Captain Lou
05-29-2008, 07:15 PM
Check out his list of exploits. If you still think we should sign him you are truly an idiot!
Legal troubles
Since his college days at West Virginia University, Henry has had a checkered off-field career, coupled with several on-field incidents. During his redshirt sophomore season with the Mountaineers, he was ejected from a game at Rutgers due to multiple unsportmanlike conduct penalties and was suspended for the season finale at Pitt.
December 15, 2005 - Chris Henry was pulled over in Northern Kentucky (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) for speeding and marijuana was found in his shoes. He was also driving without a valid driver's license (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), and without auto insurance (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). On January 30, 2006, he was arrested in Orlando for multiple gun charges including concealment and aggravated assault with a firearm.[12] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-11) He was reported to have been wearing his Number 15 Bengals jersey at the time of his arrest. Henry pleaded guilty in both cases and avoided jail time in both cases.
May 4, 2006 - Cincinnati media reported that Henry is being investigated by Covington police in connection with a sex crime, which allegedly occurred in a hotel room in Covington, Kentucky (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) early on April 30, 2006. No charges have yet been filed, and on May 24, 2006, Covington police reported that there is no proof anything happened and that the alleged victim might now face charges for filing a false police report.
June 3, 2006 - Chris Henry was pulled over outside on Interstate 275 (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) at 1:18 a.m by Ohio Highway Trooper Michael Shimko. At 2:06 a.m. Henry voluntarily submitted to a breathalyzer test at Milford Police Department (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) and registered a .092 blood-alcohol level, .012 above the level permitted by Ohio law.[13] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-12) These charges have since been dismissed as it was proven that the breathalyzer used to test Henry at the scene was faulty.[14] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-13)
September 25, 2006 in the early morning, Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) was pulled over for a DUI (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). The truck Thurman was driving belonged to rookie Reggie McNeal (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). Neither McNeal nor Chris Henry were charged with any wrongdoing by authorities, however, Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) benched Henry for the Bengals loss against the New England Patriots (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).
October 6, 2006 - Henry was suspended by the NFL for two games for violating the league's personal conduct and substance abuse policies. NFL policies forbid Henry from taking part in practices, however, he was allowed to attend any team meetings. Henry missed the Bengals' October 15, 2006 game at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) and their October 22, 2006 game against the Carolina Panthers (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).[15] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-14)
January 25, 2007 - Henry pleaded guilty to charges of providing alcohol to minors, an incident that occurred at a hotel in the spring on 2006. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with all but two of those days being suspended.[16] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-15)
April 10, 2007 - Henry was suspended for the first eight games of the 2007 NFL season for violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy.[17] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-16) His suspension comes with a stern warning that future misconduct may result in the end of his career with the NFL. Henry has since been allowed to begin practicing fully with the Cincinnati Bengals by NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell.[18] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-17) His suspension was lifted and he played in the November 11, game versus the Baltimore Ravens, amassing 4 catches for 99 yards.
May 18, 2007 - Henry allegedly failed a court-mandated drug test, where a field tested resulted in a false positive for taking an opiate, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The failed drug test would have been the third violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy. A third violation, per league rules, results in a one-year suspension. In addition to having his suspension increased to 24 games, he would have had to serve an 88 day jail sentence.[19] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-18) As of May 23, 2007, the State of Kentucky has reported that Henry in fact did NOT fail a drug test, and that earlier reports to the contrary are erroneous.
June 12, 2007 - Henry allegedly assaulted a 16 year old boy with teammate Reggie McNeal. The claims were later reported to be unfounded[20] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-19) and Henry and McNeal have been exonerated.
November 6, 2007 - Henry allegedly assaulted a valet attendant at Newport on the Levee (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).[21] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-20)
December 3, 2007 - Henry arrested again in Orlando Florida for violating his probation he was on from a January 30, 2006 arrest in Orlando. On February 21, 2008 he was found not guilty of violation of probation. On February 26, 2008, a motion to terminate probation in Orange County Florida was denied.
April 2, 2008 - Henry was charged with misdemeanor assault and property damage. Henry allegedly threw a bottle shattering the victim's car window and punched him in the face, however Henry said it was a case of mistaken identity. He claimed he thought it was somebody else that owed him money.[22] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-21) Henry was waived by the Bengals a day after this arrest and was then forced to serve a house arrest sentence.
