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KEZI-TV - James arrested for Domestic violence
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By KEZI 9 News Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Another Oregon Duck football player gets into trouble. University of Oregon Running Back LaMichael James has been arrested for domestic violence by Springfield Police. He was booked at the Lane County Jail just before three o'clock Wednesday morning.
The Lane County Sheriff's Office website lists James' charges as strangulation, assault-4 and menacing. James had a breakout freshman season as a duck running back, filling in for the suspended LaGarrette Blount. James took home the PAC-10 Offensive Freshman of the Year award. The red shirt freshman finished second in rushing behind Stanford's Toby Gerhart with just under 1500 yards.
Before these charges, everything had seemed to be pretty minor to me. The alleged stealing was pretty thin. The other stuff seemed minor to me too. Given who this player is, and the violent nature of the charges, this incident is completely different in my book.This has been a brutal offseason so far for the Ducks football program.
I'm with Zybot. This could be very serious but the prior stuff seems like there wasn't much to it. We'll see how this shakes out, but I'd hope/expect the higher ups would deal with this seriously if it's really as bad as it sounds it might be... regardless of whether he can beat the charges.This has been a brutal offseason so far for the Ducks football program.

i cant wait to hear jay allen on the game at 12..he might have some more info
Racist much?
i cant wait to hear jay allen on the game at 12..he might have some more info
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I can bet money I know what you are going to say next lmfao.
Anyhow, so you support Blount? You thought he would changed since his on field incident? Are you really that blind?
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I can bet money I know what you are going to say next lmfao.
Anyhow, so you support Blount? You thought he would changed since his on field incident? Are you really that blind?
	It is not the first arrest for James, a 20-year-old from Texarkana, Texas, who was a redshirt freshman in the 2009 season. James was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and third-degree battery in June 2008, just prior to arriving in Eugene.
Those charges, stemming from a fight involving rival high schools, were dismissed in July of 2009.
But now, Oregon’s two biggest stars and Heisman Trophy hopefuls entering the 2010 season are embroiled in legal trouble.
Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli is one of two players named on a police report alleging theft of laptops and other electronics, according to Sigma Alpha Epsilon member Max Wolfard, who filed the report. The other is receiver Garrett Embry, who has since been dismissed from the team.
That incident happened early morning Jan. 24. At nearly the same time, two football players, kickers Mike Bowlin and Rob Beard, were injured in a brawl a couple of blocks away from the fraternity house. Beard was knocked unconscious and needed intensive care and facial surgery.
Already this week, Bowlin left the team and Beard has been charged with assault after an altercation with Tavia Jo Ames, 19, of Eugene. That precipitated the brawl that involved 20 to 40 people, according to the Eugene Police Department and resulted in the arrests of two other men on second-degree assault charges.
Matt Simms, a walk-on defensive end, also was dismissed from the team earlier this month after he was charged with misdemeanor assault in an alleged retaliation over the Beard brawl.
This has been a brutal offseason so far for the Ducks football program.
blount? i don't recall him being mentioned in this thread.Anyhow, so you support Blount? You thought he would changed since his on field incident? Are you really that blind?
apparently someone is confused and very angryblount? i don't recall him being mentioned in this thread.
he took over a year ago. The national media gave him pretty high marks for the way he handled the Blount situation. As a noteworthy aside to that incident, Chip sent a personal check to an Oregon fan who'd traveled to Boise and said he wanted his money back. He has kicked several players who've messed up off the team including Embry before he was accused of stealing laptops (Masoli is supposed to have a rock solid alibi/falsely accused). Some kickers got in a fight and lots of people were arrested.As an outside observer (OSU fan) it seems like there's a real lack of institutional control since Kelly took over. Am I off base?
 So you were on here a short while ago advocating for beating up homeless people. Apparently you draw the line on strangulating women.
What if the woman was homeless and in your neighborhoiod . . . justifable stangulation at that point?
Curious minds want to know . . .