freedom&justice
10-11-2006, 01:43 PM
Pacers' Jackson charged in strip club fight
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By Vic Ryckaert
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Indiana Pacers player Stephen Jackson will be charged with a felony stemming from a fight outside a strip club, a spokesman for the Marion County prosecutor said this afternoon.
Stephen Jackson faces three criminal charges from the melee last week outside Club Rio.
Jackson will be charged with criminal recklessness, a felony. He will also be charged with battery and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, said Roger Rayl, spokesman for Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.
A press conference is scheduled for later this afternoon to discuss the charges.
Jackson told police he kicked the man, who has a deformed arm, after he said the man started a brawl Friday outside Club Rio, 5054 W. 38th St.
Jackson was leaving the club with three teammates and several of their friends when police say Quentin “Fingers” Willford fought with some members of the group and yelled “Dump” -- a slang term for shoot a gun, according to the report.
At some point during the fight, Jackson told police he kicked Willford, 24. Another man, Deon Willford, drove a car that struck Jackson, injuring his leg. Deon Willford was arrested Tuesday on criminal recklessness and other charges.
Jackson admits he pulled his handgun and fired three to six shots in the air in self-defense.
Indiana Department of Correction records show that Quentin Willford served a six-year prison sentence for burglary, escape and dealing cocaine. He was released in August, records show.
Jackson, the other Pacers and their friends say they were being harassed by Quentin Willford and the people he was with inside the club.
Jackson told police they were trying to ignore the men, and that may have caused them to feel “disrespected,” according to the report.
The Pacers and their friends were leaving the club; Willford and his group followed them outside.
Willford began yelling, police said, threatening to shoot the Pacers.
Jackson showed Willford the handgun tucked into his pants, hoping to scare him off, police said.
A fight broke out between the two groups. Jackson initially said Quentin Willford struck him in the mouth, but later told police that he never got punched. It is unclear how Jackson's mouth was injured, requiring several stiches.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/SPORTS04/610110528
Multimedia
Text of police report
By Vic Ryckaert
[email protected]
Indiana Pacers player Stephen Jackson will be charged with a felony stemming from a fight outside a strip club, a spokesman for the Marion County prosecutor said this afternoon.
Stephen Jackson faces three criminal charges from the melee last week outside Club Rio.
Jackson will be charged with criminal recklessness, a felony. He will also be charged with battery and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors, said Roger Rayl, spokesman for Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.
A press conference is scheduled for later this afternoon to discuss the charges.
Jackson told police he kicked the man, who has a deformed arm, after he said the man started a brawl Friday outside Club Rio, 5054 W. 38th St.
Jackson was leaving the club with three teammates and several of their friends when police say Quentin “Fingers” Willford fought with some members of the group and yelled “Dump” -- a slang term for shoot a gun, according to the report.
At some point during the fight, Jackson told police he kicked Willford, 24. Another man, Deon Willford, drove a car that struck Jackson, injuring his leg. Deon Willford was arrested Tuesday on criminal recklessness and other charges.
Jackson admits he pulled his handgun and fired three to six shots in the air in self-defense.
Indiana Department of Correction records show that Quentin Willford served a six-year prison sentence for burglary, escape and dealing cocaine. He was released in August, records show.
Jackson, the other Pacers and their friends say they were being harassed by Quentin Willford and the people he was with inside the club.
Jackson told police they were trying to ignore the men, and that may have caused them to feel “disrespected,” according to the report.
The Pacers and their friends were leaving the club; Willford and his group followed them outside.
Willford began yelling, police said, threatening to shoot the Pacers.
Jackson showed Willford the handgun tucked into his pants, hoping to scare him off, police said.
A fight broke out between the two groups. Jackson initially said Quentin Willford struck him in the mouth, but later told police that he never got punched. It is unclear how Jackson's mouth was injured, requiring several stiches.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061011/SPORTS04/610110528