BREAKING NEWS: Tyler Smith, Cameron Tatum, Brian Williams and Melvin Goins arrested
by Will Shelton on Jan 1, 2010 3:32 PM EST
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PrintHappy New Year...
The Sports Animal's Heather Harrington is confirming with Knoxville Police Department sources (via Twitter) that Tyler Smith, Cameron Tatum, Brian Williams, and Melvin Goins have been arrested for weapons charges and marijuana possession. The Knoxville News-Sentinel is reporting the arrest took place after a traffic stop. More to follow...
UPDATE 3:37 PM - Wes Rucker has the following as Pearl's statement:
"We take these matters very seriously. We are still gathering information. Once the appropriate authorities have provided us with all of the facts, we will act accordingly."
Heather Harrington has also added that the arrests took place on I-40 around 11:00 AM this morning.
UPDATE 3:57 PM - Brent Hubbs at VolQuest ($) is reporting that the car they were driving does not belong to any of the four. So things either got much better or much worse.
UPDATE 4:07 PM - Knoxville affiliate WVLT is reporting that two firearms were found in the car with serial numbers filed off. Wes Rucker's twitter (same link as above) states that there was also an open alcohol container and Cam Tatum was driving. Rucker and Hubbs have conflicting reports from WVLT about whether one or two firearms were present had altered serial numbers. Hubbs says they were pulled over for speeding.
I'm gonna lean towards much worse.
UPDATE 4:15 PM - From Wes Rucker:
Because of gun location under his seat, Tyler Smith initially charged with the altered serial number weapon possession. That's the big'n.
UPDATE 4:29 PM - Brent Hubbs at VolQuest ($) now has a rundown of all of the charges - Tyler Smith and Brian Williams have the altered serial number charges, all four are being hit with weapon possession charges currently (maybe still some sorting out there?), Melvin Goins and Williams have drug possession charges, and Cam Tatum as the driver picks up the open alcohol container charge.
UPDATE 4:43 PM - From WVLT, the release from the Knoxville Police Department:
On January 01, 2010, at about 1127 hrs., Officer Sakovich stopped a car for speeding on I-129 at Kingston Pk. The officer smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car as he spoke with the driver. The officer requested back up and a K-9 officer. Officer Chadwell walked his dog around the vehicle were it alerted. The driver and 3 passengers were taken out of the vehicle so officers could search the vehicle.
Items and their locations found inside the vehicle:
A. handgun under driver seat , accessible by either the driver or left rear seat passenger.
B. handgun, with altered serial #, under passenger seat, accessible by either the front seat passenger or right rear seat passenger C. baggy of schedule VI drugs D. open container of alcoholIt could not be determined if the driver and passengers were under the influence of marijuana or not although the strong odor indicated that marijuana had been recently smoked in the car. Because of this, physical arrests were made instead of misdemeanor citations for the misdemeanor charges. Possession of a firearm with an altered serial # is a felony charge. All four individuals were physically arrested.
Suspects and charges:
1. Cameron Alexander Tatum (driver) (a) unlawful poss. of firearm (b) open container of alcohol
2.David Tyler Smith (front seat passenger) (a) unlawful poss. of firearm (b) poss. of firearm with altered serial # 3.Melvin Lamont Goins II ( left rear seat passenger ) (a) unlawful poss. of firearm (b) poss. of schedule VI 4.Brian M. Williams ( right rear seat passenger ) (a)unlawful poss. of firearm (b) poss. of firearm with altered serial # (c) poss. of schedule VIThis will be the only information released on this incident until Monday, January 4, 2010.
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Just when I thought things might be ok this basketball season...
Dear stinking goodness. I… heh, wow. I dunno. This is disgusting.
Cannons... fire them.
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You guys
In Knoxville need to get a new movie theater, theme park, professional sports team, something. Find something for your players to do besides guns and drugs.
Have you nothing better to do on New Year's Day
than troll on an opposing team’s website?
Cannons... fire them.
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Don't be a jerk
don’t come in here at a time when many of us are going to be upset and rub salt in the wound as an opposing fan.
Cannons... fire them.
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Au revoir basketball season?
