Post by Smyth94 on Nov 24, 2010 6:00:08 GMT -5
EDMONTON — Edmonton Eskimo Adam Braidwood is one of three people charged Tuesday with cutting a man and locking him inside the trunk of a car.
Braidwood, 26, was charged with the assault and forcible confinement of a 20-year-old Stony Plain man.
The alleged incident happened at about 5:35 p.m. Friday. Witnesses reported seeing several men forcing a man into the trunk of a car in southeast Spruce Grove. Minutes later, Stony Plain RCMP spotted a suspect vehicle — a red 1994 Chrysler Intrepid — a few kilometres away on Range Road 272, north of Township Road 520. Police found a shirtless man with deep cuts to his arms and legs outside the vehicle with another man, while Braidwood and another man were inside the car.
The injured man was taken to an Edmonton-area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Three men — Braidwood, Shane Gerald Bergstrom, 25, and Taylor Joel Kurtz, 23 — were arrested and charged with assault and forcible confinement. Forcible confinement is defined as confining or imprisoning someone against their will by use of force. The sentence for such a charge can range as high as 10 years in prison.
The men were released on cash bail and are to appear in Stony Plain Provincial Court on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.
In what RCMP call an “unrelated investigation,” Kurtz has also been charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, after police recently searched his home.
According to RCMP, the vehicle involved with Friday night’s incident was not registered to any of the three men charged.
The six-foot-four, 274-lb. Braidwood — a defensive tackle known as the “boogeyman” — has five years’ experience in the Canadian Football League, all of it with the Eskimos. The tattooed, bearded Braidwood also took part in mixed martial arts and boxing during 2008 and ’09, when injuries kept him out of football.
The former first-round draft pick began the 2010 season on the practice roster and didn’t play his first game until the fifth week of the season. In 14 games, he recorded 13 defensive tackles, according to the Eskimos website.
Eric Tillman, Eskimos general manager, issued a statement saying the club is aware of the charges.
“As the matter is now before the courts, the club will not offer further comment until the legal process has concluded.”
It’s not the first time an Edmonton Eskimo has been charged during Grey Cup week.
In 2002, Eskimos defensive end Elfrid Payton was charged with assault for punching a man unconscious in the parking lot of a Boston Pizza. He made a court appearance on the charge less than a week before the Eskimos faced the Montreal Alouettes in that year’s Grey Cup.
Payton was convicted in June 2003, though that was overturned when it was determined that Payton did not receive disclosure of evidence.
Read more: www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton+Eskimos+Braidwood+charged+with+forcible+confinement/3873418/story.html#ixzz16CFIaKbK
Braidwood, 26, was charged with the assault and forcible confinement of a 20-year-old Stony Plain man.
The alleged incident happened at about 5:35 p.m. Friday. Witnesses reported seeing several men forcing a man into the trunk of a car in southeast Spruce Grove. Minutes later, Stony Plain RCMP spotted a suspect vehicle — a red 1994 Chrysler Intrepid — a few kilometres away on Range Road 272, north of Township Road 520. Police found a shirtless man with deep cuts to his arms and legs outside the vehicle with another man, while Braidwood and another man were inside the car.
The injured man was taken to an Edmonton-area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Three men — Braidwood, Shane Gerald Bergstrom, 25, and Taylor Joel Kurtz, 23 — were arrested and charged with assault and forcible confinement. Forcible confinement is defined as confining or imprisoning someone against their will by use of force. The sentence for such a charge can range as high as 10 years in prison.
The men were released on cash bail and are to appear in Stony Plain Provincial Court on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.
In what RCMP call an “unrelated investigation,” Kurtz has also been charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, after police recently searched his home.
According to RCMP, the vehicle involved with Friday night’s incident was not registered to any of the three men charged.
The six-foot-four, 274-lb. Braidwood — a defensive tackle known as the “boogeyman” — has five years’ experience in the Canadian Football League, all of it with the Eskimos. The tattooed, bearded Braidwood also took part in mixed martial arts and boxing during 2008 and ’09, when injuries kept him out of football.
The former first-round draft pick began the 2010 season on the practice roster and didn’t play his first game until the fifth week of the season. In 14 games, he recorded 13 defensive tackles, according to the Eskimos website.
Eric Tillman, Eskimos general manager, issued a statement saying the club is aware of the charges.
“As the matter is now before the courts, the club will not offer further comment until the legal process has concluded.”
It’s not the first time an Edmonton Eskimo has been charged during Grey Cup week.
In 2002, Eskimos defensive end Elfrid Payton was charged with assault for punching a man unconscious in the parking lot of a Boston Pizza. He made a court appearance on the charge less than a week before the Eskimos faced the Montreal Alouettes in that year’s Grey Cup.
Payton was convicted in June 2003, though that was overturned when it was determined that Payton did not receive disclosure of evidence.
Read more: www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton+Eskimos+Braidwood+charged+with+forcible+confinement/3873418/story.html#ixzz16CFIaKbK
