Jermaine Phillips Arrested For Domestic Battery
January 10th, 2010
Bucs strong safety Jermaine Phillips remains in a Hillsborough County jail as of 7:36 p.m. Sunday after being arrested for strangling someone.
Phillips was arrested at 4:50 a.m. today for “Domestic Battery by Strangulation” per the website of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office. He is being held without bail, which is common in domestic battery cases.
County records list Phillips as the owner of the four-bedroom Westchase house where he was arrested.
For those who like the ins and outs of the law, here’s how the crime is defined in Florida. It’s a third-degree felony.
(2)(a) A person commits domestic battery by strangulation if the person knowingly and intentionally, against the will of another, impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of a family or household member or of a person with whom he or she is in a dating relationship, so as to create a risk of or cause great bodily harm by applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person or by blocking the nose or mouth of the other person.
In other words, “strangulation” can be defined in this case as covering someone’s mouth with a hand, or covering someone’s face with a pillow (not just squeezing a throat).
It’s likely Phillips will bond out of jail in the morning. … Joe suspects the police would have been quick to slap an attempted murder charge on Phillips if it were remotely appropriate.
January 10th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Hey Joe do you know if he was booked into the Aqib Talib suite?
I heard Phillips was guilty of strangling a pharmacist at CVS – the reason, she wouldn’t fill Phillips prescription for Boniva and he went into a roid rage!
January 10th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Oh well. Never been a fan. He is slow, injury prone, old, and now he’s a idiot criminal. Here’s to a 2010 with two brand new Strong Safeties!
January 10th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Cut him.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
a new reason to think about eric berry??? destiny is talkin!!
January 10th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
I guess his forearms healed up real good…cold weather makes some Floridians crazy
January 10th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
He likely wasn’t going to be back anyway..consider him cut.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Bond out of jail in the morning? Why, can’t he come up with the money now to get out during the day on Sunday? I’d rather stay at a fleabag hotel than spend a night with Bubba out at the Orient Road jail.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Joe here,
BucForce, on domestic battery, you’ve got to see the judge. The judge don’t work on Sunday.
January 10th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Dungy would have cut him by dawn’s break
January 10th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Well, we’re off to a good offseason
January 10th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Maybe he was interviewing for the new USF HC gig and was trying to hard to look qualified….
January 10th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
It’s sucks watching playoff football. Knowing that the Bucs I love won’t be there for a long time.
January 11th, 2010 at 12:38 am
BigBuc:
Zing!
January 11th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Well not a surprise as this is a team without any repurcusions. Morris has no respect of anyone. Its pretty obvious no one wants him gone that is acting inappropriately or is playing the last 2 games just to save his job.
Mossis needs to go.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:00 am
He’ll be back next year. That’s Raheem’s home dog.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:14 am
Talib will teach him everything he needs to know to get out of the problem.
January 11th, 2010 at 6:58 am
I’m surprised dude didn’t break any of his own bones while trying to choke her!
January 11th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Role model for the Bucs defense CHOKER
January 11th, 2010 at 9:33 am
They are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Flip said it was just rough sex and that’s how she likes it. C’mon man.
January 11th, 2010 at 10:15 am
Let’s look at this more positively, the roster is helping to refine itself. If he gets at least the mandatory 4 game suspension, we can let him go and bring someone in the is eligible to play all 16 games.