Shawne Williams, recently waived by the New Jersey Nets for being out of shape, has just been indicted on felony drug charges.  He was busted for possession and conspiracy to sell.  “What was he trying to sell?” you may ask. Usually it’s something like crack, or blow, or weed.  Not if you’re Shawne Williams!  In that case you push codeine cough syrup.

“We brought him in to take a look at him, and (he was) way out of shape … (we) didn’t like what we saw,” Nets interim coach Kiki Vandeweghe said on Friday. “He said he had to go home for some type of medical emergency, for one of his grandfathers or something like that. We sort of made the decision at that time that this wasn’t going to work, so we waived him, and all this other stuff came down. We hope he is OK. We wish him well, but luckily (it’s) not our issue.”–FoxSports.com

His target market must be middle school kids who want to robotrip, because they’re still too scared to drop acid.  Who the hell gets charged with 8 COUNTS of felony possession and conspiracy to sell COUGH SYRUP?  This guy is rough.  He’s 23, and his pro career started in 2006 with the Pacers for 2 seasons.  Then he went to Dallas for a season and what…3 months? before being traded to the Nets where he was dropped almost immediately.  He’s 23 and already considered an EX-NBA player and completely washed up.

Back in July of 2008, MMA fighter Rampage Jackson caused quite a bit of chaos in Newport Beach, CA when he went on a hit-and-run spree and evaded police.  It’s a wonder they ever caught him, though, since the master of disguise was driving a truck with his picture and name plastered all over it.

Last week Jackson had his final day in court and was given 3 years of informal probation, set to expire on January 7, 2013.

The Santa Ana, Calif., judge dismissed Jackson’s felony evading police charge and upheld his conviction for misdemeanor reckless driving because he completed 200 hours of community service, submitted to random drug testing and underwent psychological counseling.
“I will never see that judge in a courtroom again,” Jackson told the Orange County Register after the hearing. “I don’t see myself doing anything crazy again… I want to be a positive role model.”–Fanhouse.com via MMAFighting.com

He basically used the temporary insanity defense citing lack of food and sleep deprivation as the culprit following his UFC 86 loss to Forrest Griffin.  Since we all know how tough on crime the State of California is, I’m sure the 3 years of informal probation is really going to teach him a lesson.  I mean, he already spent 200 hours picking up garbage and reading to children.  I can’t believe he’s not rocking in a corner somewhere in perpetual fugue due to such a traumatic sentencing.