re: Aaron Suttles arrested for buying poon tang

A longtime Alabama sportswriter and former director of content for Yea Alabama has pleaded guilty after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in Shelby County.

Robert Aaron Suttles, 49, was among 15 men arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution in July.

On Wednesday, Suttles pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge.

He was sentenced to 365 days in the Shelby County Jail but that sentence was suspended and he will supervised under the Shelby County Community Corrections program while on probation for two years.

Suttles was represented by attorneys Tommy Spina and Ben Preston, who released this statement following the guilty plea:

“Mr. Suttles plead guilty as charged to the offense of solicitation of a prostitute. His case has drawn a good bit media attention as it was originally reported as a human trafficking case involving minors by some other news outlets “.

"This case was never about human trafficking nor did it involve a minor. It was simply an adult male soliciting the services of a person who he thought was an adult female, only to learn that the “ fictional” adult female was in fact law enforcement."

"In short, to quote a country music song, he was looking for love in all the wrong places. He’s accepted responsibility for his poor choice and has paid a severe price, both personally, privately and in the public eye for that choice.“

Suttles was arrested initially arrested July 23 and released on $1,000 bond. Shelby County then successfully filed a motion to revoke that bond after Homewood police arrested Suttles on July 25 on a DUI charge.

Suttles surrendered to the jail on Aug. 20 and has been held since then.

As part of the plea, the motion to revoke his bond was withdrawn and he is expected to soon be released.

Suttles, of Hoover, covered the Crimson Tide for years for The Tuscaloosa News and then went on to work for The Athletic covering Alabama and SEC.

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I don’t want my attorneys quoting country songs in an official press release


Every time I hear that song I think of Eddie Murphy wookin pa nub.

I’m sure he is. High profile attorneys sometimes can’t turn off their hokey turn of phrase brains that they rely on so much.

If I was Suttles I’d be like “look man this shite has been bad enough without you invoking Johnny Lee. Can we just plea out and go home without more jokes”