Kellen Winslow Jr. arrested on felony burglary charges

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Police arrested former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. Thursday on felony burglary charges after he allegedly walked into a San Diego-area residential trailer that was not his.
A resident at an Encinitas, California, trailer park that serves mostly senior citizens contacted police Thursday after seeing a stranger walking into a neighbor’s trailer, according to the police report. The man left the area after being confronted by the reporting resident. Police found a man fitting the description in the area and identified him as Winslow, 34.

The woman who contacted police told ABC 10 in San Diego that she watched a man pull into the trailer park in a black Hummer before walking into her neighbor’s residence. When she confronted him, she said he remained calm and explained that he was looking for his dog.
“I confronted him and said ‘Hi, can I help you with anything’,” she told ABC 10. “He said, ‘Nope, just looking for my dog.’ I go, ‘What dog?’ and he said, ‘Well, it’s a red dog, Clifford.’ And I went, ‘There’s no dog here.’ I said, I’m not comfortable with this, you need to leave. And he just stood there and he went, ‘Alright then.'”

Winslow was released on bond after spending five hours in jail and has a court appearance scheduled for Monday, according to NBC San Diego. Winslow was arrested and charged with residential burglary. He faces a maximum of six years in prison. Winslow’s sports agency released a statement Friday denying the charges, citing “no need to burglarize or steal anything from anyone at a trailer park.”

Winslow played in the NFL from 2004-13 and was selected to the Pro Bowl with the Cleveland Browns on 2007. He is the son of Hall of Fame tight end and Chargers icon Kellen Winslow and grew up in San Diego.This is not his first run-in with the law. He was accused of masturbating in a New Jersey Target parking lot in 2013 and eventually charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance identified as synthetic marijuana.

https://sports.yahoo.com/kellen-winslow-jr-arrested-felony-burglary-charges-reportedly-looking-red-dog-clifford-231312322.html

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. This is a confusing story. Did he steal anyrthing? Why was he sent to jail? Tresspassing?

Poor reporting, but I am not surprised. Good reporters are getting hard to find.

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3. He committed a 'burglary'

Years ago I served on a Grand Jury and it was explained to us that a 'burglary' is simply the unlawful entering of a place, car, etc.
No theft need occur.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. That is interesting. I never knew that you could steal something without taking it.

Burglary, at Common Law, was the trespassory breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with an intent to commit a felony therein. It is an offense against possession and habitation. The common-law elements of the offense have been modified in most jurisdictions by statutes that tend to make the crime less restrictive.

I learn something new every day.

He is very lucky, being a POC, that he did not get shot.

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6. "I never knew that you could steal something without taking it."

Stealing is a separate crime from the burglary.
Or an additional one.

Similarly, if you touch someone without their approval, that's assault.
If you also hit them, that's assault and battery.

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8. He says he was house shopping

Seems to be a mistake rather than anything nefarious.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. Wow, that was a delayed reaction.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. Wow.

Quite a statement...'no need to steal anything from someone in a trailer park'. Oh contrere' (sp) How's about humility and grace and a lesson in gratefulness? People live the best they can, and there's a lot of pretty cool trailer parks in the world. Some in CA w a pretty nice view. In the end, who asked the guy to even come there in his "Hummer", so that ugly things would be said to begin with? Lots of trailer homes have TVs that tune into football...pretty sure.

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5. Are we possibly talking about someone with NFL induced brain damage?

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7. I went to law school for a year with his father, Kellen Winslow

In 1988 I was starting the 3-year day program and Kellen Winslow Sr. was starting the 4-year night program. I think he ended up moving and going to another law school.

In CA, residential burglary is always a felony.

Under common law, burglary had to happen in a residence at night and the person had to intend to commit a crime--not necessarily intend to take property. As someone said, the common-law crime was about safety in one's own home.