A Safety On The Kentucky Football Team Was Arrested For Basically Running A Full Blown Drug Den6/14/2018 SECCountry- When former Kentucky safety Marcus Walker was arrested at 4:40 a.m. on May 24 in Lexington on drug trafficking charges, police found $430 in cash in his pockets.
After a search, $70,312 was found in a bag by a closet and another $25,000 was found in a box in the top-floor bedroom of a townhome he shared. During the search, police found 52.86 grams of suspected powder cocaine in a kitchen cabinet along with digital scales and packaging material. More than 5 pounds of marijuana was found throughout the house — in a water heater closet, a counter next to the stove, under a bed and in a backpack. Walker, 21, was arrested and booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on charges of trafficking marijuana and cocaine. His roommate, Tavon Wells, faces the same charges. Walker was released on bond the next day. Walker, from Lake Wales, Fla., was dismissed by Kentucky coach Mark Stoops less than a week after his arrest. He recorded 5 tackles in 12 games last season, contributing mostly on special teams. Police were initially dispatched to the home at 11:04 p.m. on May 23 in response to a reported disorder, according to an affidavit for a warrant to search the townhome. A dispatcher heard a woman say she had been hit by a male subject, and the front window of the townhome had been broken, the affidavit said. It’s not clear from the report who was involved, but Walker opened the door when officers arrived and said that Wells and his girlfriend had left the residence after an argument. “Inside the door, the living room was in a state of disarray with all the furniture and television strewn across the floor along with marijuana, cash, and blood,” the affidavit said. One officer observed three clear bags in plain view, “approximately the size of a soccer ball full of marijuana.” Outside, several $20 bills and baggies of marijuana were lying on the ground in front of the residence, according to the report. -------- I got to be honest here. This just seems like a lack of commitment on the part of Marcus Walker. With how out of whack his priorities were, it was merely a matter of time before he got himself into trouble by spreading himself too thin. I mean, not to encourage drug distribution amongst our youth, but to be that deep in the game he had to make a pretty definitive decision as to what mattered to him most, and it definitely wasn't his stature as a college football player. If you ask me, with nearly $100K in the cut and just a handful of special teams tackles to his name, the choice as to what to pursue was as clear as the baggies he was using to peddle premium powder. As unfortunate as it may be, Kentucky's backup safety was far more likely to become Tony Montana than Tony Jefferson, so devoting the amount of time and energy required to play SEC football while dealing felonious counts of drugs was simply irresponsible. In fact, you can even make a weak argument that his social connections wouldn't have led to both an on-sight domestic incident and the most self-incriminating crime scene imaginable if he had simply given up his side hustle as a student-athlete. After all, who even needs the camaraderie of sports or benefits of schooling when you're in a class of your own as an on-campus supplier? Certainly not the guy whose teammate's relationship troubles turned his apartment into a treasure hunt for a drug hound as opposed to a fully functioning trafficking operation!
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