Felony warrant filed for Tampa Bay Bucs DB Aqib Talib for firing shot at sister's boyfriend.

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Police in a Dallas suburb have issued an arrest warrant for Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib accusing him of firing a gun at his sister's boyfriend.

Garland police said Tuesday they believe Talib and his mother, Okolo Talib, shot at the man March 21. The man wasn't injured. Earlier that day, the man had been listed as a suspect in a disturbance and was charged with assault and interference with an emergency phone call from that incident.

Authorities issued arrest warrants for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for Talib and his mother. She turned herself in Tuesday.


Police say Aqib Talib is set to turn himself in later this week. His agent, Todd France, did not immediately return a call.


Aqib Talib's bail will be set at $25,000, according to the Garland Police Department.


"We are deeply troubled by the serious charges filed against Aqib Talib," Bucs general manager Mark Dominik said in a team statement. "Due to current labor circumstances, we will withhold any further comment or action."


A Garland police spokesman said in a radio interview with Tampa station WDAE (620 AM) Tuesday afternoon that detectives met with Aqib Talib last week and continued their investigation before making the decision to charge him with a crime. The spokesman said the charge is a second-degree felony, which can carry a prison sentence of five to 20 years.


Okolo Talib was booked Tuesday morning on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with an additional charge of felon in possession of a firearm, which was added based on a prior conviction. Her bond was set at $25,000 for the assault charge and $5,000 for the possession of a firearm charge.


Aqib Talib, who went to L.V. Berkner High School in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, played at the University of Kansas and was a first-round pick by the Buccaneers in 2008. He's also been in trouble before. He was suspended by the NFL for the first game of last season after a 2009 altercation with a cab driver.


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Be extremly careful just having an unlicensed gun in your possession anywhere in the US these days..I know in the State of Massachsetts they have a get caught with an unlicensed firearm and it's a mandatory year in the pen. Another felony is wearing a bullet proof if you have any kind of record believe it or not.

Generally, Americans who have not been convicted of a crime are free to purchase as many bulletproof vests as they please. However, some state legislatures are considering bills that ban the sale of body armor to civilians. Connecticut is the first state to have enacted any restrictions on the sale of bulletproof vests to civilians.


Federal Law:

As of February 2010, it is against federal law for a convicted felon to possess, purchase or wear any type of body armor. The federal law came under scrutiny in a recent U.S. Court of Appeals case where the complainant argued that restricting the sale of body armor to convicted felons violated the commerce clause. The appeal failed, and it is still illegal for felons to use or buy body armor.
In Oklahoma, Wisconsin, California and Massachusetts, donning a bulletproof vest during the commission or attempted commission of a felony can lead to an additional felony conviction or the adding of extra years to the final prison sentence. In Michigan, simply uttering threats while wearing a bulletproof vest is a felony. In other states, the accused must also brandish a weapon in order to be guilty of a felony.

  • In Connecticut and New Hampshire, simply attempting to buy body armor is a crime if you are a convicted felon. Connecticut further restricts body armor sales by prohibiting online purchases and shipping of armor to any location in the state, even if purchased by a law-abiding citizen.

  • In the state of Michigan, convicted felons may still possess body armor if they can prove a need for it in their job and can get written permission to do so from their local sheriff or other law enforcement official. Although this contravenes federal laws on the matter, it has not yet been challenged by federal courts and is therefore still in use. In Florida, New Jersey and Louisiana, convicted felons may not own body armor, and are subject to even heftier fines and even longer prison terms than normal if they use the armor to aid them in committing other crimes.

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holy cow....did not realize that Talib went to high school less than ten miles from my own high school
 

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I didn't realize that his mother was already a convicted felon! Crazy American moms.
 

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A football player with a gun?
The hell you say?
What's next? LT with a hooker and coke?
 

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These fucking guys will never learn.. You think the Plaxico Burress episode would have taught him a few things..And these guys wonder why they are gettting locked out by the owners..
 

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I just received a photo link to Talib and his mother snapped the night of the fateful event!


Pasting into my next post!
 

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oops...I meant my NEXT post....sorry
 

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Great cover corner but a punk. Hate to say it as a Buc fan but he's been trouble ever since coming to Tampa.
 

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Four Game Suspension Coming For Aqib Talib?


