Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter, whose NFL career was derailed by a gambling addiction, was charged
Monday with stealing more than $1 million from a 68-year-old woman in suburban Columbus, Ohio.
Schlichter has offered to cooperate with an ongoing police investigation into the sale of Ohio State University football
tickets and 2011 Super Bowl tickets, according to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien, who didn't provide details
on how the theft charge was related to the ticket investigation.
Schlichter, 50, was charged in Franklin County Municipal Court with one count of theft alleging he stole more than $1 million
from the woman in suburban Dublin by deceiving her about the reason he took the money.
He took the money in cash, checks and credit card charges, according to the charge, which could also involve higher penalties
because the woman is considered elderly under Ohio law. More charges are also likely against Schlichter, probably in federal
court, his attorney said Monday without offering details.
Schlichter told reporters he had no comment as he surrendered at the county prosecutor's office Monday morning. He's
due in court Tuesday.
Schlichter has been forthcoming with investigators and intends to cooperate, said his attorney, Sam Shamansky. Schlichter
will likely remain in jail because he is on probation for similar offenses in Indiana, O'Brien said.
Schlichter, who played for Ohio State between 1978 and 1981, spent 10 years in prison, much of it in Indiana, for gambling-related
crimes. A first-round pick of the Baltimore Colts in 1982, he played for Baltimore, Indianapolis and Buffalo Bills, and the
Detroit and Cincinnati Arena League teams. The NFL has suspended him for life.
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Well, we could blame ABC because they haven't advertised the INDY 500....not during the HUGE TV rating shows like Dancing with the Stars (of which IICS driver Helio Castroneves is a former champion). He never won a CART championship, did he?
We could blame the new car...because it's ugly and has a V6 that has less horsepower than the pace car. CART (to my knowledge) never had that problem with cars they presented at the speedway years 1979 through 1995.
We could blame the fencepost, but that would be crass. Or maybe Danica? Or maybe Jean Alesi....or boost increases from constant rules tampering. Maybe we could blame Penske who still is winning everything as usual.
Maybe we can blame the world for not understanding the the great Indy gods who regularly twist things in such ways that we mere mortals must only accept, but never question.
So, it does beg the question....who is responsible if the series and Indy continues to flounder? Are the responsibilities so diffuse and complicated that no one really is to blame for it's fall from grace?
I urge the speedway to sign on for 7 more years of ABC coverage and 7 more years of NBC Sports Network coverage. It been win-win so far....*cough* *cough* -
"They're problem was thinking they were bigger than the institution that made their existence possible. That turned out to be a mistake."
The above quote made by Disciple shows his continued inability to grasp a simple concept: CART is dead. Twice. It provided a brilliant stage for some of the best open wheel racing in all the past century of racing. It's gone DOOD, get over it.
PLEASE explain, Mr. Disciple of INDYCAR, why you continually hammer home, even on the eve of the 2012 Indy 500, this same point...over and over? Seriously, why does the legacy of CART haunt you so much?
The same problems that affected the sport for over a century of AOW racing STILL affect it now. Your answers (or lack thereof) belittle the very sport you claim to love. Indy rots in your hands yet you request status quo. You negate salient points with drivel...always.
Indy is not going to die. But, it is dying...are you willing to accept that? "Indy is a hot mess"....it's true. Yet you want it that way? What is wrong with you? -
I just want to make sure I am reading this right - Wellpoint is eliminating 112 employees. Wellpoint is a customer of Repucare. Repucare is creating 82 jobs. I sure hope they are hiring Wellpoint employees. Does not make sense!
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Triscuts...love um!
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Of course the fair will go on. Don't you big city reporters understand county fairs? Get outside the beltway and see what life is really like!
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