Bouknight charged with evading responsibility, interfering with police and more

[Excalibur]

If convicted he’s looking at a fine and a 90 day license privilege suspension.

Sounds like there is no license to suspend . . .

 

[dannyHAM]

Was it Jalen's car?

No.

 

[Caronimo]

All seem like relatively minor charges, maybe gets suspended for a game? Probs more an annoyance to him than anything else

The traffic violation aka speeding is not a big deal but the altercation with the police is concerning.

 

[MattMang23]

Sounds like there is no license to suspend . . .

That’s why I said “license privilege.” Don’t need a license to get suspended.

 

[Husky25]

Waiting for next Tuesday. Need context before I condemn.

 

[HooperScooper]

UConn basketball freshman James Bouknight turns himself in on warrant; charged with fleeing police, driving without license

UConn men’s basketball player James Bouknight has been charged by police after crashing a vehicle on campus and fleeing an officer, according to campus police. Bouknight, a 19-year-old freshm…

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UConn freshman James Bouknight charged in on-campus vehicular incident

UConn freshman James Bouknight was charged on Monday with, among other things, fleeing...

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[HuskyHawk]

@temery can we merge these threads?

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

well was it a scooter?

 

[UconnU]

Akok and Jalen injured, Bouk likely facing a fairly significant suspension. Well this season is off to a great start.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

We're back baby!

 

[Husky25]

Akok and Jalen injured, Bouk likely facing a fairly significant suspension. Well this season is off to a great start.

Season doesn't start for 2 1/2 weeks. Injuries heal, Jalen has no effect on the team, Bouk will serve his penance and move on.

 

[Shine33]

Akok and Jalen injured, Bouk likely facing a fairly significant suspension. Well this season is off to a great start.

Most of these charges are BS that they like to slap on bc they can, other that the driving w/o a license non of these charges strike me as “significant”. I’m not a lawyer but having been on the wrong side of the law a cpl times, most of the charges will end up NG as this is prob his fist time getting in trouble w the law.
I don’t suspect a “significant” suspension.
Maybe a game or two at the most and maybe Hurley starts with an exhibition suspension

 

[noeynox]

Akok and Jalen injured, Bouk likely facing a fairly significant suspension. Well this season is off to a great start.

Come on. Those are petty MV charges. Will probably get a fine and community service. Kids panic and take off all the time from accidents.

 

[Austin316]

I got away with a lot of stuff when I was his age. I hope he learns from this and grows as an adult and represents himself well going forward. These types of things really do force a reality check no matter who you are. Unfortunately for him he has a big responsibility in representing the University, it’s a big responsibility for a young adult. I hope it works out well for him and Hurley mitigates it appropriately to everyone representing the men’s basketball program.

 

[Horatio]

Now I know basketball season is around the corner. Always nice to have these yearly reminders.

 

[superjohn]

Season doesn't start for 2 1/2 weeks. Injuries heal, Jalen has no effect on the team, Bouk will serve his penance and move on.

He's being dramatic. He's talking about Jalen Gaffney who is fine and Akok who is fine. Bouknight will get a slap on the wrist.

Can we please keep Jalen Adams away from this team though...

 

[Austin316]

Now I know basketball season is around the corner. Always nice to have these yearly reminders.

we really bringing the swag and tuff juice this season! I’ll allow some pumpkin smashing at the stone cold residence if they need to get some anger out... just need to clean up before the old lady sees it otherwise flashing lights will be up and down the street haha

 

[Husky25]

...He's talking about Jalen Gaffney...

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Psolo12]

Not gonna lie, I played college baseball for four years and stuff like this happened the year we had poor senior leadership. When we had good senior leadership nothing like this ever happened. Tough job for CV alone but strong upperclassman leadership is something this team has been lacking for a few years. Hope this changes soon.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Let's hope he's better driving into the lane than he is driving a car.

Let's hope hes better at evading defenders than he is at evading the police.

Let's hope he's as fast on the court as he is off of it.

I'll see myself out.

 

[MattMang23]

Most of these charges are BS that they like to slap on bc they can, other that the driving w/o a license non of these charges strike me as “significant”. I’m not a lawyer but having been on the wrong side of the law a cpl times, most of the charges will end up NG as this is prob his fist time getting in trouble w the law.
I don’t suspect a “significant” suspension.
Maybe a game or two at the most and maybe Hurley starts with an exhibition suspension

Actually, in order of severity, it would go evading, interfering, driving without license, traveling too fast. Driving without a license isn’t really all that significant.

I agree with everything else you said, though.

 

[Scrutineer]

So, Hurley has been on him for lack of effort which he carefully explained is likely due to how talented Bouknight is and thus he picked up bad habits in high school because his talent overcame others' efforts to stop him.

Adding this to his resume may indicate he does (or at least did) feel extra privileged and this "incident" may be the best thing to happen to him early in life. I'm sure his parents don't approve of court appearances and what this means for them.

 

[Dooooooomed]

Bad drivers and Connecticut are a match made in heaven.

 

[Husky25]

Could it mean that driving without a license means he didn't have one on him at the time? Is there a difference in CT between driving with out a license and be an unlicensed driver (i.e. suspended, revoked, never obtained)? Is CT a state where he could show he is validly licensed after the fact? Honest questions.

 

[Chief00]

Nearly all freshmen, away from home for the first time, make immature, foolish mistakes.
Not asking for any special treatment for James but the vibe Chief got early on when I became aware of the situation, was that the cop seemed to enjoy throwing the entire book at James when one minor charge on a minor incident would do.
To answer a poster’s question. No this wouldn’t happen at a school we are trying to be competitive with (Duke, UK, UNC, FL, LSU, TX). I will let others decide if that’s a problem. Chief has his opinion.