Damontre Harris arrested for failure to appear

[Ahab]

Florida basketball player Damontre Harris was arrested early Wednesday morning for failure to appear at an arraignment on Aug. 16.

Harris, a 6-foot-10 junior transfer from South Carolina, was cited July 16 for driving without a valid license, a second-degree misdemeanor, according to court records.

http://www.gatorsports.com/article/2...layer-arrested

[grant1]

I cannot fathom why these kids can't remember/desregard court dates or why we don't have the staff to remind them./nsure they attend court.

Also, why is it so difficult not to maintain a valid license or stop driving without one.

[gator7_5]

Damn, is it that hard to keep a valid license? I swear half of the kids playing football and basketball in the NCAA are driving dirty.

[GatorPlanet]

Makes you wonder if he thought the court date was really only a suggestion.

I don't understand why a kid would let a somewhat unfortunate situation (the drivers license) turn into a bad situation (arrest for failing to appear). So easy to avoid making it worse.

[wingtee]

Originally Posted by GatorPlanet

Makes you wonder if he thought the court date was really only a suggestion.

I don't understand why a kid would let a somewhat unfortunate situation (the drivers license) turn into a bad situation (arrest for failing to appear). So easy to avoid making it worse.

Well said. It's just not that tough.. As long as he can rebound and be a tough guy I will forgive.

[HayGator]

When did he transfer? Was he scheduled to appear in SC or G-ville?

[SwampFox]

Originally Posted by HayGator

When did he transfer? Was he scheduled to appear in SC or G-ville?

for failure to know the answer to the first question on NBN, you will NOT get the answer to the second either...

[HALLGATOR]

I think they need to give classes on how to keep from losing your license once you get one.

[GatorPlanet]

BD must have done a facepalm when he got this news.

[gymgator]

Step 1) Get a traffic ticket...for anything...we all have got them...
Step 2) Ignore it, can't/never pay the fine, attend driving class, etc
Step 3) Get your license suspended for #2
Step 4) Ignore the notice from #3 and decide that you will never get pulled over again.
Step 5) Find out you were wrong about #4 and get pulled over again.
Step 6) Get cited for driving without a valid license and have to appear in court
Step 7) Don't appear = warrant = arrested = Billy D face palm

This should be training 101 for college athletes as it is an all too common process.

[iam4uf]

Originally Posted by gymgator

Step 1) Get a traffic ticket...for anything...we all have got them...
Step 2) Ignore it, can't/never pay the fine, attend driving class, etc
Step 3) Get your license suspended for #2

While at UF I reached step #3 , some misunderstanding from what I recall & it took awhile to straighten things out. If I had a car at the time & had been stopped, I assume I would've been arrested. So... I guess I'm not throwing stones at a kid for the first offense.

[maxgator]

I would say this is fairly typical college student behavior.

[madgator]

Originally Posted by maxgator

I would say this is fairly typical college student behavior.

I would say that during my college years my drivers license was just as much suspended as it was active.

between unpaid tickets and never once owning a UF parking pass.....ummmm yeah. I got off cheap in the end....


What REALLY is ridiculous though is that the cops actually came to pick him up at his dorm. this is a clear case of targeting athletes.

in my younger years, I had been summonsed for a court date relating to a traffic misdemeanor, missed the court date and received a warrant in the mail. No cop came to my door. I just turned myself in, paid the fine, and went on my way. This is pure crap of convenience by the GPD!

[maxgator]

Originally Posted by madgator

I would say that during my college years my drivers license was just as much suspended as it was active.

between unpaid tickets and never once owning a UF parking pass.....ummmm yeah. I got off cheap in the end....

What REALLY is ridiculous though is that the cops actually came to pick him up at his dorm. this is a clear case of targeting athletes.

in my younger years, I have been summonsed for a court date relating to traffic court, missed the court date and received a warrant in the mail. No cop came to my door. I just turned myself in, paid the fine, and went on my way. This is pure crap of convenience by the GDP!

You are absolutely correct.

[phideltdj]

Could it be they can't afford the car insurance...I think they will suspend your license as well if you cancel the insurance.

[gatordd]

our judicial system is so gross

[born2beagator]

Well this is annoying

[GatorLurker]

I had my DL suspended once. Weird coincidence of events. I had moved and showed up at the DMV to have my address changed on the DL. At that point they took my DL away and said that I had a suspended DL for failure to have insurance on a truck. It turned out that the VIN of record and the VIN on the insurance didn't exactly match. It was one of those "1" vs "l" things. I had to call my wife who called our insurance agent who wrote a letter (notarized) explaining that I actually did have insurance on the vehicle without lapse. The reason I didn't know about this was that the letter from the DMV was sent to my old address and it hadn't been forwarded.

[gator7_5]

Originally Posted by maxgator

I would say this is fairly typical college student behavior.

I guess. There may have been a few, but I don't know anyone who was driving with a suspended license while I attended UF.

Of course, I didn't hang out with a lot of Div 1 scholarship athletes.

[nastyreptile]

Originally Posted by maxgator

I would say this is fairly typical college student behavior.

Hmmmmm, let's see....We now have to assume that nobody on these teams: Swimming, Golf, Tennis, Lacross, Soccer, etc, etc even has a car since we never hear of any of them getting stopped for a suspended license and then failing to show up in Court..