Raiders WR arrested for possessing Viagra

[The Falcon Jedi]

Raiders' Murphy charged with possessionNewsCore 37Updated Apr 4, 2011 4:15 AM ET
GAINESVILLE, Fla.
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Louis Murphy was arrested and charged Sunday on possession of Viagra without a valid prescription, police told The Gainesville Sun.



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Murphy was also charged with failure to obey a police officer and resisting arrest without violence. All three of the charges are misdemeanors.

Gainesville police said Murphy was originally asked to pull over his Cadillac Escalade because an officer noticed his stereo was playing loudly.

The 23-year-old refused to pull over, and continued driving to a parking lot where he and his passengers got out of the vehicle and attempted to walk away.

Officer Thomas Harrison said when he ordered them to stop, Murphy refused to provide identification and would not put his hands behind his back when police attempted to handcuff him.

It eventually took three officers to place the 6ft 2in (1.88m), 180-pound (82kg) Murphy into custody, Harrison said.

Murphy consented to a search of his vehicle, where Harrison said a "non-labeled prescription bottle containing 11 individual pills later identified as Viagra" was found.

Murphy allegedly told the officer he took the label off because he did not want his girlfriend to know he had a prescription for Viagra. However, when asked by police for that prescription, he could not provide it.

A fourth-round draft pick out of Florida in 2009, Murphy had 75 receptions for 1,130 yards and six touchdowns the past two seasons with the Raiders.

[ChrisD]

Really? This is ridiculous. Viagra isn't an illegal drug. What a crock of crap. Loud playing stereo? Really? Around where I'm at the cops don't really give a crap. Generally the loud music is just a cop trying to find something, anything, to pull over a vehicle with a young black male behind the wheel.. And no, I'm not black. But regardless of what ANYONE says that's the truth. No matter what ethics has to say about it.

[The Falcon Jedi]

I think this is really stupid to arrest someone for Viagra. Of all the narcotics and drug dealing out there they lock up a guy because of possessing something used to treat erectile dysfunction? Come on man...

[Paulitik]

Laughing at him and calling him "limp dick" would have been punishment enough. Arrest a man for trying to get his junk stiff? That's wrong.

I'll have my sign ready when we play the Raiders in '12.

[The Falcon Jedi]

Whats sad is he was trying to hide this from his wife. Now the whole world knows. I feel bad for him

[Flare]

Why hide it from his wife? Its her bloody fault to begin with

[mdrake34]

(04-04-2011 01:38 PM)The Falcon Jedi Wrote:  Raiders' Murphy charged with possessionNewsCore 37Updated Apr 4, 2011 4:15 AM ET
GAINESVILLE, Fla.
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Louis Murphy was arrested and charged Sunday on possession of Viagra without a valid prescription, police told The Gainesville Sun.



IN TROUBLE
Which players have been arrested since the lockout?
Murphy was also charged with failure to obey a police officer and resisting arrest without violence. All three of the charges are misdemeanors.

Gainesville police said Murphy was originally asked to pull over his Cadillac Escalade because an officer noticed his stereo was playing loudly.

The 23-year-old refused to pull over, and continued driving to a parking lot where he and his passengers got out of the vehicle and attempted to walk away.

Officer Thomas Harrison said when he ordered them to stop, Murphy refused to provide identification and would not put his hands behind his back when police attempted to handcuff him.

It eventually took three officers to place the 6ft 2in (1.88m), 180-pound (82kg) Murphy into custody, Harrison said.

Murphy consented to a search of his vehicle, where Harrison said a "non-labeled prescription bottle containing 11 individual pills later identified as Viagra" was found.

Murphy allegedly told the officer he took the label off because he did not want his girlfriend to know he had a prescription for Viagra. However, when asked by police for that prescription, he could not provide it.

A fourth-round draft pick out of Florida in 2009, Murphy had 75 receptions for 1,130 yards and six touchdowns the past two seasons with the Raiders.

When are people going to learn that you have a right to say "no" when the police ask to search your vehicle?

[The Falcon Jedi]

(04-04-2011 02:26 PM)mdrake34 Wrote:  When are people going to learn that you have a right to say "no" when the police ask to search your vehicle?

Absolutely. In fact, what I did one time when I got pulled over and they wanted to search my vehicle was I locked the car doors. Keys were in my pocket. I told them if they can legally enter the vehicle they can search it.

Loop-hole Law note: Police cannot remove keys from your person to unlock your vehicle to search it. Anything found in the vehicle from doing that is dismissed in court.

[ChrisD]

They can say no, but I'll tell you right now, it won't matter. What does no give me (As a police officer) that will allow me to search your car if I call into headquarters? It will give me probable cause. And with permission from my highers, I'll just search your car anyway. Basically, I'd rather let them search my car and possibly find something and be lenient about it, than say no and them not be lenient because I wasn't cooperative.

Not only that, he probably didn't realize that what he had was "illegal" and he maybe even forgot it was in there!

Man, I can't wait until I'm a cop Lol.

[mdrake34]

(04-04-2011 02:41 PM)ChrisD Wrote:  They can say no, but I'll tell you right now, it won't matter. What does no give me (As a police officer) that will allow me to search your car if I call into headquarters? It will give me probable cause. And with permission from my highers, I'll just search your car anyway. Basically, I'd rather let them search my car and possibly find something and be lenient about it, than say no and them not be lenient because I wasn't cooperative.

Not only that, he probably didn't realize that what he had was "illegal" and he maybe even forgot it was in there!

Man, I can't wait until I'm a cop Lol.

Saying "no" isn't in and of itself enough to establish probable cause. If he says yes, he has consented and loses his ability to have the evidence suppressed in court. If he refuses and the police use that for "probable cause" then not only may he file a motion to have that evidenced suppressed, he has a good chance of having that motion granted.

You need other circumstances besides someone saying "no" to establish probable cause.