The New York Police Department might not just be satisfied with locking up Plaxico Burress for that infamous sweatpant-gun fiasco. There’s a possibility that Antonio Pierce, the New York Giants linebacker, could be arrested on some kind of “possession of an illegal weapon” charge, (I don’t really know what it would be, I suck at legal jargon) since after Burress shot himself, a worker at the nightclub Pierce and Burress were at placed the gun in the glove compartment of Pierce’s car.
The article I linked from The Redzone says something else legal that I’ll let you figure out.
Prosecutors have considered flipping the unidentified Latin Quarter security worker in hopes of nailing Pierce for allegedly bringing the Glock to Burress’ Totowa, NJ, home after first driving Burress to New York-Cornell Hospital, sources said.
“To charge Antonio and immunize other individuals engaged in the same alleged conduct — I would hope any grand jury would reject that outrageous proposition,” Pierce lawyer Michael Bachner said when asked about the potential flip.
I don’t know what gymnastics has to do with this situation, but Pierce might take the fall instead of the worker that put the gun in his car. It’s a pretty big stretch, but due to the NYPD and Michael Bloomberg’s unstoppable plan to make sure that Plax is punished to the fullest extent of the law, you’ll probably be hearing more and more about Pierce’s options as this develops.
This would be a blow to the Giants, as Pierce is an incredibly valuable member of the defense, although he is getting older. He had 95 tackles last season, and was effective on the pass rush. The Giants aren’t going to absolutely suck without Pierce if he does serve jail time, but it’s going to be another hole they’ll need to fill.
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