Florida State crime stories – they never grow tired, do they? And this one may be the best yet.
According to Tallahassee police, two former Noles – guys who played this year – linebacker A.J. Nicholson and receiver Fred Rouse broke into current player Lorenzo Booker’s home and stole $1,700 worth of stereo equipment. At first, I thought that maybe this was just an altercation gone wrong, but nope, they broke in a back window like common thieves.
Now, if breaking into homes to steal stereos doesn’t sound stupid enough and if doing it to your own teammate doesn’t up the ante enough, how about this – Nicholson was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals just a few weeks ago! The man is a professional athlete!
Oh, but wait, it gets better. You know how the police knew to look for Rouse? Evidently he was clever enough to think to wear gloves during the break-in, you know to avoid leaving fingerprints. But instead of using some generic plastic gloves, he wore his FSU receiver gloves – ones with his number sewn into them … and he left one in the home!
Now I’m wondering if maybe they weren’t wearing their jerseys with their names on the back too.
Of course now that I’ve written all of this, I’m feeling a bit apprehensive. Maybe I’m being a bit hard on these guys. Maybe I should wait a bit and see if there’s a perfectly acceptable explanation. Maybe they both have Lyme disease.