Calhoun’s Rogers arrested in Knoxville
by The Calhoun Times, AP reports
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University of Tennessee football players Darren Myles Jr., left, and Da'Rick Rogers leave the Knox County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility on Friday, July 9, 2010. (Amy Smotherman Burgess/Knoxville News Sentinel)
University of Tennessee football players Darren Myles Jr., left, and Da'Rick Rogers leave the Knox County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility on Friday, July 9, 2010. (Amy Smotherman Burgess/Knoxville News Sentinel)
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Bar Knoxville on Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville. The bar is on the edge of the University of Tennessee Campus in a part of Cumberland Avenue called "The Strip." (J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel)
Bar Knoxville on Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville. The bar is on the edge of the University of Tennessee Campus in a part of Cumberland Avenue called "The Strip." (J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel)
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Robert Capouellez
Robert Capouellez
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Da'rick Rogers, right, is shown with Nash Nance. Both signed with the University of Tennessee February 2010. (Tricia Dillard, Calhoun Times)
Da'rick Rogers, right, is shown with Nash Nance. Both signed with the University of Tennessee February 2010. (Tricia Dillard, Calhoun Times)
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Former Calhoun High wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest early Friday morning after police said he was involved in an altercation that broke out at a club in Knoxville, Tenn.

On Friday night, Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley dismissed rising sophomore Darren Myles Jr. and indefinitely suspended sophomores Greg King and Marlon Walls for their alleged involvement in the brawl, according to the Associated Press.

The AP did not mention what, if any, disciplinary action would be taken against Rogers.

The Calhoun High graduate — who was last year’s Rome News-Tribune Player of the Year — was released from jail after posting bond following the arrest, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Rogers signed with the University of Tennessee in February and is set to begin his first season with the Vols this fall.

He helped Calhoun reach the Class AA state finals last season and was listed by many publications among the top recruits in the nation. Rogers transferred to Calhoun after playing at Darlington earlier in his prep career.

During Friday’s incident, Myles, a defensive back at Tennessee, was also arrested and charged with simple assault, resisting arrest and evading arrest, according to a University of Tennessee incident report.

According to Darrell DeBusk, public information officer with the Knoxville Police Department, “Officers responded to Bar Knoxville after being notified that an off-duty police officer had been assaulted.”

The Knoxville PD report states that when officers arrived at the scene at 1:50 a.m. they located Knoxville Police Officer Robert Capouellez lying on the ground unconscious.

According to the report, a “male victim from inside the bar was involved in an altercation with another patron when several additional patrons jumped into the fight. Employees of the bar intervened and pushed the fight outside onto the sidewalk.”

Capouellez was attacked when he intervened to stop the altercation after it had moved outside the bar, police reported. He was hit in the head and knocked on the ground.

When the officer fell to the ground, a “suspect kicked the officer several times before fleeing the scene,” the report states. Capouellez, 24, sustained a head wound and was transported to UT Medical Center for treatment.

The initial attack that started inside the bar sent another male to the UT Medical Center with numerous injuries after he was assaulted by multiple individuals.

Officer Brian Greenlee, of the UT Police Department, reported that Myles ran from him when he identified himself as an officer upon arriving at the bar. When Greenlee caught up with Myles, Myles “struck me with his elbow just under my left eye and proceeded to flee from me on foot,” he said.

Myles was eventually apprehended after officers located him hiding under a parked BMW and then stopped him after another chase on foot. He was turned over to the UT Police Department.

The Knoxville PD report states that six individuals were identified as potential suspects, and those individuals were located and detained for questioning.

Rogers and Myles were released from the detention center Friday afternoon.

Sandy Morton, who owns Bar Knoxville with her husband, told the Chattanooga Times Free Press they’ve never had any problems from Vols players. She said many of the players, who are treated as VIPs and don’t have to pay a cover charge, are on a first-name basis with her husband.

“I don’t know what happened, but several of the guys started beating up the other customer,” she told the newspaper. “I want to guess there was seven to 10 guys beating up this one gentleman.”

Rogers was a five-star high school recruit before UT signed him as a wide receiver.

He had made a verbal commitment to the University of Georgia, last year, but ended up signing with Tennessee following weeks of media speculation that suggested he might change his mind.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Calhoun native, who was part of Lane Kiffin’s only recruiting class before Kiffin left Tennessee, showed promise during spring practice.

After the Vols’ April 17 spring game, Rogers was awarded the program’s Fourth Quarter Award by coaches for dedication to the program.

The 18-year-old Rogers was among head coach Derek Dooley’s first signing class.

Dooley’s transition to UT earlier this year was a key factor in Rogers’ decision, saying he wasn’t interested in the Vols before Dooley took over.

— The Associated Press contributed to this story
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FormerRoman
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July 14, 2010
Looks like Da'Rick walks..Victim Norman Cox refused to press charges..Wonder what he received for that?..Taking one for the old team, huh Norman?
noneyabiznass
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July 14, 2010
I emailed all the editors and etc from both papers and apparently their have been racist and other offensive comments on the Calhoun Times article so instead of removing comment every couple minutes they disabled the comments. I guess if people can't be some what civil they have to shut the comment options off.

