OJ Simpson arrested for armed robery

[Katie]

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- O.J. Simpson will be charged with a total of six counts of robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy, Las Vegas police announced Sunday.


O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday in relation to an armed robbery investigation, a source told CNN.

Simpson was arrested at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas in connection with an alleged armed robbery, police said.

On Saturday, Las Vegas police arrested Walter Alexander and seized two guns in connection with the incident, a source told CNN earlier Sunday.

"I don't know why they arrested him," Simpson told CNN before his own arrest. "I've stayed in contact with the police, and the truth will come out."

Simpson already had been questioned during the investigation into several items of sports memorabilia that were taken from collectors in a room at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino. Simpson has said the items belonged to him.

Alexander was arrested Saturday night and charged with two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, one count of conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the source said.

Alexander, a Nevada resident, was arrested on his way to McCarran International Airport, the source said.

During searches Saturday, police recovered two guns they say were used in the alleged robbery, the source said.

Simpson, 60, acknowledged that he entered a man's room with a group of friends, one of whom was posing as a potential buyer, after being tipped off that some of his personal items were for sale there.

Among the items were things he hadn't seen in years or that had been stolen, he said. They included photographs of his family and himself as a child, and photographs and negatives taken by his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson.

Simpson said friends helped him carry the items from the room, but no guns were involved and the incident was not a robbery. Watch a report on the latest developments in the probe »

On Saturday, Simpson said that he and one of the alleged victims, Alfred Beardsley, spoke on the telephone with each other and agreed the incident had been blown out of proportion.

Beardsley confirmed the conversation to celebrity Web site TMZ.com, saying Simpson apologized to him and told him he regretted the incident. The other alleged victim, Bruce Fromong, a sports memorabilia collector, said that two of the men accompanying Simpson pointed guns at the other occupants of the room in what he described as "a home invasion-type robbery." Watch Fromong talk about what happened

Fromong testified for Simpson's defense in the 1997 wrongful death trial stemming from a lawsuit filed by the family of Ron Goldman, who was killed in 1994 alongside Simpson's ex-wife.

Simpson was acquitted of the murders in 1995, but the jury in the 1997 civil trial found him liable and awarded the Goldmans $33.5 million for their son's wrongful death.

Fromong testified that prices for Simpson memorabilia had dropped substantially since the 1995 verdict. His testimony was part of the defense's contention that Simpson could not afford to pay the Goldmans. Also on Friday, Thomas Riccio, a former business associate of Simpson, told KVVU television in Las Vegas that he told Simpson about the sale.

Riccio said someone told him last month that he wanted to auction some of Simpson's possessions by placing them on consignment. Riccio added that when he called Simpson to tell him about the planned sale, the former athlete told him the items had been stolen.

Riccio said that as he was being shown the items in the hotel room, Simpson entered the room and seized the items. He said there was no break-in and no gun was used.

[Mecha Cow]

Oh, that OJ.

[FireFly]

funny how murderers get caught on meger things
son of sam caucht by a parking ticket ted bundy was caucht by a cop checking his lisense plate(car he was driving was stolen) and now OJ for armed robbery

wierd how the world works

[Peanut]

I thought it would be about him knocking over a bank. Especially after he got screwed on that $50,000 2K paid for his likeness in All-Pro Football 2K8.

[BubblyShell22]

I heard about this on the news this morning. Leave it to OJ to deny that no guns were used.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Katie

"I don't know why they arrested him," Simpson told CNN before his own arrest. "I've stayed in contact with the police, and the truth will come out."

The quote goes on to say:
"The truth will come out! And then we'll find the real killer! You'll see! And then I'll write another tell all...ooops...hypothetical book, and I'll actually make money off this one!"

Hey, Juicie.... play the race card again, so at least some people will think you're innocent.

[BubblyShell22]

Oh, he'll do all he can to get out of this one. Did that book ever get released?

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Oh, he'll do all he can to get out of this one. Did that book ever get released?

It did, but he isn't going to get any of the profits. The Goldmans are.

[The Stryker]

I guess he's gonna spend the rest of his life trying to find the real armed robber?

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by King Stryker

I guess he's gonna spend the rest of his life trying to find the real armed robber?

O.J. Simpson...no football career, everyone knows him to be a muderer, he wrote that book, and he does yet another thing to break his previously unbeatable record of stupidity.

[BubblyShell22]

I know. And I think it's stupid that he wrote a book about how he would've killed Nicole and Ron. It's almost like he was saying, "Hey, I'm guilty, but I got off. Ha ha ha!" At least the Goldmans' got the profits.

[Spike Spiegel]

Yeah, that man shouldn't profit off of killing somone. That's just wrong.

[BubblyShell22]

I agree completely. That was so stupid and heartless for him to try to make a book about how he would've killed them. We all know he did it.

[Leonardo Mystic]

I am just so sick of hearing his name for the past (what is it now?), nearly fifteen years. He hasn't left the media's attention since 1994 when he was accused of the murders.

Dear god, people are obsessed with him. Just throw the man in jail for heaven's sake, and shut up.

(Sorry for the mini outburst, but I have had it up to here *holds hand way above head* with hearing about him.)

[Mars-Chan]

I'd have to agree with you, Mystic.


I've had just about all I can stand about hearing about him. Just throw him in jail already!


Do not pass Go.


Do not collect $200 dollars.

[Katie]

So I heard on the news today that the main witness....the guy that pressed charges....had a MASSIVE heart attack last night and it is ify whether or not he makes it.

Guy's in critical condition.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Hey, Juicie.... play the race card again, so at least some people will think you're innocent.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[Storm Wolf]

Originally Posted by Katie

So I heard on the news today that the main witness....the guy that pressed charges....had a MASSIVE heart attack last night and it is ify whether or not he makes it.

Guy's in critical condition.

What a coincidence! Now he'll be free to roam again if this guy doesn't make it.

I still think it's funny how everyone KNEW he was guilty....except the jury. I mean..I've never met a single person that thinks the man was innocent. This just proves that he is a criminal after all. he can't deny it any further.

And in the same Vein...read this. I get a kick out of it every time.

[BubblyShell22]

That Dr. Seuss parody is hilarious. As for the guy having a massive heart attack, that sucks. I hope he'll be okay.

I also heard on the news that they are adding kidnapping charges as well.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by King Stryker

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

He played the race card so people would think he was innocent. That's why a lot of people think it was a racial thing, and not a "he did it and was very smug looking in court, which was a dead giveaway" thing.

Dear god, people are obsessed with him. Just throw the man in jail for heaven's sake, and shut up.

Hey, if they don't find him guilty somehow, maybe he can hang around with Robert Blake some more and talk about how they would "hypothetically" kill their wives some more.