Arrington court date is Nov. 1
U-M receiver faces charge after alleged fight with girlfriend
October 24, 2006
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Wolverines wide receiver Adrian Arrington has been productive as a replacement for Mario Manningham. (ERIC SEALS/Detroit Free Press)
Michigan junior wide receiver Adrian Arrington's legal situation is more severe than originally thought.
He was arraigned Oct. 18 on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge and faces a pretrial hearing Nov. 1 in 14A-2 District Court in Ypsilanti.
According to a report filed by the Ypsilanti police department, Arrington and his girlfriend, Jodi Hupe, had a late-night argument in the early-morning hours of Oct. 13 that left Hupe with marks on her hands from keys.
Hupe, the only person interviewed in the report, told police Arrington was drunk at the time and drove her car in the altered state.
"I was first informed that there was an issue mid-week" last week involving Arrington, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said Monday through athletic department spokesman Bruce Madej. "This is a new issue and if he was drinking, I have to find that out and it is a team issue. And we handle team issues internally."
In an incident that occurred at about 2:49 a.m. Oct. 13, Hupe told police that she picked up Arrington, 20, from a bar in Ypsilanti. Because he was drunk, she said, she wanted to take him home with her.
He refused and they started arguing. Once the car was parked behind her apartment, Arrington left the car and they started yelling. Then he walked to her side of the car, banged on the window and she opened the door.
That led to a fight over the keys. According to the report, Arrington grabbed the keys, Hupe locked the door, Arrington unlocked the door and then pulled her out of the car by her wrists before he drove away in the vehicle. Hupe called 911 after that, reaching the Ypsilanti police.
No witnesses are listed in the report.
Arrington called Hupe and told her he had left her car on Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor, near the U-M Department of Public Safety. Ypsilanti police had Ann Arbor police check for the car there, where it was found.
The report said: "Hupe stated she did not want to press charges or go to court. Hupe stated she just wanted Arrington to be safe. Hupe stated she allows Arrington to drive her vehicle all the time and she is only concerned about him driving because he had been drinking."
After rumors of the incident circulated last week, Carr vaguely addressed the situation following Saturday's game against Iowa. Arrington played in that game as well as at Penn State on Oct. 14
"There's an issue and I'm not going to discuss it except to say that I take any allegation of this type very seriously but I do not think the allegation is supported by the facts," Carr said Saturday, adding that he decided to play Arrington against Iowa after doing his own research into the incident.
Arrington, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become Michigan's No. 1 wide receiver in the past two games, ever since Mario Manningham underwent knee surgery.
Arrington has 25 catches for 357 yards and four touchdowns this season, two against Penn State.
U-M receiver faces charge after alleged fight with girlfriend
October 24, 2006
Email this Print this BY MARK SNYDER
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
Wolverines wide receiver Adrian Arrington has been productive as a replacement for Mario Manningham. (ERIC SEALS/Detroit Free Press)
Michigan junior wide receiver Adrian Arrington's legal situation is more severe than originally thought.
He was arraigned Oct. 18 on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge and faces a pretrial hearing Nov. 1 in 14A-2 District Court in Ypsilanti.
According to a report filed by the Ypsilanti police department, Arrington and his girlfriend, Jodi Hupe, had a late-night argument in the early-morning hours of Oct. 13 that left Hupe with marks on her hands from keys.
Hupe, the only person interviewed in the report, told police Arrington was drunk at the time and drove her car in the altered state.
"I was first informed that there was an issue mid-week" last week involving Arrington, Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said Monday through athletic department spokesman Bruce Madej. "This is a new issue and if he was drinking, I have to find that out and it is a team issue. And we handle team issues internally."
In an incident that occurred at about 2:49 a.m. Oct. 13, Hupe told police that she picked up Arrington, 20, from a bar in Ypsilanti. Because he was drunk, she said, she wanted to take him home with her.
He refused and they started arguing. Once the car was parked behind her apartment, Arrington left the car and they started yelling. Then he walked to her side of the car, banged on the window and she opened the door.
That led to a fight over the keys. According to the report, Arrington grabbed the keys, Hupe locked the door, Arrington unlocked the door and then pulled her out of the car by her wrists before he drove away in the vehicle. Hupe called 911 after that, reaching the Ypsilanti police.
No witnesses are listed in the report.
Arrington called Hupe and told her he had left her car on Stadium Boulevard in Ann Arbor, near the U-M Department of Public Safety. Ypsilanti police had Ann Arbor police check for the car there, where it was found.
The report said: "Hupe stated she did not want to press charges or go to court. Hupe stated she just wanted Arrington to be safe. Hupe stated she allows Arrington to drive her vehicle all the time and she is only concerned about him driving because he had been drinking."
After rumors of the incident circulated last week, Carr vaguely addressed the situation following Saturday's game against Iowa. Arrington played in that game as well as at Penn State on Oct. 14
"There's an issue and I'm not going to discuss it except to say that I take any allegation of this type very seriously but I do not think the allegation is supported by the facts," Carr said Saturday, adding that he decided to play Arrington against Iowa after doing his own research into the incident.
Arrington, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has become Michigan's No. 1 wide receiver in the past two games, ever since Mario Manningham underwent knee surgery.
Arrington has 25 catches for 357 yards and four touchdowns this season, two against Penn State.
