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Wednesday, August 21, 2002

MOTION TO DISMISS CHARGES: Ron Monteilh, University of Colorado

BOULDER, Colo. -- Denver Post reports assistant district attorney Pete Maguire has filed a motion to dismiss two felony charges against Colorado wide receiver Ron Monteilh. Monteilh and teammates Marques Harris, Corey Alexander and Allen Mackey were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor for providing alcohol to CU recruits during a recruiting party on Dec. 7. Monteilh, a sophomore from Culver City, Calif., who has said since his April arrest that he was mistakenly identified, was charged with a second count of providing the recruits marijuana.

11:09:15 AM

ARRESTED: Jeff Herrod, former NFL

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Associated Press reports former linebacker Jeff Herrod, the Indianapolis Colts' leading tackler since their move from Baltimore in 1984, remained in jail on Tuesday awaiting extradition to Nevada on a charge of passing bad checks. Herrod, who retired in 1999, was arrested Friday and charged with drunken driving and resisting arrest. A check for warrants showed he was being sought in Nevada on a charge of passing bad checks totaling more than $75,000.

10:49:07 AM

ARRESTED: Mark Hartigan, Atlanta Thrashers
MINNEAPOLIS -- Associated Press reports Atlanta Thrashers center Mark Hartigan was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after getting into a fight with a bouncer at a bar. Details of the case were not immediately available, but the fifth-degree assault charge, a misdemeanor, can range from a threat to cause bodily harm to physical contact.

10:44:32 AM

SETTLEMENT: Bill Fitch, former NBA
LOS ANGELES -- Associated Press reports former Los Angeles Clippers coach Bill Fitch and the team settled competing lawsuits arising from his 1998 firing, lawyers for both sides said Tuesday. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Clippers attorney Bob Platt confirmed the settlement but had no immediate comment.

10:41:24 AM

GUILTY PLEA: Sly Williams, former NBA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Associated Press reports former NBA forward Sylvester "Sly" Williams pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree kidnapping. The one-time New York Knick and Boston Celtic has been held in the Broome County Jail without bail since his arrest in January in connection with two incidents last year. Williams, 44, a first-round draft pick out of Rhode Island by the Knicks in 1979, could face up to five years in prison on the single felony count at sentencing Friday.

10:38:16 AM