ExCal - Bad Sporters https://www.badsporters.com News Blogging About Athletes Being Caught Up Fri, 10 Jan 2020 22:58:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Ex-Cal Football Player Charged For Alleged Assault On Berkeley Police Officer https://www.badsporters.com/2020/01/10/ex-cal-football-player-charged-for-alleged-assault-on-berkeley-police-officer/ https://www.badsporters.com/2020/01/10/ex-cal-football-player-charged-for-alleged-assault-on-berkeley-police-officer/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2020 22:58:02 +0000 https://www.badsporters.com/?p=4478 BERKELEY (CBS SF) — A former University of California at Berkeley football player was charged on Wednesday with two felony counts for allegedly assaulting a Berkeley police officer and attempting to grab his gun in a struggle on the campus early Sunday morning. Joseph Adeyem Wisdom Ogunbanjo, 19, was arraigned on charges of resisting an […]

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BERKELEY (CBS SF) — A former University of California at Berkeley football player was charged on Wednesday with two felony counts for allegedly assaulting a Berkeley police officer and attempting to grab his gun in a struggle on the campus early Sunday morning.

Joseph Adeyem Wisdom Ogunbanjo, 19, was arraigned on charges of resisting an executive officer and attempted firearm removal and is scheduled to return to court on Friday to enter a plea.

Arrested Cal Bears linebacker Joseph Ogunbanjo

Arrested Cal Bears linebacker Joseph Ogunbanjo (Berkeley Police Dept.)

Ogunbanjo, an outside linebacker for the Golden Bears, remains in custody at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin but his current bail amount isn’t listed. His bail initially was set at $185,000.

Berkeley police Officer Vahe Minassian said in a probable cause statement that the attack happened on Gayley Road near University Drive, close to the Greek Theater and the Cal football stadium, at about 1 a.m. on Sunday.

Minissian said he was sitting in his vehicle when Ogunbanjo walked up to him and “asked me if I had a gun, then asked me if he could drive my patrol vehicle.”

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Minassian said he asked Ogunbanjo to leave, but instead Ogunbanjo opened the driver’s side door without permission and “it appeared as if he was going to forcefully pull me out.”

The officer said that in order to prevent Ogunbanjo from taking his patrol car, he pulled out his gun and pointed it at Ogunbanjo as he got out of his vehicle.

Minassian wrote that he informed dispatchers that he was conducting a pedestrian stop, but while he was waiing for cover Ogunbanjo started to grab him and then reached for his Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol twice.

Minassian said he punched Ogunbanjo in the head two or three times to stop him from taking the gun. The officer said that while he struggled with the football player Ogunbanjo elbowed him in the face.

Minassian wrote that Ogunbanjo walked over to the vehicle and sat in the driver’s seat “as if he was going to steal” it.

The officer said he hit Ogunbanjo on his arm with a baton two or three times to stop him from leaving. Minassian said that after the baton strikes Ogunbanjo got out of the vehicle and complied with his orders to get on the ground.

Minassian said another officer arrived to help take Ogunbanjo into custody but there was a struggle during the detention. However, Minissian said he and the other officer ultimately were
able to arrest Ogunbanjo.

According to Cal football’s website, Ogunbanjo is from Houston and was on the team the past two seasons, playing in 17 games and recording 11 tackles. However, he’s no longer on the roster.

Cal Athletics said in a statement that it is aware of the incident involving Ogunbanjo and said “the details as described by the Berkeley Police Department are troubling.”

Cal Athletics said, “While he is no longer a member of our football program, we remain concerned for his well-being.”

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LOS ANGELES — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Trevor Davis, a former Cal player, was arrested after falsely claiming to have explosives while checking in for a flight at Los Angeles International Airport, police said.

Airport police spokesman Rob Pedregon said Monday that Davis was booked on a charge of making a false bomb threat at an airport and released with a summons to appear in court.

He said Davis was checking in for a Hawaiian Airlines flight when an airline employee asked him whether he had any explosives in his bag.

Pedregon said Davis said “yes” and asked a woman he was traveling with, “Did you pack the explosives?”


Airline employees called police and Davis was arrested. The woman wasn’t charged.

The Packers said they were aware of the matter and was still gathering additional information.

Davis, 24, was a fifth-round draft pick in 2016 and served as Green Bay’s primary kickoff and punt returner last season.

Born in San Francisco, he competed in football and track at Alhambra High School in Martinez and played two years at Cal after transferring from Hawaii. He totaled 64 catches for 1,110 yards and seven touchdowns.

He had a 76-yard touchdown catch at Northwestern in the first game of his Cal career in 2014. Later that season, against Washington State, he became the third player in Pac-12 history to score on consecutive kickoff returns (100 and 98 yards) in one game. He also caught two TD passes, including a game-winning 51-yard play in the fourth quarter.

He ranked third in the NFL in punt return average (12.0) last season. He posted a 55-yard punt return against Atlanta, the longest by a Packer in four years. He topped that with a 65-yard punt return that set up the game-tying score to force overtime against the Browns, and the Packers won 27-21.


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