Nine SouthWest basketball players charged with B&E – The Daily Southerner
Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on February 9, 2012
Response: I am totally pissed. I have been recording these guys games all year and then last Friday 2 games before the end of the regular season I hear about this as I was on the way to the game. I just don’t get it. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher
TARBORO — Nine members of the SouthWest Edgecombe High School boys basketball team were arrested and charged with breaking and entering into connection with an incident at the school. (More)
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Nine student athletes arrested for break-in – The Rocky Mount Telegram
Mr DA said
Now I read where one of the player’s fathers thinks the charges are too harsh. Face it–stealing is stealing be it a Snickers bar or a Jeep Cherokee. Prosecute these young men to the fullest extent of the law and maybe it will teach them a lesson. Anything less will instill the notion that THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT AGAIN.
Response: I disagree with prosecuting all of these young men to the fullest extent of the law unless they have a criminal record. I strongly believe they have learned a lesson from all of this especially with the news coverage almost daily reminding them. I do not believe some of them will do something of this magnitude again but that is just my opinion. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher