[外電] 2 Pacers freed without bond after indictments
2 Pacers freed without bond after indictments
By Jon Murray and Mike Wells
jon.murray@indystar.com
Two Indiana Pacers made the short trip from Conseco Fieldhouse to jail early
today after the they were indicted Wednesday in connection with a bar fight
Jamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels surrendered at the Arrestee Processing
Center shortly after midnight. They were released without having to post bond
and a Superior Court hearing was set for March13.
Tinsley and Daniels surrendered to police about 12:15 a.m. today, said Capt.
Dave Wilkes.
Wednesday's indictments allege the two players were involved in an
early-morning scuffle Feb. 6 at 8 Seconds Saloon, hours after a loss at home
to Golden State.
The indictment said Tinsley, 28, threatened the bar's staff and said, "I will
kill you," then later threatened an employee who asked him to leave.
He faces a Class D felony intimidation charge because someone's life was
threatened, officials said. A misdemeanor intimidation charge alleges Tinsley
threatened to beat up another employee.
"We intend to defend this very vigorously -- he's maintained from day one
that this event didn't happen," defense attorney James Voyles said.
Tinsley and Daniels, 26, face misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct
charges because, the indictment said, they both hit J. Mark Nicholson, the
bar's manager.
The indictment means the grand jury, a panel of citizens, found enough
evidence to warrant criminal charges.
"I was disappointed, I'll say that, and so was Jamaal," Voyles said.
Both players have denied they acted unlawfully. A statement from the Pacers
on Wednesday pointed out that the grand jury -- a division of the
prosecutor's office -- had not convicted them.
"We need to give the process time to treat everyone fairly and reach a just
result," the statement said. "The Pacers hope the media and the public will
join with us in affording the presumption of innocence to Jamaal and Marquis.
The Pacers believe due process requires it."
Daniels' attorney Ralph Staples also encouraged letting the legal process
play out.
"Hopefully the system will work as its supposed to -- Marquis is a very quiet
young man, very talented young man, and he's looking forward to the
opportunity to put this behind him and continue to contribute to the Pacers
organization."
Pacers officials instructed players not to discuss the indictment with the
media, but point guard Darrell Armstrong said he sympathized with Tinsley and
Daniels.
"It's our family. We support them," Armstrong said. "I've been in that
situation before, so I just support them."
Armstrong referred to an incident in which he was accused of hitting an
Orlando, Fla., police officer and resisting arrest in 2003 while he played
with the Orlando Magic. The charges were thrown out of court.
Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said the players were not being treated differently
from anyone else. Typically, suspects are allowed to turn themselves in
shortly after a warrant has been issued. Brizzi said he had called the team
as a courtesy before speaking with the media.
"At the end of the day . . . these athletes will be treated like anyone
else," Brizzi said at a news conference Wednesday. "The grand jury's decision
was, I think, the appropriate one."
The grand jury also focused on the actions of Pacer Keith McLeod and his
cousin, Jeremy King, who lives in Toledo, Ohio. But it cleared McLeod and
King of wrongdoing, Brizzi said.
Still unclear is how the Pacers were drawn into the scuffle inside the bar,
111 N. Lynhurst Drive, about 2 a.m. Feb. 6.
That night, the bar hosted an appreciation party for the Indianapolis Colts,
two days after the team's Super Bowl victory.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report says several bar
employees, including bar manager Nicholson, had attempted to subdue a person
trying to steal patrons' fur coats from the coat check.
As the struggle moved closer to the exit -- near the Pacers group -- Tinsley
and others began yelling, the report said. It is not clear why they began
yelling.
The case was turned over to the grand jury the day after the incident
because, unlike police, the grand jury can force reluctant witnesses to give
testimony under oath, Brizzi said.
Over two weeks, the grand jury heard five days of testimony from 13
witnesses, Brizzi said. Its members deliberated for three hours Wednesday
before returning the indictment.
The charges brought another black eye to the Pacers.
Former Pacer Stephen Jackson faces several charges stemming from an
early-morning melee in October outside Club Rio, a Westside strip club where
Tinsley and Daniels were present.
The NBA's collective bargaining agreement states that when a player is
convicted of a violent felony, he is immediately suspended for a minimum of
10 games. The player must agree to undergo a clinical evaluation and receive
counseling if necessary.
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