Apparently Darryl Stonum spent some time in jail
At least according to Mark Snyder and the Freep
Darryl Stonum, a projected starting receiver and U-M's primary kickoff returner, spent three nights in jail last month, according to Washtenaw County court records.
The junior from Stafford, Texas, was sentenced in 15th District Court in Ann Arbor and spent June 4-7 in Washtenaw County jail for probation violations.
The probation was related to the DUI he received a couple years back.
These were the violations:
From May 15, 2009, through June 1, 2010, according to court records, he committed probation violations such as leaving the state without consent, failing to submit to random alcohol testing nine times in a 63-day span, failing to complete additional alcohol testing and failing to report for probation on multiple occasions.
Here's the rest of the article if you're so inclined
http://www.freep.com/article/20100721/SPORTS06/7210377/Wolverines-WR-Da…
to be addressed. However, every time this happens to a player the Freep has to jump on it. You can find this issue at high-schools and colleges across the world. Why doesn't the Freep write an article that addresses drinking in sports and propose solutions. The Freep is our local version of a gossip magazine ... pitiful. Go Blue !!!
Every paper reports prominent sports figures getting DUI's.
While I agree that this is boneheaded move by Stonum, how did the FreeP get ahold of this? Do they have someone in the court clerk's office on the payroll, tipping them off on anything related to Michigan football?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that these instances (probation violations, jail sentences) aren't readily available to the public and that you'd actually have to do a fair amount of digging (e.g., requesting court records) to find something like this out. If that's indeed the case, it further relegates the FreeP to the ranks of the tabloid newsrags.
This is public record. IMHE, its kinda lame and weak that it took the Freep this long to bring us the story.
Maybe Crime Reporter can correct me, but I spent some time on the police/court beat, and this would have been public record the second the gavel comes down and readily accessible through the district or circuit court clerk's office. The proceedings were open to the public as well. I worked for a weekly up in Charlevoix and as one of my many beats covered the courts. One day a week I would pour over all the circuit and district court findings to see if there was anything worth reporting. Police repoirts, accounts of any witnesses, eventual sentences, they were all there and I didnt have to FOIA anything. I just asked for it. Now, most of the juicy stuff worth reporting was on going, so if I saw anything good I would do a basic wrtieup, then put the next court appearance on my calendar and then show up and watch.
Somebody must have been on vacation. Why this wasnt a story in mid June instead of mid July makes me chuckle at the Freep even more.
I did some court appointed community service with Darryl last summer...
MICH!
At least he didn't blow a 2.18. Or was it 2.81? GRADY #1 Drunk Driver! #6 RB. :(