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Buzzetta

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  1. Greg Robinson This is hilarious... when in doubt... blame the uber driver. Legal troubles[edit] On February 18, 2020, Robinson was jailed in El Paso County, Texas for possession of 156.9 pounds of marijuana. Robinson – who was also with 26-year-old ex-NFL player Quan Bray – was stopped around 7:15 PM on Monday evening after a Border Patrol drug-sniffing dog alerted to the rear cargo door of their 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe. According to the docs, Robinson and Bray were not reentering the country from Mexico – rather they were trying to get from Los Angeles to Louisiana and hit the checkpoint on the way. There was a third person in the SUV, an Uber driver who was not charged. During the stop, Robinson and Bray allegedly tried to get that person to take the fall for the weed. Robinson and Bray are facing up to 20 years in prison, if convicted.[24]
  2. Plaxico Burress Legal troubles[edit] In August and September 2008, Totowa police responded to two domestic disturbance calls at the Burress residence. At both times temporary restraining orders were issued that were later dismissed by the New Jersey state court.[26] Accidental shooting[edit] On November 28, 2008, Burress suffered an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound to his right thigh at the nightclub LQ on Lexington Avenue in New York City when his Glock pistol in the pocket of his black-colored jeans began sliding down his leg; apparently in reaching for his gun, he inadvertently pressed the trigger, causing the gun to fire.[27] The Manhattan District Attorney stated Burress was wearing jeans.[28] The injury was not life-threatening and Burress was released from an area hospital the next afternoon.[29] Two days later, Burress turned himself in to police to face charges of criminal possession of a handgun.[30] It was later discovered that New York City police learned about the incident only after seeing it on television and were not called by NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital as required by law. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the hospital actions an "outrage" and stated that they are a "chargeable offense". Bloomberg also urged that Burress be prosecuted to the fullest extent, saying that any punishment short of the minimum 3½ years for unlawful carrying of a handgun would be "a mockery of the law."[31][32] Burress had an expired concealed carry license from Florida, but no New York license. On December 2, 2008, Burress posted bail of $100,000.[33] Later in the day, Burress reported to Giants Stadium as per team policy for injured but active players and was told he would be suspended without pay[34] for the remaining four games of the 2008 regular season for conduct detrimental to the team. In addition, the Giants placed Burress on their reserve/non-football injury list,[35] meaning he was ineligible to return for the playoffs. Burress was also scheduled to receive $1 million from his signing bonus on December 10, 2008, initially withheld by the team.[36] The NFL Players Association filed a grievance, saying the team violated the collective bargaining agreement and challenging the suspension and fine received by Burress.[37] A Special Master in arbitration subsequently ruled that the Giants must deliver the entire $1 million to Burress, as per the collective bargaining agreement. "To think that a player could carry a loaded gun into a nightclub, shoot himself and miss the rest of the season but get to keep his entire signing bonus illustrates one of the serious flaws in the current system," said Giants co-owner John Mara in a statement afterward.[38] On December 23, 2008, a search of Burress's New Jersey home by the Totowa, New Jersey police, the New York Police Department, and investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney turned up a 9 mm handgun, a rifle, ammunition and the clothing believed to have been worn by Burress on the night of his accidental shooting.[39] On June 12, 2009 Burress's attorney Benjamin Brafman announced that he had been unable to reach a sentencing agreement.[40] Burress asked a Manhattan grand jury for sympathy during two hours of testimony on July 29, 2009.[41] On Monday, August 3, 2009, prosecutors announced that Burress had been indicted[42] by the grand jury on two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and a single count of reckless endangerment in the second degree, a misdemeanor.[43][44] On August 20, 2009, Burress accepted a plea deal that would put him in prison for two years with an additional two years of supervised release.[42] His sentencing was held on September 22, 2009. Burress hired a prison consultant to advise him on what to expect while in prison.[45] In January 2010, Burress applied for and was denied a work release from prison.[46] On June 6, 2011, Burress was released from a protective custody unit of the Oneida Correctional Facility in Rome, New York, having served 20 months.[47][48] Civil lawsuits[edit] Burress had a civil lawsuit, filed on December 8, 2008, in Broward County, Florida, in which Alise Smith claimed that Burress's $140,000 Mercedes-Benz collided with the back of her car. The suit claimed that Burress was liable for causing permanent injuries to Smith. Burress's car insurance policy had been cancelled three days before the accident due to nonpayment of the premium.[49] In 2012, he was ordered to pay Smith $159,000, which he eventually did by May 2013 after a judge had ordered the sale of his mansion in Virginia Beach.