[Vision2020] Remember Ryan Leaf? Well . . .

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (May 22, 2009) Spokesman Review.

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Grand jury indicts ex-Cougar Leaf
Charges involve burglary, controlled substances

CANYON, Texas – Former Washington State University and NFL quarterback
Ryan Leaf has been indicted by a Randall County grand jury on drug and
burglary charges.

The indictment handed up Wednesday in Canyon charged the 33-year-old
former San Diego Chargers quarterback and former West Texas A&M
quarterbacks coach with one count of burglary to a habitation, seven
counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and one count of
delivery of a simulated controlled substance.

The indictment said Leaf presented an incomplete medical history to
several physicians between January 2008 and September 2008 to get or try
to obtain the painkiller Hydrocodone.

It was not clear whether Leaf had an attorney.

Canyon police Lt. Dale Davis said Leaf is suspected of breaking into a
Canyon apartment on Oct. 30 and stealing Hydrocodone, which had been
prescribed to an injured football player.

“There were signs of a forced entry,” Davis said. “A window in the back of
the home was (damaged).”

The count of delivery of a simulated controlled substance alleges Leaf
gave an individual a substance he said was Hydrocodone but was not that
drug.

James Farren, Randall County criminal district attorney, said Leaf has
been undergoing drug rehabilitation in British Columbia, the Amarillo
Globe-News reported.

Farren told the newspaper that efforts were under way to try to convince
Leaf to return to the United States on his own.

“We have not found any evidence implicating anyone other than Mr. Leaf in
this case 
 but believe there’s additional evidence implicating him in
other events,” Farren said. He would not elaborate.

Leaf, a Great Falls, Mont., native, led Washington State to the Pacific-10
Conference championship and Rose Bowl appearance. The Chargers made him
the second pick of the 1998 NFL draft. He played for the Chargers from
1998-2000 and also played for the Dallas Cowboys in 2001. He threw for
3,666 yards and 14 touchdowns in his career.

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Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
UI '96

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

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