012 at 1:47 PM | If I was writing a crime drama (Score:1)
Picktown GoBlue
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and had two different characters try to speak out about corruption at a respected institution, then both of them get pulled over on weapons charges, I'd probably have the D.A. looking into the "Sacred Brotherhood" or some other nefarious group to see if they might be behind this coincidence.

Here's Mike Brewster last May after Small talked to the Lantern and before he tried to recant his story:

"Show me a coward and I will show you Ray Small," center Mike Brewster tweeted.  "He isn't part of the sacred brotherhood anymore. Never on time, never accountable, never sacrificed for the team. Can you trust his word?"

But in real life, it tends to be the coincidence of the same recruiter, the same discipline system, the same environment, and the fact that sometimes, coincidences just happen.

February 28th, 2012 at 1:53 PM | meigs county (Score:2 Normal)
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I actually live in Meigs County, about 10 minutes from where Small was arrested. This area is notorious for growing marijuana and prescription abuse, but based on the area where He was arrested, (about 2 miles from the bridge between Ohio and West Virginia) my guess is that he was on his way to Charleston, West Virginia. There's been numerous arrests in Meigs County of people that are traveling from Columbus to Charleston to transport drugs. Obviously with the amount of drugs he had in the car, he wasn't just using.  Not sure what my point is, just sharing the information. Although the drug abuse in this county and all over the country is sad, as a Michigan fan living in Meigs County where he was arrested, I am enjoying it! All of the Ohio State fans around here are very proud! lol

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