By Gareth Rees - Staff Writer


Aug 26, 2011 - It's looking more and more likely that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will start the season without their best player on defense. Aqib Talib, embroiled in the middle of an assault with a deadly weapon case, had a sit down with*commissioner*Roger Goodell earlier this week in New York to discuss his latest run in with the law and*Yahoo! Sports' Jason Cole is reporting*that sources close to the situation suspect a four game suspension for the embattled cornerback.

Talib is a tremendous talent but at just 25 years old he may already be close to strike three with the NFL. In 2010 he was suspended for one game and fined two paychecks for his involvement in an assault on a cab driver. He was also reportedly involved in a fight with another player at the NFL's rookie symposium.

A report earlier this week*suggested that commissioner Goodell may have struck a deal to suspend eight specific repeat offenders in exchange for ignoring other first time trouble makers that may of committed offenses while the NFL was*operating without a*CBA this past off-season.

If Talib misses time, either Myron Lewis or Elbert Mack would be thrust into starting roles along side veteran Ronde Barber.
 

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What a joke that the NFLPA is allowing, or agreed to let the commissioner and NFL punish players who made mistakes while the lockout was going on...
 

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[h=1]Why Aqib Talib Has Been the New England Patriots' 2nd Most Important Player[/h]
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If Tom Brady is considered the President of the New England Patriots' roster, Aqib Talib is his right hand man.
You can call him the Vice-President, or even the Secretary of Defense, but regardless of his official title, Talib has proven himself to be the most important player on the Patriots not named Tom Brady.
It's understandable if you've forgotten that the Patriots defense was an impressive unit early on in the season—allowing just 16 points per game over their first six contests—because it seems like it was a lifetime ago.
Talib was the backbone of the defense early in the season, having an All-Pro year shutting down each and every player that he was lined up against. In consecutive weeks, Talib held Julio Jones, A.J. Green and Jimmy Graham to a combined six catches for 62 yards.
Talib was so dominant he apparently got his own island and a movie deal, as seen in the video below.

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So what has gone wrong with the Patriots defense since then? For starters, there have been a litany of injuries to a number of key players—none bigger than when Talib injured his hip on Oct. 13.
He has missed three games with a hip flexor injury and even when he tried to play through it, he simply wasn't the same player.
Steve Smith (4 catches, 62 yards), Andre Johnson (8 catches, 121 yards) and Josh Gordon (7 catches, 151 yards, 1 TD) are just a few of the players that have gotten the best of Talib recently.
 

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[h=1]Dallas Police Department suspends investigation into Broncos’ cornerback Aqib Talib[/h] By Michelle Kapusta, 4/17/2015
Authorities in Dallas have announced that they are suspending an investigation into Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib and his brother for an alleged assault.
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As previously reported, just last week the Dallas Police Department opened the investigation of an alleged aggravated assault involving the two siblings and other patrons at Club Luxx last Wednesday.
Reports claimed that Talib and his older brother, Yaqub, got into an altercation inside the nightclub before gunshots were allegedly fired.
After over a week of investigating though, the case has been suspended the department announced via The Dallas Morning News.
“Dallas Police Assault Detectives have been investigating an alleged offense that occurred in the early morning of April 8, 2015. This incident occurred outside a club at the 700 block of North Pearl. Detectives interviewed the Complainant, contacted witnesses and gathered evidence. Based on these interviews and the evidence currently available, this case has been suspended pending further leads.”
The 29-year-old Talib has been in the league for seven years and has also played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots.
In 2014, he signed a contract with Denver for six years at $57 million.
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[h=1]Dallas Police Department suspends investigation into Broncos’ cornerback Aqib Talib[/h] By Michelle Kapusta, 4/17/2015
Authorities in Dallas have announced that they are suspending an investigation into Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib and his brother for an alleged assault.
Sports_Logo.jpg

As previously reported, just last week the Dallas Police Department opened the investigation of an alleged aggravated assault involving the two siblings and other patrons at Club Luxx last Wednesday.
Reports claimed that Talib and his older brother, Yaqub, got into an altercation inside the nightclub before gunshots were allegedly fired.
After over a week of investigating though, the case has been suspended the department announced via The Dallas Morning News.
“Dallas Police Assault Detectives have been investigating an alleged offense that occurred in the early morning of April 8, 2015. This incident occurred outside a club at the 700 block of North Pearl. Detectives interviewed the Complainant, contacted witnesses and gathered evidence. Based on these interviews and the evidence currently available, this case has been suspended pending further leads.”
The 29-year-old Talib has been in the league for seven years and has also played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots.

In 2014, he signed a contract with Denver for six years at $57 million.
 

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