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Casto attorney rips police actions

DeAngelo Casto, center, controls a rebound against Northwestern forward Drew Crawford, left. (Associated Press)
DeAngelo Casto, center, controls a rebound against Northwestern forward Drew Crawford, left. (Associated Press)

DeAngelo Casto, center, controls a rebound against Northwestern forward Drew Crawford, left.

PULLMAN – The war of words over Washington State basketball player DeAngelo Casto’s misdemeanor marijuana citation escalated Thursday, with Pullman police Chief Gary Jenkins releasing more information concerning the incident at Casto’s residence and Casto’s attorney firing back.

Jenkins confirmed that the police report of the incident indicates Casto was holding a child on his lap when a police officer looked through a window early Tuesday morning and observed Casto at a table with marijuana and rolling papers.

The detail didn’t sit well with Casto’s attorney, Timothy Esser, who already has submitted a motion to suppress evidence collected that night.

“Allegedly there was marijuana in the house,” Esser said in a phone interview. “OK, how many millions of houses have marijuana in them, how many millions of houses do children live there? More here. Vince Grippi, SR

Do you think millions of homes have marijuana in them or is Esser using hyperbole to make a point?

 



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.