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Cardinals Dansby Faces Misdemeanor Weapons Charge

Jan 25, 2007 – 1:55 PM
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Early Friday morning at around 2:00 A.M. Cardinals Linebacker Karlos Dansby was pulled over by a Gilbert police officer for speeding and having no license plate. Upon questioning it was revealed [willingly] by Dansby that there was in fact a gun in the vehicle but that it was not holstered or in the glove compartment. By law that is cause for a citation because the gun was not being carried correctly.

"It's a rather technical manner of how to carry a gun properly within a vehicle, and the law is very cumbersome and not everyone understands it," Sgt. Andrew Duncan of the Gilbert police department said.
Although no dates were given, Dansby now faces a day in court on a misdemeanor weapons charge. If convicted Dansby could face the maximum of one-year in jail and a $2,500 fine, although that seems very unlikely. The police officer said that Dansby was kind, courtesy and upfront throughout the entire ordeal. I would imagine the charges will eventually be dropped.

There have been a lot of gun and player related incidents lately. Giants Safety Gibril Wilson was just robbed at gunpoint while the Bears Tank Johnson / gun case has seen much more publicity.
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