Ex-Charger Leaf indicted on drug, burglary charges
Brent Schrotenboer (Contact)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Former Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf has been indicted on drug and burglary charges in Texas as part of an ongoing grand jury investigation into his use of prescription medication.
Leaf, 33, recently has been in a drug rehab in British Columbia, according to the Randall County, Texas, district attorney's office. Last November, amid reports that he asked a player for a pain pill to help an old wrist injury, Leaf was placed on leave from his assistant coaching job at West Texas A&M.
“We think the evidence will show that he obtained drugs in various ways from various individuals or by using prescriptions that were not his,” Randall County District Attorney James Farren said Thursday by phone.
Farren said they have no evidence anybody else committed crimes. He also said the evidence shows the drugs were for Leaf's own consumption. One of the drugs involved was Hydrocodone, a pain reliever.
Farren said Leaf faces nine indictments: burglary, delivery of a simulated controlled substance and seven involving obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.
Farren declined to get into specifics of the matter while the case is pending.
“Our grand jury is continuing the investigation because there is sufficient reason to believe there are additional violations,” Farren said.
Leaf could not be reached for comment.
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Ex-Charger Leaf indicted on drug, burglary charges
Ex-Charger Leaf indicted on drug, burglary charges
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