Come On Willy Mo! Starting Strong Safety Arrested Tuesday

by James Rael on Apr 20, 2011 10:42 AM EDT

Our own Ball Hawk broke some craptastic news this morning: William Moore was arrested yesterday.

The charges aren't all that serious. Thank Vishnu. He's charged with speeding, driving w/ a suspended license, and failure to appear. But for the failure to appear, there'd have been no need to arrest him; they'd have issued a summons.

I'm somewhat disappointed in Willy Mo. First, if your license is suspended, get it reinstated. Not that hard. And if you can't get it reinstated, then get someone to drive you around, or at the very least, do not speed. Second, the failure to appear charge means he was allegedly ordered into court at some point and then missed his court appearance. Not sure what he was ordered into court for. Could be anything really. Let's hope it was just another traffic-related offense. We all speed sooner or later. But driving w/ a suspended license and failing to appear is not smart. Not at all.

Honestly, given the nature of the charges, you'd think this gets swept under the rug lickity split. Worst case scenario, the failure to appear charge stems from something that is not traffic-related. Something more serious that we never heard about. But we shall see. Of course, we will bring you updates if there are any.

Discuss!

UPDATE: Looks like the failure to appear allegation and suspended license stemmed from an unpaid traffic ticket. Good news to say the least. I'm somewhat lost re: why he had to spend 7 hours in jail over this. Sounds like an overzealous police officer ruined Willy Mo's Tuesday.

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Never break more than one law at a time.

That’s gospel son.

Rule #1: Double tap.

by Ball Hawk on Apr 20, 2011 10:49 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs

Damn u Ball Hawk! I thought I finally broke a story!

But very true, even if they’re a bunch of little bad things, they can sometimes add up to super size bad. Thankfully, they didn’t this time and hopefully TD and Smitty take him to the woodshed and all we ever here of C4 again is tales of huge hits and amazing picks…Dumb ol Ball Hawk…

by aces666high on Apr 20, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for posting this, James!

You’re a saint. The good kind of saint.

by Dave Choate on Apr 20, 2011 11:03 AM EDT reply actions

Ugh...

Not the news I want to wake up to on a Wednesday morning. I agree that the charges are minor, but the face is he got arrested. I think with the rash of arrests that have occurred already this offseason, Goodell is going to make one of his statements, i.e., throw an entire blanket over every bad boy. I’m thinking one game at least, at that’s pretty bad when you consider how tough our schedule is at the front.

Have to give props to a PFT commenter sophandros who wrote:

Was the failure to appear a charge from their playoff game this year?

Harsh, but got a chuckle out of me. I think that it means I’m moving past it, at least.

by KMarch on Apr 20, 2011 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

You know I saw that

p.o’d at first but it _is_funny

by FrozenFinger on Apr 21, 2011 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions

I will never understand...

why people do this. It’s not hard not to speed. It’s not hard to keep your license.

If you must go to court, then go. It’s life. But dude, your job is in the middle of the lockout. You should have almost nothing to do. What’s the rush?

Guess we’ll have to start the season without him, which really sucks.

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by Caleb Rutherford on Apr 20, 2011 11:30 AM EDT reply actions

It’s not hard not to speed.

It’s not hard to not get caught for not speeding, either.

by KMarch on Apr 20, 2011 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

True story

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by Caleb Rutherford on Apr 20, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Are you saying what I think your saying or

Are you thinking about saying what I’m thinking.

Rule #1: Double tap.

by Ball Hawk on Apr 20, 2011 1:22 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

I wish we still had Lawyer Milloy

He could have covered for any suspension AND represented him in court.

by J.D. Schillinger on Apr 20, 2011 12:13 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

According to ProFootballTalk...

It’s not that bad.

Apparently, Moore had two outstanding tickets, paid one, forgot about the other.

The key phrase is:

Look for the situation to be cleared up quickly, with no conviction or guilty plea.

by vanb on Apr 20, 2011 1:34 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

Nice!

by James Rael on Apr 20, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

That's reassuring

by saipol on Apr 20, 2011 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

on other news did anyone else see this from Rotoworld.com?

Falcons MLB Curtis Lofton recently disclosed that he underwent surgery on both knees after the season.
Lofton played through the injuries in the second half of last season. He started running on Monday, so it doesn’t sound like either procedure was major. Though he would have been limited in OTAs, Lofton should be fine for the start of training camp.

by Fear Me on Apr 20, 2011 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Surgery on both knees?

That sounds serious, though what do I know…do you know what the surgery was for?

by orion12 on Apr 20, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Meniscus, I believe I read a tweet about it.

Not a game changer. He played on it all last season. He will be better year from it. You just gotta let it heal for 4-6 weeks before you can grind on it again that’s why they waited til now to get it done.

Rule #1: Double tap.

by Ball Hawk on Apr 20, 2011 4:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Based on his Twitter feed

it sounded like he has been laid up the past month or so.

by KMarch on Apr 20, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions

probably

some minor arthroscopic work (hopefully). This man is a beast to have played on two bum knees for more than half of the season. No wonder he was starting to look a little suspect in coverage.

by KMarch on Apr 20, 2011 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Amen

A man among boys is our MLB.

by mwalex on Apr 20, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions

He was a step late for sure

Now we know the reason. What a warlord!

by aces666high on Apr 20, 2011 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Not worried about this in the least… Not even news to me but I can see why its reported

by Caviarhound on Apr 20, 2011 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

Nothing good has ever happened in Gwinnett.

Smokey says: Only you can BVG forest fires.

by VaderX5 on Apr 20, 2011 5:06 PM EDT reply actions

You should check out Paulding

I got locked up and strip searched there for no reason. I spent 10 hrs in the drunk tank (wasn’t drunk), while my pregnant wife was at home wondering where I was (no phone call), only to be released free and clear. They arrested me because I looked like a criminal they were looking for (who they found), This is America right, stuff like that isn’t supposed to happen.

Rule #1: Double tap.

by Ball Hawk on Apr 20, 2011 5:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Happens all the time Hawk

Just had a buddy have to take a plea on something he didn’t do, else he was facing a felony conviction. Never been in trouble w/the law once in his life and all it took was an angry(soon to be ex)wife and a couple of “we’re you’re buddies” cops, who changed a few choice words in his statement (never and always sound about the same right?) to turn his life inside out. Most police have your best interests in heart but you get a bad apple every now and then.

by aces666high on Apr 20, 2011 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

The guy who picked me up was for sure a premature ejaculating prick.

His partner didn’t even want to bring us in but since they did he made the jerky one perform the strip search. My saving grace of that horrible night was this; maybe I had to get naked in front of a cop and then hang out with a bunch of idiots for a night but this Barny Fife has to look at peoples anus’s for a living and that there makes me laugh. Gotta be the worst job in the world.

Rule #1: Double tap.

by Ball Hawk on Apr 20, 2011 6:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

^this

I disagree with. Most cops are out to skrew you(its how they make a living) every now and then one is actually trying to protect and serve. Hard to find tho. The nicest an most lenient officer that ever pulled me over wrote me a speeding ticket(55 in a 45) and two warnings I am not a fan of police. I am however a fan of C4. He probably got ticketed for not being a cop

by birdwatch on Apr 21, 2011 2:15 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions