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Ex-Longhorn Joseph charged with
aggravated robbery with deadly weapon

It is Joseph's second arrest in Austin this summer




By Suzanne Halliburton

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF


Sunday, July 29, 2007

Former University of Texas football player Robert Joseph has been charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, a first-degree felony, Austin police said Saturday.

It is Joseph's second arrest in Austin this summer. After his June arrest, the sophomore safety was suspended from the Longhorns and then announced plans to transfer to another school.

Robert Joseph Faces first-degree felony charge for aggravated robbery.

In the latest incident, Joseph was arrested Friday and remained in Travis County Jail on Saturday. Bail was set at $25,000.

Austin police spokeswoman Toni Chovanetz said police were called to an apartment in Southeast Austin at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

According to witnesses, two men had come into the apartment with a gun. The witnesses were able to provide a description of the men and a partial license plate number of the car.

The car was found at a nearby apartment complex, where Joseph was arrested.

Police believe the two men knew the occupants of the apartment. Police are still looking for the second man, described 6 feet, 2 inches and weighing more than 220 pounds.

Aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon is a first-degree felony is punishable with a prison sentence between five years and life.

On June 9, Joseph was arrested on two counts of burglarizing a vehicle, both Class A misdemeanors.

Joseph was a backup safety who played in seven games for the Longhorns as a freshman, playing on special teams and defense.

He injured a shoulder and missed the final six games of the 2006 season.

http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/07/29/0729joseph.html

BOOK'EM HORNS

Insane_Pony_Posse wrote:It is Joseph's second arrest in Austin this summer. After his June arrest, the sophomore safety was suspended from the Longhorns and then announced plans to transfer to another school.

Guess he has decided to go to OU.

35straight wrote:BOOK'EM HORNS

See, now that was funny.

I don't believe transferring to another school is an option at this moment. Unless Dennis Erickson at ASU is after a new D-back.

There are lots of 1-AA schools that seem to be the repository of lost souls. Sam Houston State, Delaware, Texas State, Nichols State, to mention a few.

Will the prison in Huntsville let him out on Saturdays to play for Sam Houston? He is going away for awhile. No UT attorneys to keep him out of jail now.

Unbelievable the type of players they recruit down there. I wonder if the NCAA/BCS-BS should consider taking away their national championship? Too bad "character" isn't a consideration when selecting a national champion.

LOL

i can just imagine steer and his little sidekick jtsteer, jumping in the nerd mobile, to race to the defense of their beloved horns!

with the recent arrests of UT players, theyve shot up to 10 total on the year


UTEP is at 13

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=3672

impressive

2112 wrote:i can just imagine steer and his little sidekick jtsteer, jumping in the nerd mobile, to race to the defense of their beloved horns!

No, this guy isn't a longhorn anymore having been booted after his first offense, so what does it matter? But I sure wish SMU had enough bad apples in the last twenty years to make it to the post season just once.

Saw 'em off, baby!

mr. pony wrote:Saw 'em off, baby!

Aggie. Don't tell me you're a cultist too.

This arrest happened after he was kicked off the football team.