This is idiotic…and more wonderful pub for the university…
I can't hear you. Rocky Top is playing.
Worst case scenario speculation:
Maze, Hopson, Prince, Swipa, Chism with Skylar, Kenny Hall, and S. Pearl off the bench, also could use Michael Hubert and Josh Bone at guard.
To show you my faith in Bruce Pearl
I think that team could make the tournament. They wouldn’t have a good seed and would likely be bounced in the first round, but I think they could make it.
by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 1, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Updated up top
Brent Hubbs says the car they were driving doesn’t belong to any of them…so best case, the stuff belonged to someone else. Worst case, they stole a car. Which you’d laugh at if not for PriusGate.
This decade is just as awesome as the last one.
(wild speculation)
i think there is a third option which would ultimately be worse than all of those. all of the illegal stuff belongs to them, and it’s a car from a shady booster.
The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.
My Dad said the same thing after I typed that
and absolutely, you’re right. Out of state tags on the car, which I’ve seen reported somewhere (it’s all running together), raises eyebrows
Continuing to update up top
with open alcohol containers, filed off serial numbers and the worst new year ever.
Wow.
Our athletes take wearing orange to the next level. Not Tennessee Orange, Department of Corrections Orange.
So Sayth King Zach I
So.....
were they doing anything right…like wearing their seat belts???? I’m just looking for ANY good news!
Updated again up top
with a rundown of all the charges – Tyler & BWill on the felony altered serial number weapon possession charges, Goins and Williams on a drug possession charge, Goins gets the open container charge
What looks like a final update from KPD for today now up top
arrests were not at I-40 but at Alcoa Hwy at Kingston Pike
Am I understanding this right?
Two firearms, but only one altered number…and so ultimately, only two of these guys are going to get hit with firearm possession charges, and only one of them with a felony for the one with the altered serial number? Yes? No?
I didn't imagine the first day of the 2010s could be worse than the last day of the 2000s
But it is. Great. I just hope we can win in the Georgia Dome this decade.
by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 1, 2010 5:00 PM EST reply actions
I...
…couldn’t have said it any better, bobo.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Jan 1, 2010 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry to hear this-
Vol fans. Especially after the big win vs. Memphis.
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
This is what happens when you spend to much time in Memphis
Initial reaction: bye bye basketball season. After the football game last night, we did not need this.
RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!
by Pride of the Southland on Jan 1, 2010 6:26 PM EST reply actions
How long until signing day?
I guess we can follow the Ladies too.
So Sayth King Zach I
by kingofzachland on Jan 1, 2010 6:40 PM EST up reply actions
Go Lady Vols!
I am so let down by our guys right now. So. let. down.
RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!
by Pride of the Southland on Jan 1, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
Gary Parrish reports
Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl plans to indefinitely suspend all four players who were arrested Friday morning and then gather more details before determining which players, if any, will continue their careers as Vols, a source has told CBSSports.com.
by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 1, 2010 7:31 PM EST reply actions
This article also gives a little more info about the car
Rental with Illinois plates. There will likely be an investigation as to who rented the car. Please, please, please, don’t be a booster.
by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 1, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
i couldnt imagine what reason a booster would have to do that
RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!
by Pride of the Southland on Jan 1, 2010 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
At this point, nothing would surprise me
At least Purdue won (big) over undefeated #6 WVU. Although the UT team that took Purdue to the wire may not resemble the current UT team.
by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 1, 2010 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
ESPN is reportng the car was rented by one of the players' girlfriends
RIP Steve McNair (1973 - 2009) Retire #9!
by Pride of the Southland on Jan 1, 2010 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
The Good News:
This should clear up a few scholarships for us! Er…unless the car ends up being from a booster. Nevermind, I’m going to go back to wallowing in my own tears.
So Sayth King Zach I
oh my goodness...
I feel like someone just punched me in the stomach. This is not something I would have ever guessed would happen. Oh my goodness. I don’t understand anything about the mindset of these young men. I am seriously unhappy at this moment. Someone help!!!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
All the my positive feelings for this team lasted one day
Whatever happened to the days of Lofton, Bradshaw, and Watson when you generally viewed the team as good guys. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think any of this would have ever happened when you had those kind of leaders on the team. Heck, Tyler Smith was supposed to be our leader this year. I’m not trying to paint the whole team as thugs, but when almost half of the rotation gets arrested, that image is going to be painted on this team.
