Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports
Multiple sources are reporting that charges against Alabama offensive tackle Cam Robinson and defensive back Hootie Jones have been dropped due to "insufficient evidence."

Both players were arrested back on May 16th for possession of marijuana and illegal possession of a stolen firearm. District Attorney Jerry Jones confirmed the news on Monday with this statement via Knoe.com:
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Jerry Jones cited insufficient evidence in proving who was in possession of the gun and the drugs, thus, he is dropping the charges.

Jones says, "I want to emphasize once again that the main reason I'm doing this is that I refuse to ruin the lives of two young men who have spent their adolescence and teenage years, working and sweating, while we were all in the air conditioning."
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Pavoloco8394 months
Did anybody expect this to turn out different than it has? Nick doing work.
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Bmath94 months
I'm all for not wanting to ruin the lives of college athletes for a nonviolent crime. The lack of any formal punishment here is not setting a very good precedent. While I'm sure the coaches are running them ragged, these guys should consider themselves very lucky. The lack of evidence claim is absolutely ridiculous.
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CCTider94 months
They'll be punished. Saban is old school. So they'll have to pick out a switch.
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CCTider94 months
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Signal Soldier94 months
Someone got paidddd
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WithaRebelYell94 months
Right after the country's worse shooting Alabama decides it's more important to win than to punish a student at all for a gun crime.
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WithaRebelYell94 months
Worst
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crimson crazy94 months
Yeah, except this was in Monroe, Louisiana, not Alabama. Dumbass.
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speedbump03294 months
WOW...shocker
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vuvuzela94 months
See you on November 5th Signed, Cam
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Bleeding purple94 months
When my 2 boys get caught with things they aren't supposed to have I always let them use the "It was his stuff" argument to confuse me and then let them off without any punishment.
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lsu48094 months
"The arrest occurred early Tuesday morning in a parking lot of a local park. According to the police report, officers pulled up to Robinson's car ar 2:33 a.m. smelling marijuana. When approaching the vehicle, officers spotted a handgun on the lap of the passenger. A bag of marijuana was also observed on the driver's side floorboard. The stolen handgun was located under Robinson's seat." This equals "insufficient evidence"????
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Big Steev94 months
Yep
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24chevrolet4894 months
Smells like Vomit to Me !!
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BIG CAT94 months
WHAT A JOKE, IF THEY WERE BENCH WARMERS THEY WOULD BE LONG GONE
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DoubleDown94 months
Let's be real here for a minute. If these guys didn't start and play for bama, you guys wouldn't care. You just want them off the team cause they're good. At least Cam is... Don't act like you're wanting them off for moral reasons.
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PrettyLights94 months
The REC made it rain.
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Tiger Roux94 months
there are 10's of thousands of people in prison for less that what they did. $$$ talks with our Justice system.
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Cobb Dawg94 months
Well I am shocked I tell ya......shocked. I thought that they would be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail. You mean that football players in the state of Alabama got off easy. No freakin' way!??
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UBamaJelly94 months
I'm sure glad the Louisiana DA cares so much about Alabama football players.
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Cobb Dawg94 months
Yea, 'cause money can't cross state lines.??
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UBamaJelly94 months
Well since we are throwing out retarded theories. Maybe the DA is such a homer he dismissed it because he knew it would reflect poorly on UA. This is going to make a great Netflix documentary.
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Farkwad94 months
Saban is a fricking POS loser and he cares not one fricking bit about the kids. He only cares about his $$$$$$$
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24chevrolet4894 months
See that Mug Shot ?? They sure look sorry for they done ... Yea Right !! These Jokes look like they would put a bullet in you in a 1/2 second. Jerry Jones is a pantie waist DA for sure , what lesson was learned ?? Wow what is this world coming to ??
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DoubleDown94 months
Farkwad - did you say the same thing when Les Miles took a team vote about kicking players off of LSU's team? Doubtful. Get bent.
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Jumbo_Gumbo94 months
I framed houses for 8 years, before and during college. Does this mean that I get to break the law in West Monroe because I didn't always work in an office? This DA has no integrity and should be punished using the violation of ethics statute of Louisiana.
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Chris Warner94 months
absolute power corrupts
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Bleeding purple94 months
double down - Our country is immersed in debates about firearm safety with many crying for increased laws, yet when two drug using thugs are caught with a stolen firearm they are let off with ZERO penalty because they reportedly have been working and sweating (while playing a SPORT they choose to play. It is about ethics and morals. It is what 2nd Amendment supporters like myself have been talking about for some time. Enforce the freaking gun laws on the book with max penalty and you wont need any additional laws to reduce gun crimes.
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