Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 7:52 AM | 11 comments |
 

Ikegwuonu trial on hold
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The trial for Eagles cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu is on hold as prosecutors call an out-of-state witness to the stand, according to the Daily Chronicle.

As you undoubtedly know by now, Ikegwuonu was charged with residential burglary and criminal trespassing for allegedly breaking into a DeKalb, Illinois townhouse with his brother and possibly attempting to steal an Xbox.

DeKalb County Assistant State’s Attorney Victor Escarcida said the trial is scheduled to resume July 16 at 10 a.m. when a former tenant of the townhouse will arrive from California.

Per the report, two witnesses were called to the stand yesterday -- the Police Sgt. who fingerprinted the scene and a fingerprint examiner. The prints from the Ikegwuonu brothers and prints from the Xbox could not be compared because of environmental factors like dust or wind.

"The (fingerprint) lifts contained did not have significant characteristics that would allow me to compare them to the cards," said fingerprint examiner Edward Rottman, according to the article.

So no more Ikegwuonu updates until next week it looks like.

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Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 7:52 AM  Permalink | 11 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:27 AM, 07/08/2009
    Its ridiculous how much money and effort the law is going through to nail a kid who allegedly took an X-Box, especially when the guy who owned the X-Box said it was a misunderstanding, and dropped charges. I guess they don't want to quit until they can get him in prison, so they have something to show for all their wasted effort. Crazy.
    — VicFromLA
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:26 PM, 07/08/2009
    A lot of college town cops and prosecutors behave like that. And Ikegwuonu has a lot of talent, so I don't find him to be insignificant at all.
    — HandNik
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:39 PM, 07/08/2009
    Igottsdaswagga - you'd probably say the same thing about Quintin Demps or Akeem Jordan before the start of last year. How confident they are in Ikegwuonu will determine whether Sheldon / Hobbs are back next year.
    — Axeman54
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:43 PM, 07/08/2009
    Racist or not, that comment just didn't make sense.
    — HandNik
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:11 AM, 07/09/2009
    So the prosecutors called the fingerprint witnesses to the stand so that they could testify that they were unable to obtain a reliable set of prints from the scene? Brilliant....lol.
    — JimG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:22 AM, 07/09/2009
    Sounds like if this prosecution team were all out fishing and their boat sank, you pull up and notice who they are, would you have to think about throwing them a life preserver???
    — FireChief


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