Stephen Hamby Indicted By Lubbock Grand Jury

by Seth C on May 21, 2008 6:09 AM CDT in Texas Tech Football

This made my stomach drop . . . in a bad way. On Tuesday, a Lubbock grand jury indicted Stephen Hamby for aggravated assault:

Hamby, the Red Raiders' first-team center, is accused of punching a man twice in the face during a March 29 altercation in the 2400 block of Broadway Ave.

The victim suffered a fractured jaw and was treated at University Medical Center.

Hamby fled the scene, according to a police report.

Lubbock Police spokesman Capt. Greg Stevens said the injury raised the level of the allegation from an assault to aggravated assault.

"I do know for a fact there was no weapon involved, so it had to be serious bodily injury for it to qualify as an aggravated assault,'' Stevens said.

Mike Leach had this to say about the situation and the punishment:

"His status is we'll see what the facts are and then address it based on the facts,'' Leach said. "We're not going to jump to any conclusions.''

Leach said he "was aware that there was an altercation.''

"But my understanding is that we addressed it, just like we address things internally,'' Leach said. "So if there's more facts that I don't know ... We're going to just wait and see what they are.''

Leach declined to say how he dealt with the matter.

"I"m not going to address any of that,'' Leach said, "but guys get disciplined as things unfold, as we feel like it's warranted.''

Let's just wait and see. Remember that he's just been indicted, so there's quite a bit more of the legal process that he's going to have to wade through.

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Apparently it happened in a parking lot of one of those "frats" on Broadway. I don't want to jump to any conclusions either, but the kid probably deserved it.

by ayleein on May 21, 2008 2:40 PM CDT reply actions

Facts are ultra important here.

If it's assault because he got in a fist fight with someone and won the fight, I'm fine with it. If it's aggravated because he beat an unconscious kid 12 year old, then I'm not ok with it.

But let's wait and see. Kids fight, let's make sure this wasn't an instance of kids just fighting (which is still pretty stupid, but forgiveable).

by Red Blooded @ Double-T Nation on May 21, 2008 3:11 PM CDT reply actions

year with the Kellen Tillman situation and should have waited until all the facts came out. The same thing needs to happen here as well. I guess my thought is that the DA felt that there was enough evidence to at least bring it in front of a grand jury, and the grand jury accepted. That’s worrisome for Hamby, but a grand jury is very a one-sided event. The point being, this is all going to play out and hopefully Hamby can say that he didn’t throw the first punch and reacted to the incident.

Go Raiders . . .

by Seth C on May 22, 2008 5:35 AM CDT reply actions