Legal troubles
Since his college days at West Virginia University, Henry has had a checkered off-field career, coupled with several on-field incidents. During his redshirt sophomore season with the Mountaineers, he was ejected from a game at Rutgers due to multiple unsportmanlike conduct penalties and was suspended for the season finale at Pitt.
December 15, 2005 - Chris Henry was pulled over in Northern Kentucky (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) for speeding and marijuana was found in his shoes. He was also driving without a valid driver's license (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), and without auto insurance (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). On January 30, 2006, he was arrested in Orlando for multiple gun charges including concealment and aggravated assault with a firearm.[12] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-11) He was reported to have been wearing his Number 15 Bengals jersey at the time of his arrest. Henry pleaded guilty in both cases and avoided jail time in both cases.
May 4, 2006 - Cincinnati media reported that Henry is being investigated by Covington police in connection with a sex crime, which allegedly occurred in a hotel room in Covington, Kentucky (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) early on April 30, 2006. No charges have yet been filed, and on May 24, 2006, Covington police reported that there is no proof anything happened and that the alleged victim might now face charges for filing a false police report.
June 3, 2006 - Chris Henry was pulled over outside on Interstate 275 (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) at 1:18 a.m by Ohio Highway Trooper Michael Shimko. At 2:06 a.m. Henry voluntarily submitted to a breathalyzer test at Milford Police Department (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) and registered a .092 blood-alcohol level, .012 above the level permitted by Ohio law.[13] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-12) These charges have since been dismissed as it was proven that the breathalyzer used to test Henry at the scene was faulty.[14] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-13)
September 25, 2006 in the early morning, Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) was pulled over for a DUI (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). The truck Thurman was driving belonged to rookie Reggie McNeal (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). Neither McNeal nor Chris Henry were charged with any wrongdoing by authorities, however, Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) benched Henry for the Bengals loss against the New England Patriots (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).
October 6, 2006 - Henry was suspended by the NFL for two games for violating the league's personal conduct and substance abuse policies. NFL policies forbid Henry from taking part in practices, however, he was allowed to attend any team meetings. Henry missed the Bengals' October 15, 2006 game at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) and their October 22, 2006 game against the Carolina Panthers (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).[15] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-14)
January 25, 2007 - Henry pleaded guilty to charges of providing alcohol to minors, an incident that occurred at a hotel in the spring on 2006. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, with all but two of those days being suspended.[16] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-15)
April 10, 2007 - Henry was suspended for the first eight games of the 2007 NFL season for violations of the NFL's personal conduct policy.[17] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-16) His suspension comes with a stern warning that future misconduct may result in the end of his career with the NFL. Henry has since been allowed to begin practicing fully with the Cincinnati Bengals by NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell.[18] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-17) His suspension was lifted and he played in the November 11, game versus the Baltimore Ravens, amassing 4 catches for 99 yards.
May 18, 2007 - Henry allegedly failed a court-mandated drug test, where a field tested resulted in a false positive for taking an opiate, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The failed drug test would have been the third violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy. A third violation, per league rules, results in a one-year suspension. In addition to having his suspension increased to 24 games, he would have had to serve an 88 day jail sentence.[19] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-18) As of May 23, 2007, the State of Kentucky has reported that Henry in fact did NOT fail a drug test, and that earlier reports to the contrary are erroneous.
June 12, 2007 - Henry allegedly assaulted a 16 year old boy with teammate Reggie McNeal. The claims were later reported to be unfounded[20] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-19) and Henry and McNeal have been exonerated.
November 6, 2007 - Henry allegedly assaulted a valet attendant at Newport on the Levee (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).[21] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-20)
December 3, 2007 - Henry arrested again in Orlando Florida for violating his probation he was on from a January 30, 2006 arrest in Orlando. On February 21, 2008 he was found not guilty of violation of probation. On February 26, 2008, a motion to terminate probation in Orange County Florida was denied.
April 2, 2008 - Henry was charged with misdemeanor assault and property damage. Henry allegedly threw a bottle shattering the victim's car window and punched him in the face, however Henry said it was a case of mistaken identity. He claimed he thought it was somebody else that owed him money.[22] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.(wide_receiver)#cite_note-21) Henry was waived by the Bengals a day after this arrest and was then forced to serve a house arrest sentence.