Sam Hurd, a National Football League player with the Chicago Bears was arrested and charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine. He was arrested on Wednesday, December 15th, after a five-month investigation that started in Dallas, where the NFL wide receiver used to play for the Dallas Cowboys. Authorities said that he was trying to build a drug distribution network in Chicago. He was set up by an undercover agent whom he met in order to purchase a large quantity of narcotics. Hurd was looking to buy 5-10 kilograms of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana for distribution per week and introduced himself as the person in talks with a confidential informant. The cocaine, worth $25,000 per kilogram and marijuana, worth $450 per pound, would have cost at least $575,000. Hurd told the agent that his supplier couldn't supply him the large quantities he was looking for and also that he makes his drug arrangements at night after his NFL practices. He was arrested in the parking lot of a restaurant in possession of the kilogram of cocaine and faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $2 million fine for possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine.
This is shocking news that has shaken up the Chicago Bears organization. Not many people would expect a professional athlete, with a wife and a daughter, to be a distributor of large quantities of narcotics. In 2009, Hurd formed his own charity, "Running with the Hurd," that aimed at mentoring youth. He is also paying to fix his parent's home and cover his younger brother's college tuition. It is hard to believe somebody with that much generosity and kindness would do this, but then again, I can understand the attraction to “easy” money. I simply cannot understand why a man making $1 million a year would need another monetary source. It is a shame that he is showing such a bad example for the youth in his charity and tarnishing the image of athletes.
NFL player arrested on federal drug charges
December 15th, 2011
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/15/justice/nfl-player-arrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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