Incoming transfer charged with attempted murder
Posted May 19th, 2008 by mrasor
Men’s basketball
Zips guard Rydell Brooks was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, stemming from an incident Saturday night.
Brooks sat out last season after transferring from Niagara University.
Prosecutors said police approached Brooks’ SUV and “were greeted with gunfire.” Police found guns and masks inside the SUV, which carried Brooks and another Akron man. Brooks allegedly fled from the vehicle after the shots.
Brooks’ grandmother said the Buchtel graduate had never been in trouble before.
This is the second embarassing event in as many years for Akron, as walk-on Andrew Moss was arrested for armed robbery last fall.
With a crowded, youthful backcourt, Brooks wasn’t likely to see much playing time.
I would have written about this sooner, but I have been in class all day.
May 19th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
One of the most fun things about being a college basketball coach has to be convincing young men who don’t belong in college to come to yours.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Way to go Rydell. Someone has spent way too much time playing GTA 4.
On a slightly related note, do you think Dambrot deployed his catch phrase when he heard of Brooks gunning at police?
May 20th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Your not right kiel. Funny, but not right…
May 21st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Mike-
What is it I heard about the football player that was arrested for selling drugs and carrying a gun?
Bill