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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Kids These Days

The University of Delaware football players’ masked, armed break-in of another player’s apartment made no sense to UD. One of their fellow students? Why go to the trouble to dress up and brandish weaponry to enter some undergrad’s room?

But here you go, a motive has emerged:

Newark Police Lt. Thomas LeMin said two of the suspects were armed with shotguns when they barged into a fellow teammate's home at the Park Place Apartments not far from the university's campus. The theft of steroids and other controlled substances appears to be the primary motive for the robbery, LeMin said.

The alleged victim told The (Wilmington) News Journal he has been dismissed from the team, apparently for possessing steroids.


So okay this guy had drugs the other guys wanted, but this guy wouldn’t share, or sold at too high a price or something. …

Police found lots of recreational drugs at the apartments of the players who did the break-in….

The University of Delaware’s athletic director said something cute: "It's been a real tough day…I think, by and large, everyone's disappointed in the kids. You recruit kids, you invite them to your campus, and you just hope they're quality people with character. Then they do something stupid like this."