[Vision2020] UI football player Keo cited for battery

[Scott Dredge]

Tom writes:

> 'Although I believe that Keo may have to sit out the
next couple/few games > (and he will be sorely missed), it makes me feel
good that Coach Akey has > not only set higher standards, he is enforcing
them.'

 

Tom, I disagree. 
This is innocent-until-proven-guilty America.  I'd like to see the slow wheels of justice
take their due course.  There ought to be
some good Moscow
defense attorney (like Sunil Ramalingam who has sprung me out of a few sticky
situations) who can present the 'real' story.  My bet is that this whole thing would just be
dismissed anyway so we shouldn't be suspending any players until all of the
'facts' are determined.  I've also heard
allegations that MPD over aggressively goes after the football players.

 

I say 'forgive and forget' this one.

 

-Scott



> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:59:09 -0700
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> To: vandal at uidaho.edu; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] UI football player Keo cited for battery
> 
> Courtesy of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> UI football player Keo cited for battery
> October 21, 2009, 5:27 pm
> 
> A University of Idaho football player has been cited for misdemeanor
> battery after allegedly being involved in a fight Saturday night.
> 
> Shiloh Keo, a junior safety for the Vandals, was cited and released
> Tuesday, Moscow Assistant Police Chief David Duke said.
> 
> Duke said the fight occurred at about 10 p.m. on West A Street in Moscow —
> shortly after the Vandals defeated Hawaii.
> 
> He said a person walking in a parking lot exchanged words with people on a
> nearby deck, and Keo and several other people allegedly “confronted the
> individual, and the victim was struck in the face.”
> 
> Duke said the fight was broken up and police began an investigation. Keo
> was cited and released when he came in to the police department for an
> interview Tuesday.
> 
> The investigation is completed, Duke said, and the case will be referred
> to the city of Moscow prosecutor’s office.
> 
> In a written statement sent to the Daily News by the UI Athletic
> Department’s media relations office, Vandals Coach Robb Akey said he is
> “aware of the situation and am very disappointed that Shiloh made a poor
> choice off the field.
> 
> “I have dealt with this situation with Shiloh and he will have to pay a
> price. I am confident that he will learn from this situation. As well as
> dealing with the repercussions within our program, he will also have to
> make things right with the court of law.”
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> Although I believe that Keo may have to sit out the next couple/few games
> (and he will be sorely missed), it makes me feel good that Coach Akey has
> not only set higher standards, he is enforcing them.
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Take pride, Vandals.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> UI '96
> 
> Came a tribe from the north brave and bold . . .
> 
> "Here We Have Idaho"
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/HWHI.mp3
> 
> "I-D-A-H-O Idaho Idaho Go Go Go"
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Vandals.mp3
> 
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