I don't
post on here often. I think I did for the first time awhile back. I am a Kentucky basketball fan//Ut Football fan.(Yeah I know, its nuts but it is what it is) Anyway, guys this sucks. I am so sorry. I really hate this for UT. I hope that everything gets resolved ok. UT deserves better.
Kentucky bretheren united once again! Thanks Cal!
May I ask how that split allegiance formed?
Cannons... fire them.
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Well
I grew up in Kentucky til I was 16. My love for basketball there was started when I was six years old and had just moved to Kentucky from Nashville. I was and always will be Kentucky basketball fan. I never followed football much till I got married to a Tennessee football fan. He taught me about football while watching UT. So I just have learned to love the Vols in football because of it. It was during the Peyton Manning Era :). My first game was the one were we got trounced by Florida in the first half and Peyton almost pulled out an amazing comeback. I think it was 95. Who could not love UT after following Manning :). I love mostly all things UT except basketball and that is because of my love for UK basketball which no one could ever replace :).
Kentucky bretheren united once again! Thanks Cal!
ouch
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
well, all charges are misdemeanors
Still doesn’t change the situation IMO, but no felony charges anymore.
I can't hear you. Rocky Top is playing.
I was driving up I-75 today
From Atlanta (to watch the Hokies smush the Vols – sorry) and saw three troopers peel onto the highway around Knoxville (where I-40 and I-75 ride together for a bit) and was wondering what it was about. Perhaps it was this. Anyways, as a Purdue fan, I hope you guys bounce back from this and continue having a good season. However, I also hope that Pearl disciplines the players appropriately. I know it will be tough without Tyler for awhile or perhaps the rest of the year.
I don't want to get them off on legal technicalities
If they did something that deserves dismissing, I want them dismissed, regardless of what their lawyer says. Pot alone isn’t worthy of dismissal (although it is deserving of a suspension) unless it’s a second offense. If there’s something there with the guns (which it would seem to be if it’s a rental car; how can you rent a car and lack full knowledge of what’s in it?), then I can’t see any way we can keep them.
by Incipient_Senescence on Jan 1, 2010 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
I'm with you...
I don’t care if it’s a misdemeanor or a felony, if it’s either, you should be dismissed. Too many uh-ohs in one rental car.
I can't hear you. Rocky Top is playing.
by RockyTopinKY on Jan 1, 2010 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
Why? Why? Why?
This is absolutely mind-boggling. It’s disappointing on top of everything else, especially from Tyler who should be the leader of this team (request to Wayne and JP: please seize this opportunity to fill a role that has been vacated). It has been 18 months since graduation, but I have fairly recently been in college…it is possible to hang out and kill time without doing stupid and/or illegal things. I do hope that Bruce takes the Lane rather than the Fulmer approach, gathers all information, and treats the players appropriately regardless of their perceived importance to the team. I’m just…crushed…2010 is off to a terrible start.
The good news is
That unlike some head coaches with an office not-quite-due-south of his, Bruce Pearl has shown a commitment to instilling both hard discipline and a tough mindset with his team, and I fully expect him to deal with this matter in a way that is both firm against those who deserve it and fair to those who might have the right to be shown fairness.
Tennessee Fans: We win at teh Internet!
this too shall pass
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by The Voice of Reason on Jan 4, 2010 1:00 PM EST reply actions
Tyler Smith
People learn from their mistakes. Let’s hope Tyler has. Yes, he was part of the UT men’s basketball team. He made a public apology. I can only wish him the best, and will keep him in my prayers. Meanwhile I’ll be a fan to the remaining team member. I’m not qualified to say whether or not the other 3 should be dismissed. I’m saddened that it came to this, but I can’t change it, so we all have to go on. I’m glad he’s going to get his degree. It’s what UT is all about. You can’t take back actions or things said, but you can be a better person and move on.
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