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Orenthal James Simpson – Las Vegas Police Department booking photo

NFL Hall of Famer and former murder defendant OJ Simpson is being held without bail, after his arrest in connection with an alleged sports-memorabilia armed robbery, Las Vegas police said Sunday.

Simpson is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said after the former football star’s arrest on robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy charges. He was booked Sunday evening on two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count each of armed burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Capt. James Dillon told reporters. All the charges carry possible prison terms, with a range of two to 30 years on the robbery counts and one to six on the rest.

A co-defendant, Walter Alexander, faces similar charges in an investigation Dillon said was “still dynamic and still ongoing.”

OJ was being held in isolation at the Clark County jail because of his status as a high-profile inmate, Dillon said. Simpson would be treated “like anyone else” in the lockup, he said.

Simpson is accused of taking sports memorabilia from two men in a Las Vegas hotel room Thursday. One of the men, Bruce Fromong, described the incident as “a home invasion-type robbery” involving Simpson and several companions, two of whom pointed guns at people in the room. The other alleged victim, Alfred Beardsley, has been quoted by celebrity Web site TMZ.com as saying that Simpson later apologized to him and told him he regretted the incident.

OJ has said that he entered the room with a group of friends, one of whom was posing as a potential buyer, after being tipped off that some of his personal items were for sale there. He said his friends helped him carry the items from the room, but said no guns were involved, and that the incident was not a robbery. But Las Vegas police Lt. Clint Nichols said interviews and searches, including the seizure of two guns during the investigation, tell a different story. Police said they believe Simpson was the ringleader in the incident.

OJ was arrested Sunday in his room at the Palms Hotel, where he was staying to attend a friend’s wedding. The Heisman Trophy winner and former Buffalo Bills star has maintained his innocence and called the incident a misunderstanding.

This homicidal maniac idiot tried to lay low the last 13 years since his last arrest, but just couldn’t help himself. He got a tip that these guys in Vegas had a bunch of OJ memorabilia for sale including the suit OJ was wearing when he was acquitted of murder charges in 1995. I guess he figured that stuff was rightfully his because he owned it 13 years ago, so he got some guns and tried to take it back. OJ never did get his suit back, so he took Joe Montana’s cleats for his trouble.


OJ just wanted to get his lucky suit back

He had a couple of close calls over the years, with the IRS a few times and some involvement in cable TV pirating ring, but nothing really ever stuck. OJ was walking around thinking he could get away with anything, that he could do no wrong, he’ OJ for God’s sakes! Hopefully, it seems like his arrogance has finally caught up with him. He has basically admitted in the press to the conspiracy to commit burglary charge. Holding him without bail, the Las Vegas police may have the goods on him this time. Expect the Las Vegas DA to make a deal with the co-defendant and turn him against OJ. Then they’ll try to throw the book at him, no one has any sympathy for OJ, and Johnnie Cochran is dead. These charges carry some stiff sentences, looks like OJ could finally be spending some time in the can.
…Stupid DEEP!

OJ in Vegas on Sunday

OJ Simpson’s classic 1994 LAPD mugshot

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