Miguel Starks robbery case goes beyond stupid, enters realm of ultra special stupid
Mar 1, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
You may have read here on Sunday that Citadel quarterback Miguel Starks was arrested along with three others in connection with an armed home invasion robbery in Charleston, South Carolina. But what you may not know is that the victim was, wait for it … one of Starks’ assistant coaches. Yes, really. Would I kid about a thing like that? Former Citadel football player Reggie Rice and College of Charleston student Stephen Francois are also in custody, along with one female, for robbing Citadel assistant football coach Joshua Harpe at his home. Holy crap. Police sketch artist, you are dismissed. Not needed here.
Great line by Badjocks.com: We’re not saying that Citadel Quarterback Miguel Starks is stupid, but how did he expect to get away with robbing one of his own coaches, a man who could probably ID the football star by smell alone? Ha.
Check out this radio interview with Starks conducted in Sept. of last year, and try to picture this same personable, seemingly happy kid being involved in something like this. Virtually impossible. Excerpt:
“I’m an old-school type dude. I like old-school type quarterbacks like Warren Moon, and try to pattern myself after him. I guess Michael Vick is probably my favorite.”
Starks, a sophomore, was 47-of-76 for 435 yards and two touchdowns last season, and had 92 carries for 408 yards and four touchdowns; the second-highest rushing yards total on the team.
Rice, who was dismissed from The Citadel’s football team in 2008, and Starks were teammates at The Citadel. Starks and Francois played football and baseball together at Mundy’s Mill High School in the Atlanta area. A Charleston police affidavit describes Francois as Gaskins’ boyfriend.
From ESPN:
Francis said a woman who knew the victim got him to open his garage door by saying she was having car trouble. Three men forced the victim back into the house at gunpoint, tied him up and took his wallet, electronic equipment and jewelry.
The victim freed himself, reported the robbery and described the suspects.
The school said Sunday it would not comment on the investigation, but released a statement from head football coach Kevin Higgins.
“Like the rest of The Citadel community we are shocked, angry and saddened by the alleged events involving Miguel Starks,” Higgins said. “Senseless does not begin to describe the situation. Miguel is an only child, loved and provided well for by his parents Michael and Sharon. He has many talents and football is just one of them.”
Starks was also an all-county baseball player in high school and has two cousins w2ho played professional sports: Rico Clark played for the Indianapolis Colts and Reggie Johnson played for the San Antonio Spurs.
Some are saying that Starks himself had NFL aspirations, but if the charges are true, that dream is gone. This one makes no sense.
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Burglary victim is Citadel assistant football coach [The Post and Courier]
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- Nika - Mar 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM
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Nope, but u can kiss my *** wit urs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- ashamed - Mar 5, 2010 at 8:44 PM
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I just want to say that I know this young man, and yes, he is a nice young man who was influenced to do something wrong… I feel terrible for the victim here. However, I may be mostly ashamed of people who curse you out then say they “pray to God”… God is ashamed of us when we do wrong. He doesn’t leave us.. just tries to gently guide us back. I’m sure God knows the circumstances behind the robbery, and God still loves the victim as well as the perpetrator (Miguel)…however, when we do something wrong, we are punished… doesn’t mean he threw his life away, or that he’s doomed. Yes, he did a stupid thing… doesn’t make him stupid… but lets all understand that Miguel and the victim are children of God, and they have to endure for a while before God brings them around to where they need to be. I pray (and I seriously do pray) that both men can move forward w/ their lives and put this incident behind them. Lets now lower ourselves into a cursing match… that just shows how ignorant you are… lets raise up and conquer OK…
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- ren - Mar 9, 2010 at 3:20 AM
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I beg to differ I mean robbing your assistant coach that’s stupid. I mean he didn’t like the practice so he rob one of the coaches. And yes to all he is stupid ex 1. My brain tells me I know you from school. right that’s right. 2. My brain tells me you know me to from school. right that’s right. So 3. My brain tells me if I rob you and I get caught I go to jail. right that’s right.
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- Shan - Mar 10, 2010 at 1:51 PM
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First of all, Tanesha Smith: Please take a lesson in spelling before you post comments in public. People don’t tend to listen to others point of view when it seems that their IQ is somewhere in the 30-40 range. But seriously, you say “Miguel will keep God first?” It sure seems like he was “keeping God first” when he broke into these innocent people’s home and robbed them! These people’s lives will never be the same ever again…they will never feel safe in their own home, they will have major trust issues…life will never be the same. These kids are criminals and should be treated as such. Hopefully our justice system will do the right thing and make them all serve time. Otherwise, no lesson is learned. What a sad situation for The Citadel, CofC, and the Charleston community.
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- shan - Mar 10, 2010 at 1:56 PM
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Am I the only one wondering why none of this guy’s family can spell correctly? They are really just embarrassing him further…
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- Janessa - Mar 24, 2010 at 7:34 AM
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I am praying for Miguel and his family during this tough time. I know that he is a good kid. He made a very costly mistake. At least he did take responsibility and owned up to it. For the people who only see him for the crime he has committed, the person that is potrayed throughout the media is not the person he really is. I do agree with the old cliche- ” You do the crime, You pay the time”. That’s understandable, but just think, if this was your family member, you would not want anyone to bash them like this.
