Saints wide receiver Poole arrested
Posted: Wednesday August 05, 1998 11:03 AM
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Poole is accused of assaulting a man with a golf club AP |
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (AP) -- New Orleans Saints wide
receiver Keith
Poole was free on bond Monday, charged with attacking a La Crosse man
with a golf club. Poole, 24, a 1997 fourth-round draft choice
from Arizona State, was released on a $150 cash bond and ordered to appear
in La Crosse County Circuit Court on August 13. "There was an
altercation I was involved with," Poole said after practice Monday. "I
don't want to say anymore about it now." After a night off,
Poole and teammate Jake Delhomme, a second-year quarterback, accepted a
ride back to their dormitory from three La Crosse residents about 2:30 a.m.
Sunday, the police report said. Before they reached the
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where the Saints are staying for
training camp, the two Saints began yelling obscenities at the driver, who
stopped and told them to get out of the car, the report said.
One of the passengers, Timothy Whitewater, 26, of La Crosse, told police he
and Poole then got into an argument outside the car. Poole grabbed a golf
club from a bag in the back of the car and struck Whitewater on the left
hip several times, causing a two-inch-long gash, Whitewater said.
When police arrived, Poole ran between several houses toward the campus
and was stopped by an officer about two blocks away. Delhomme,
who was not charged in the incident, refused comment Monday night.
"We're aware of the incident," said general manager Bill Kuharich. "He
has retained legal counsel. We're going to let things take their
course." Poole said he had retained a La Crosse attorney, but
refused to identify him. La Crosse County Deputy District
Attorney Loralee Clark said she is waiting to receive all the police
reports before deciding what charges to file. Both Poole and
Delhomme practiced with the team on Monday. Poole played in just
three games late in the season last year, but in the season finale at
Kansas City he caught two touchdown passes, a 32-yarder and a
14-yarder. Delhomme finished his college career at Southwestern
Louisiana as Louisiana's all-time leading career passer with 9,216 yards
and led the Cajuns to three straight winning seasons.
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