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  1. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    I suspect not. The prosecutors probably have the goods. They don’t usually like to charge until they are reasonably confident. Wouldn’t be surprised if there is a plea bargain. Just my guess.
  2. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    Yeah…remember reading about “Haitian gangs” and figured it was some deeply buried matter involving this dark side of Miami’s immigrant underworld that would probably never be penetrated by law enforcement. And it turned out to be something as close to the surface and staring us right in the...
  3. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    Most would never recognize this without some reason to believe he might be culpable. Interesting insights which I will think about. Years ago, there was a regular poster on Grassy named ForensicCane who was a psychiatrist who created his own specialty in the area of the criminal mind, especially...
  4. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    See my post on this. Their prisoner transport service also transports prisoners for state systems. Probably not a matter of substantive federal jurisdiction or involvement over what is still just a state criminal matter. Just a service provided as a routine matter to states who might not have...
  5. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    Yeah. I checked and the two towns are 30 minutes apart. Lake City must grow WRs on trees up there: Mike Williams (Neb); Marcus Peterson (2022 recruit); Marquez Bell (Cincinnati); TJ Jones (PSU/UAB); Latrell Williams (committed to us, landed at Tennessee--> JUCO?). Don't know how good these guys...
  6. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    We recruited that area from time to time. Yatil Green was from Lake City and went to the same high school, I believe. We had a couple of DBs from around Live Oak. Don't know if that is in the same area. We never had anybody from Sopchoppy, which I always thought was the funniest town name in...
  7. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    I think the first game after the murder was an away game at UMD. I wasn't at the game but that is **** if that's what they did.
  8. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    Still, he didn't flee across state lines. It seems to be only a state case, not federal. Maybe U.S. Marshalls have some responsibility even inside states when incarcerated prisoners have to move between jurisdictions. EDIT: This is probably the answer. From wikipedia: The Justice Prisoner and...
  9. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    Wasn't that involved in the Marlin Barnes murder, too? He was with the woman...wasn't she killed, too?
  10. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    Yes. A good lesson for life.
  11. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    Yes. An amazing irony. I can't imagine the guy sitting there actin like paying tribute to his victim. Bizarre. I didn't read the ESPN article, so assumed the cops still thought it was gang-related, perhaps related to the Haitian community. I kind of figured it was long ago that it would go...
  12. TheMatador

    Former player arrested in Bryan Pata murder

    You really don't want to charge until you have a pretty airtight case, is my guess. Haven't had too much involvement as a lawyer with criminal law but my impression is once you charge, it's hard to drop the case and then retry later if you don't have enough evidence to win a conviction. If you...
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