Friday, June 22, 2007
One of the Closest Times a Punter Could Be Considered Badass
With the exception of the rare occurrence when a punter actually has to make a tackle, the position itself is without a doubt one of the wussiest in all of sports. Because of that fact, when an ex-NFL punter is arrested with dealing with stolen merchandise, we must consider him to be one of the closest things the position has to a badass. There is something inherently funny about the fact that rather than floating into oblivion, like most other retired punters in the world, Rick Tuten fell into the headlines for purchasing stolen televisions.
Overall Tuten had approximately $30,000 worth of stolen merchandise which he planned to resell in Georgia. So how did the cops get him? Seemingly right out of a movie...
Investigators borrowed a 42-inch flat-screen TV and a 32-inch flat-screen TV from a local store and had an informant - who was familiar with the former NFL player - to telephone Tuten on his cell phone Thursday to see if he was interested in buying them. Sheriff's officials said Tuten was interested, even after being told the TVs were stolen from a Wal-Mart.
The female informant rode with an undercover officer in his truck on Thursday with the televisions - still in the boxes - to Tuten's house at 4801 S.E. 44th Ave. Road.
The informant allegedly unloaded the TVs into Tuten's Chevrolet Suburban and Tuten paid her $600. The actual value for the televisions was estimated at $1,500.
After that it was all over. The most amusing part of this story is that Tuten admitted to stealing ATVs from a man's barn. Maybe that is a little pathetic, but it is also a little badass, for a former punter.
5 Comments:
In the Ocala.com article they listed Tuten's address. I was able to track down that he owns the house with another guy. Nothing too interesting unless it turns out that Tuten is the punter and the other guy is the receiver.
and now i have rick tuten's home address...
That is pretty bad ass for a punter.
Sebastian Janikowski has the title of most Badass Kicker of All Time.
Insurance Phoenix Put this guy in the same class as the Duke Prosecutor, Nifong. Not real bright.
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