[50][51][52] In January 2010, Burress was the defendant in a civil lawsuit brought against him by a Lebanon County, Pennsylvania car dealer, who claimed that Burress was given a leased Chevrolet Avalanche in return for promises to appear at publicity events for the dealership. The dealer claimed that Burress never returned the car and never attended any publicity events; the damaged car was eventually returned after being impounded by the New York Police Department. Burress acknowledged that he was responsible for some of the damage to the car, but asked a jury to determine the amount.[53] On January 15, 2009, the jury returned a verdict awarding only $1,700 to the dealer, who had asked for damages of up to $19,000.[54] According to the Associated Press, Burress has been sued at least nine times since he joined the NFL in 2000.[55] Tax indictment[edit] On April 30, 2015, Burress was indicted by the State of New Jersey on charges that he failed to pay nearly $48,000 in income taxes. Burress filed his 2013 state income tax return on October 20, 2014, for which he submitted an electronic transfer. According to the State Division of Taxation, the transfer failed to go through. Burress was notified multiple times in an attempt to collect the tax debt, including via certified mail, but never responded. The indictment made him the first person in New Jersey to be charged under a new state law which treats bad electronic money transfers as a criminal offense, equivalent to writing bad checks.[56] On December 7, 2015, Burress entered into a plea agreement in a hearing at Mercer County Superior Court, admitting guilt in failure to pay $46,000 in taxes on his 2013 tax return (a year in which he earned $1,000,000 in income.)[57] Burress faced up to 5 years' probation at his February 5, 2016 sentencing hearing. He received a conditional 364-day jail sentence, was placed on probation for five years, and ordered to repay $56,000 in penalties and restitution to the state by Judge Pedro Jimenez in Mercer County Superior Court. He will not go to jail if he follows his conditions of probation. Although he avoided prison time by pleading guilty, failure to pay the amount in full by the conclusion of his probation could result in Burress's incarceration.[58]
  3. Donte Stallworth is now making his debut on the NFL Legal Troubles Autographed Card Collection DUI manslaughter charges[edit] On the morning of March 14, 2009, Stallworth struck and killed a pedestrian while driving his car at the eastern end of the MacArthur Causeway in Miami Beach, Florida. Around 7:15 a.m., Stallworth was headed toward the beach, driving a black 2005 Bentley Continental GT about 50 mph in a 40 mph zone, according to a Miami Beach Police report.[24] Mario Reyes, 59, was on the busy causeway, trying to catch a bus home after finishing his shift.[25] Stallworth claims that he flashed his car's headlights to warn Reyes.[26] Stallworth struck Reyes with his car, killing him. In a police investigation, Stallworth admitted to drinking the night before the accident. News sources reported that his blood alcohol content was 0.12, over the legal limit of 0.08.[27][28] On April 1, 2009, Stallworth was charged with DUI manslaughter; he surrendered to police on April 2, 2009, and was released on $200,000 bail.[29] Under a plea deal, he received a sentence of 30 days in the county jail, plus 1,000 hours of community service, two years of community control, and eight years' probation.[30] His Florida state driver's license was permanently suspended.[31] On July 10, 2009, Stallworth was released from county jail after serving 24 days of a 30-day sentence. The Associated Press reported on June 16, 2009, that Stallworth and the Reyes family reached a financial agreement, avoiding a civil lawsuit. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed.[32] On August 13, 2009, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Stallworth would be suspended for the 2009 season without pay. Stallworth was reinstated after Super Bowl XLIV.[33] A Yahoo! Sports story published August 12, 2010, reported that Stallworth's lawyers indicated he could have fought all charges with "an excellent chance of being found innocent", but that Stallworth chose to be convicted of a felony to do what he felt was morally right. The article says that David Cornwell, one of Stallworth's attorneys, felt there was irony in the public and media reaction to Stallworth's decision because they criticized the plea deal without knowing the full story.[34]
  4. Ghostbusters: Real Ghostbusters cartoon and Ghostbusters: Extreme are up for free on the YouTube Ghostbusters channel Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCewqQ8IxAwhaUDky4-x5m1g Pilot episode:
  5. Again that depends. I have said this countless times before when it came to Ghostbusters. The female led cast Ghostbusters did not fail because it was female led. It failed because it Bill Murray was not a Ghostbuster in the movie. When people think 'Ghostbusters' they think of Bill Murray. This is why a third movie was stuck in developmental hell for so many years. Bill Murray wouldn't do it. Now, even though there is a new cast being developed with Ghostbusters: Afterlife for a possible future franchise, people are excited because it continues the storyline and Bill Murray is a ghostbuster. When Paul Feig remade Ghostbusters, it could have been with the Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, and the rest and a spiritual continuation of the story as we are seeing with Finn's character or whoever being the grandson of Egon. However, it doesn't get people excited unless Murray and Ackroyd and Hudson are in it to reprise their roles.