I was pissed about it myself but I kind of understand now
holymoly
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July 11, 2010
i am not from around here and therefore do not understand the "hype" surrounding the few and far between athletic "stars" that come out of these small and talentless schools, but this makes two recent Calhoun "stars" that have turned professional at athletics and have made a terrible example of where they are from. i observed the highly overrated pitcher Josh Smoker drop several F'bombs while pitching in a game against the Rome Braves back in May, before being ejected from the game for cursing out the umpire after being embarrassed and giving up the lead. Now i read about this so called "star athlete", again from Calhoun, showing that no matter what luck he may draw in life, he is too stupid to make something of it. I watched as several Calhoun coaches continued to cheer on Smoker after his ejection while they continued to curse at the umpire as well.......from the seats! It is apparent that no matter what these low rent small school "athletes" do, they will be defended until the end by their "supporters". I wonder what is actually going on behind the scenes of this athletic program? and oh yea, lets not forget about the recent steroid scandal and arrests up there too! my my, all of this from a nobody small town double A school! pathetic.
dirtysouth67
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July 10, 2010
Hello, whocaresaboutapathy is this better? I am sorry did i offend you in someway? Are friends with the calhoun elite? What do you have to say about this matter? Please the floor is yours...
whocaresaboutapathy
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July 10, 2010
dirtysouth67.... Ask your cellmate about the capslock key. Your posts are painful enough to read as it is.
dirtysouth67
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July 10, 2010
SO I GUESS THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEW MOVIE IN THE WORKS,STARRING SOME OF THE ELITE FROM CALHOUN,I DO WONDER IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET SANDRA BULLOCK TO APPEAR IN THE CASTING OF THE NEW BLINDSIDE MOVIE TO BE FILMED IN CALHOUN GA. I WONDER WHO WILL PLAY HER HUSBAND? GOT A FEW IDEAS. CALHOUN TIMES YOU ARE REALLY DOING THE PEOPLE OF GORDON COUNTY WRONG, LET THEM SPEAK!
whatsmissing40
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July 10, 2010
This is no shock for any of the regular folks of Calhoun. Hal Lamb and Mr. Nance knew that there where some issues with Da'Rick but they choice to ignore them because there was money and fame to be had. I am not a UT fan, I am UGA fan, but all colleges are headed for destruction because they talk about building character, some of these guys you may be able to reach, but alot of the guys haved been coached by men like Lamb and their character is already set in stone. You are what you recruit, and the boys are the ones that are going to pay the price for the attitudes they have taught through their lives by men with money and men that only care about fame. I wish Da'Rick the very best and I hope he finds his true self before it destroys him.

and to comment to DIRTYSOUTH67:

If you have enough money and enough connections you can stop anything, Nance is connected to all the powers that be in Calhoun and you know he is the Legal Guardian of Da'Rick thats how he got to play at Calhoun......
dirtysouth67
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July 10, 2010
WHAT IS UP WITH THE CALHOUN TIMES,THE CITIZENS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON THIS, WHAT HAPPENED WITH FREEDOM OF SPEECH? IT IS THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO VOICE A COMMENT. CITIZENS OF CALHOUN SHOULD SPEEK UP AND DEMAND THEIR RIGHTS, THEY DO KEEP YOU GUYS IN BUSNIESS, WHETHER YOU TELL THE TRUTH OR NOT. IS THEIR SOMEONE THAT CONTRIBUTES ALOT OF MONEY TO YOUR PAPER TELLING YOU THAT YOU CAN`T ALLOW COMMENTS?? I BET IT IS THE CALHOUN MAFIA, SMALLTOWN NEWSPAPER WHAT A JOKE.
usasoccer
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July 09, 2010
crazylady, romewrecker do your research first...

bar knoxville is a club for 18 & up. bar is just the name for the club.
crazylady
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July 09, 2010
this is very sad!! this "young" man is a great example of the youth today!! have can you be given a great opportunity than piss it all away!! i would like to know why there wasn't an id check at this bar. also, "the first name basis" is the also the problem. this kid shouldn't be handed EVERYTHING just because he is a football player..especially allowed into a bar..regardless of how well you know the players!!
dirtysouth67
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July 09, 2010
I GEUSS SOMEBODY WILL BE LEAVING ON THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA, I GEUSS THEY REALLY MIGHT HAVE CALHOUN GA. ON THEIR MIND.
dirtysouth67
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July 09, 2010
THE CALHOUN NEWSPAPER WILL NOT EVEN LET ANYONE COMMENT ABOUT THIS, WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?
Romesunheardvoice
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July 09, 2010
Boy we (UGA) got lucky Rogers jumped ship and made his way to Knoxville. He thought he was royalty in Calhoun and he has now proven he is no more than a common thug. Hope Dooley being the respectable coach and man that he is, makes a example of him and kicks him off the team. That way when he thinks he is royalty he will be wearing a paper crown at burger king asking you if you want cheese on your whopper!
FormerRoman
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July 09, 2010
Tinyone, You are on to something..Those free cover charges will probably turn out to be bigger than the fight..I'll bet there's some butts drawn up in the Athletic dept..Somebody will shut the bar owner up..too bad she's already gone viral..hard to say you were misquoted when you're on TV.
SUHawks
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July 09, 2010
I hope this isn't a sign of things to come with Da'Rick. I'm a UT fan excited that he chose us, but I am tired of thugs in the SEC. Hope his attitude gets straightened out.
numLight
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July 09, 2010
College and Pro sports have become a league of thugs.
TinyOne
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July 09, 2010
Boot to the head....I thought he was going to be on the recieving team....not the kicking team!
TinyOne
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July 09, 2010
"who are treated as VIPs and don't have to pay a cover charge" ......I'm no expert but I think that's a violation of NCAA rules.
RomeWrecker
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July 09, 2010
Way to represent Calhoun.

What's he doing at a bar anyway? He can't be older than 18 or 19.
Fourth_Branch_Sheeple
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July 09, 2010
I am a Tennessee fan and also have great respect for the Georgia program. It is a sad fact that to truly be competitive these days you have to out thug your opponents. I hope the situation does not truly involve Rogers. However, I heard many less than flattering things about him from those in the know in Calhoun.
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