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« Report: R.I. ranks low for economic competitiveness nationwide | Today | Hundreds turn out for funeral of Fall River mayor's wife » December 30, 2005Barnes pleads not guilty to disorderly conductWARWICK -- Providence College basketball legend Marvin J. Barnes pleaded not guilty this afternoon to domestic disorderly conduct. Barnes, 53, of 594 Pocasset Court, is due back in District Court for a pretrial conference on Jan. 16. He said the arrest resulted from a "misunderstanding" and he expects to be cleared of wrongdoing.
After stints with the Friars and in the ABA and NBA, Barnes ran into trouble with drugs and the law in the late 1970s, and served several prison sentences. Recently, he has been speaking to groups of at-risk youths in Rhode Island schools, counseling them to stay out of trouble. He was arrested after an incident at his home on Dec. 22, in which the police said they saw him struggling with his girlfriend, a 49-year-old Boston woman, on a second-floor balcony. No one was hurt. Before that incident, Barnes had not been arrested since 1982, said police Lt. Paul L. Andrews. -- Journal staff writer Zachary R. Mider Posted by Andrea Panciera CommentsIt seems to me that this is a non-issue unless the journal chooses to make it such. Neither party in this incident was hurt. A neighbor called because of the argument that was happening,(and probably rightfully so). But now its time to let it drop, just like the journal did in the case of Donnie Magrath last year with his girlfriend. Since that incident, I haven't heard anything about it. Let's treat this the same. Posted by: WALTER at December 30, 2005 02:24 PM |
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