John Wall charged with break-in

[gofightingducks]

I know the Ducks are no longer on his list. Maybe that is a good thing if the kid is a thug, although maybe it isn't that bad of an offense.

http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/ri ... id=4135650

RALEIGH, N.C. -- John Wall, the country's top unsigned high school recruit in basketball, has been charged with misdemeanor breaking and entering after police found him walking out of a vacant house in North Carolina.

John Wall is ranked fifth in the ESPNU 100's Class of 2009.

Wall, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound point guard ranked fifth in the ESPNU 100's Class of 2009, was cited in connection with an April 27 break-in of a Raleigh residence, the police said. Wall, a point guard at Raleigh Word of God, was voted The Associated Press men's prep basketball player of the year for North Carolina in March.

Police said an officer detained Wall, 18, after observing him leaving out the back of the home.

Two minors were also detained and charged in connection with the break-in.

Police said there was no forced entry and nothing to indicate anything was missing from the residence.

Wall has nine teams on his list of potential schools -- Florida, Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis, Miami, North Carolina and NC State.

Frank Jackson, an assistant district attorney in Wake County, which includes Raleigh, told The Associated Press that a person convicted of such an offense could face up to 120 days in jail. But he said a first-time offender would likely have to perform community service.

A call to Wall's home in Raleigh found the phone was disconnected. His mother didn't have a listed phone number, and a message to the school's athletic director wasn't immediately returned.

[buckmarkduck]

So he didn't steal a thing, and nothing was broken plus the house is abandon? It sounds like the cops had nothing better to do that day.

[woundedknees]

If they had stolen or damaged anything, it might have been a felony... Where I come from, walking around in another persons house uninvited is not kosher, even if it's empty.

[uodux1212]

If they had stolen or damaged anything, it might have been a felony... Where I come from, walking around in another persons house uninvited is not kosher, even if it's empty.

Where I come from, walking around in another persons house uninvited is a good way to find yourself on the wrong end of a double barrel...

[woundedknees]

The single most frightening sound in a dark, enclosed space (Especially when you know you aren't supposed to be there...)?

The sound of a round being pumped into some old geezer's 12 guage!

Not smart, people.

[buckmarkduck]

On Fox sports radio they said it was an boarded up abandoned house, not a house owned by someone who wasn't around. If someone actually owned it that's one thing, but if it's abandoned, they still shouldn't be there, but at the same time the door is unlocked ( if there is a door) and nothing was broken or stolen. Slap them on the wrist and let them go.

[alabamaduck]

If it was a boarded up, abandoned house, how is this any bigger of a deal than the Cliff Harris situation. They're both a matter of an 18 year old acting like an 18 year old. I'm sure most of us made poor decisions when we were younger...I know I sure did!