How stupid can you be? According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, two star football players at Central Gwinnett High School were arrested for forgery this week, allegedly using counterfeit $10 bills at the high school’s book store. Oh gee, how smart! They are the second and third Black Knights players this month to run afoul of the law.
According to police reports, Malcolm Alvin Moulton, 17, and Daryle Davon Wesley, 18, both seniors, allegedly used $30 in counterfeit bills Monday to make a purchase at the book store.
The bills were spotted by a faculty member, who later alerted school resource officer Wes Hardin about the bogus money. The officer investigated the incident.“He noticed the serial numbers were the same on all three bills, and that security markings and measures were missing,” said Jorge Quintana, spokesperson for Gwinnett Schools. A video camera had taped their transaction.
Moulton and Wesley were arrested Monday and charged as adults with first-degree forgery, a felony. Folks, if proven guilty, they have managed to ruin their lives at such a young age. Wow, this is pitiful and if guilty, they ought to be
punished just for being stupid.
Moulton and Wesley will join running back Diante Drake on the bench. Drake was arrested Aug. 4 on alleged marijuana possession charges, his second such offense in nine months, the first one occurring Dec. 1, 2007.
Moulton is a wide receiver with the Black Knights who caught 40 passes for 545 yards last year and scored five touchdowns. Wesley, a linebacker, ranked second in the county last year in tackling, with 137 tackles, when he played for Berkmar High.
I read the coach, Ed Stokes’ statement, below is an excerpt:
Our team motto is “Building Young Men of Character while Striving to Win Championships on the Field of Play”. Given recent events, one might question as to how well that message is being received. However, I am very pleased that the vast majority of our football team is made up of good, upstanding young gentlemen. It is unfortunate that the actions of a few have damaged and severely misrepresented the overall makeup of our program. One of the things we have preached to them is “To whom much is given, much is expected.” When players are blessed with talent, and put in the limelight, that means that there is responsibility that goes with it. Their actions affect not only themselves, but the team, their families, and our program as a whole. I realize that my job as a head coach is in dealing with teenagers who will make mistakes. And while part of my job is to give them a chance to correct themselves and teach them to do right, I will not continually do so and put the rest of our team and our program in jeopardy. Playing football for Central Gwinnett should be an honor and a privilege.
To read the entire statement, CLICK HERE…
His statement is so appropriate and hard-hitting. These young men, if proven guilty, have in essence thrown away their lives for $30 in counterfeit bills and for what?
Filed under: Daryle Wesley, Diante Drake, Malcolm Moulton
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