Comments on: Mike Vrabel arrested for felony theft in Indiana

By: dinplant

dinplant — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:31:22 +0000

According to KMBC’s web site the police state Vrable stole bottles of alcohol from the casino deli.

He claims a misunderstanding with the bar tab.

“Hey there is that a bottle in your pants or …”

By: radrntn

radrntn — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:50:28 +0000

so much for the lock out, it is now lock up. booked at 5:38 meand it must have happened about 4:30 am, I am sure he gets up early and he stole some eggs and bacon. Not a chance he was up all night, and drunk.

By: charles116

charles116 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:25:03 +0000

I heard he ‘copped a feel’.

By: jc2hype

jc2hype — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:32:31 +0000

This guy is simply trying to support his family.
Besides he was trained by the genius so he would be too smart to cheat…

By: runtheball

runtheball — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:14:38 +0000

It was a misuderstanding. Vrabel misunderstood that being a member of the NFLPA* Executive Committee, is not a license to steal.

By: CKL

CKL — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:37:33 +0000

Maroney…clean as a Pat, gets busted after he leaves. Vrabel, ditto.
WHAT THE EFF IS MERIWEATHER GONNA DO AFTER HE LEAVES??????

Vrabel has always been a sarcastic MF and while I have usually enjoyed his sense of humor, I can totally see why some denizens of Indiana may not have felt as kindly towards his humor. Especially if he was wasted and tried to talk to them.

By: freddyfelder

freddyfelder — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:28:20 +0000

If this had of been Cam Newton’s Dad? Ohh Boy!

By: grogansheroes

grogansheroes — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:27:40 +0000

andyreidcarboload says:
Apr 4, 2011 3:41 PM
Ex Pat and a cheater.

Ex Steeler too.

By: gridassassin

gridassassin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:11:33 +0000

The dude has been stealing red zone TDs from offensive players for the last decade, no shock to this keen observer.

Why the long face in the mug shot?

By: touchdownroddywhite

touchdownroddywhite — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:57:53 +0000

This is Indiana. He’ll get a deferral based on successfully completing 1 year probation(possibly 6 months).

Oh, and he’ll have to spend some coin, too.

By: northeastern31

northeastern31 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:45:09 +0000

“It was an unfortunate misunderstanding, and I take full responsibility for the miscommunication,”

I feel like I heard that before…..

hmmmm?????????????

Oh YEAH! Thats the same thing BB said. =D

By: angrycorgi

angrycorgi — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:43:36 +0000

Class D Felony: Minimum 1 year probation and maximum $250,000 fine or 5-10 years in prison (unlikely on first offense, but you never know).

By: jmhredsox

jmhredsox — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:43:12 +0000

If Vrabel or his handlers had any sense, and this really is “just a misunderstanding,” they’d have provided more details.

“Felony” trumps “misunderstanding” in any headline.

By: tednancy

tednancy — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:41:21 +0000

Vrabel is a known commodity and class act. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt based on ten years of solid leadership and performance both on and off the field.

Doesn’t help the players union, however. Still, this appears to be at worst an isolated incident. I’ll bet the farm that this goes away with Vrabel’s good name intact.

By: deadeye

deadeye — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:38:10 +0000

It was just a misunderstanding. He thought the other person said “Please steal this item from me” when in fact they said “Please don’t steal this item from me”. I’m confident, as is Vrabel, that it will get resolved soon. It was just a misunderstanding after all.

By: dexterismyhero

dexterismyhero — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:37:58 +0000

That would be Vevay, Indiana. Did he get a couple of extra towel’s?

By: thefiesty1

thefiesty1 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:31:11 +0000

……and another one bites the dust.

By: JimmySmith

JimmySmith — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:20:30 +0000

I’ll wait to hear all the facts but I assume he wasn’t brandishing a handgun like Cook or stabbing someone like Lewis.

By: tomwill21

tomwill21 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:18:51 +0000

I guess since he’s a Chief, he thought he was entitled to Casino money????

By: 3octaveFart

3octaveFart — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:16:41 +0000

..and getting arrested for a petty theft is worse than knowingly and fraudulently selling tickets, on a massive scale, to unsafe and/or non-existent seating, how again?

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:12:43 +0000

Can Vrabel file a counter suit against the court claiming irreperable harm if he goes to jail?

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:12:29 +0000

@medtxpack …

You won’t see an owner getting arrested because they have a lot of handlers to ensure they don’t.

By: blkmanwtan

blkmanwtan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:07:38 +0000

I meant Adrian

By: blkmanwtan

blkmanwtan — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:06:59 +0000

At least it isn’t Michael Vick.

Memo to Adriana Peterson: This is an example why the NFL feels like “Modern Day Slavery”, if the guys police themselves, then the owners would not have to.

By: stinkfingers

stinkfingers — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:02:14 +0000

The “stealing signals” jokes nearly write themselves.

By: eagleswin

eagleswin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:01:34 +0000

It would be funny, if at the hearing, the owners volunteered to delay the case until after Vrabel’s felony charge is cleared up.

By: boltfanz

boltfanz — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:00:28 +0000

Must want to be a Bengal. Vervay is about an hour from Cincy. Hes just trying to get their attention

By: cletusvandam

cletusvandam — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:58:31 +0000

lol, you can’t make this stuff up!!! This is one of the guys the NFLPA chose to represent them? LOL

By: ronaldmexico

ronaldmexico — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:57:51 +0000

Theft of anything is considered a felony in Indiana? Seems like there is a pretty wide range of potential fact patterns for this arrest – I’m not a fan of the Pats, Chiefs or Vrabel, but it may have been more prudent to wait until more details were available before going with the story. I’m sure we’ll see another PFT story with the nitty gritty as well as a link to this one (to prove who got the scoop) later in the day or week.

By: denverwally

denverwally — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:57:06 +0000

Good thing he’s not an ex-Steeler or we’d be reading about a sexual assault charge instead of shoplifting some indian jewelry.