Cardinal player arrested in drug trafficking ring

[The_Philster]

An Arizona Cardinal player was arrested Tuesday and accused of operating a large-scale drug trafficking organization.

Dennis McKinley, 26, a second-string fullback who plays mainly on special teams, was responsible for shipping thousands of pounds of marijuana throughout the country, Phoenix police said.

Within hours of his arrest, the Cardinals fired McKinley...more (http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardinals/0624cardinalarrest24-ON-CP.html)

[PA Season Ticket Holder]

$300k a year wasn't enough for him?

[Gunzlingr]

Police arrested an Arizona Cardinals football player Tuesday on accusations he helped run an international drug syndicate that stretched from Mexico to New York City.

Dennis McKinley, 26, a second-string fullback, is one of four Valley men suspected of managing the distribution of thousands of pounds of marijuana throughout the country. Authorities said McKinley, an Ahwatukee Foothills resident, was the lead moneyman in the network that smuggled marijuana from Mexico to a south Phoenix warehouse.

The Cardinals cut McKinley immediately after learning of his arrest, according to a statement released by the organization.

"This is a very serious criminal matter," vice president and general counsel Michael Bidwill wrote in a statement. "We are surprised and disappointed to learn of the circumstances relating to Dennis McKinley's arrest."

Officials said workers at the warehouse would wrap the marijuana in red cellophane, package the 25- to 30-pound bales into white boxes, then load them into semitrailers.

The drugs were then shipped to major cities across the United States, including New York, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland, as well as towns in Kentucky, Texas and Virginia.

McKinley was one of two men who leased the warehouse in the 1300 block of East Gibson Lane for $3,000 per month, officials said.

The investigation that led to the arrests started Aug. 9, 2002, when police seized $250,000 cash and four bales of marijuana that were disguised as hay after a drug-related shootout in Phoenix.


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[Ebenezer]

This isn't like Bam Morris carrying weed in his trunk...this moron actually rented out a warehouse to store the stuff...just plain old stupid.