  6. Shang Chi looks like the Iron Fist level fight scene movie that Disney would have liked Netflix to make. I am all in on that but from the comfort of my own couch.
  7. Also here is the sad reality. I forget which one of you guys said it. The Marvel Saga really was from Iron Man through and including Avengers Endgame with Spiderman Far From Home serving as an epilogue of sorts and maybe Spider-man No Way Home as the part II of the epilogue. Every movie in that series was a must see so you could go to the next part of the saga. To me, every Marvel movie was a must see 'now' movie. Now that the saga has wrapped up and people have a subscription to Disney+, I assume that many people have no problem waiting three months to see this for whatever their monthly subscription is to Disney+. Three months! The majority of the public can wait for any movie at three months rather than spend $30 for two tickets + concessions.
  8. Typical corporate Hollywood BS like the corporate claims that Forrest Gump did not make any money to avoid paying out more to Groom. I am curious to see how this fares because at face value, her complaint has merit. However, Disney could have squashed this in advance by seeing if they could alter her contract by allowing her a percentage of early access buy-ins.
  9. I am trying to decide if it is solely Wright or a combination of how they were depicted in GotG2.
  10. @fantastic_four I have to admit that I am tempted by Galactus but not for the Marvel Legends line of 6". To me, Galactus should be even bigger than this so I think he would be incredible with the 3 3/4" line. I have a 3 3/4" Silver Surfer that could be cupped in his hands. Then... part of me says I should revisit my giant Lego Galactus project but that was started in red and blue as purple is so hard to come by.
  11. Inventory of Cards 1 Complete 88 Card Set Extras (So this is in addition to the complete 88 card set) 1 No Extras 2 No Extras 3 x1 4 x4 5 x1 6 x2 7 x5 8 x3 9 x2 10 x3 11 x3 12 x1 13 x1 14 x3 15 No Extras 16 x4 17 x1 18 x1 19 x5 20 x2 21 x3 22 x4 23 x3 24 x1 25 x2 26 x5 27 x2 28 x4 29 No Extras 30 x3 31 x2 32 x1 33 x1 34 x4 35 x2 36 x3 37 x1 38 x6 39 x1 40 x3 41 x4 42 No Extras 43 x5 44 x3 45 x3 46 x3 47 x4 48 x2 49 No Extras 50 x2 51 x2 52 x2 53 x4 54 x1 55 x2 56 x4 57 x1 58 x4 59 x4 60 x2 61 x2 62 x2 63 x2 64 x1 65 x1 66 No Extras 67 x2 68 x1 69 x2 70 x2 71 x2 72 x2 73 x4 74 x1 75 x2 76 x1 77 x1 78 x3 79 x2 80 x4 81 x2 82 x3 83 x3 84 No Extras 85 No Extras 86 x2 87 x1 88 x1
  12. Background Raiders of the Lost Ark Trading Cards from 1981 - I decided to open all of my packs to see what would happen. Time to re-home them. I have put the first few cards and the last couple of cards in penny sleeves and top loaders as those were the cards most frequently damaged over the years and are in shorter supply as they were in the front and back of sets. Rules US Shipping only on this please. Prices do not include shipping as it depends on what and how much you take. PayPal Goods and Service, Check, Money Order I go by timestamp of whoever commits to buying whether that be in public or PM.  No HOS, Probation List Members, Problem Children. Returns accepted so long as I am notified within three days of receiving the item and it is mailed out within five days from receiving the item. Return shipping on the buyer. Items ship out within two business days of receipt of payment.
  13. Always remember. Never forget.