Ahmad Bradshaw Lands in Jail: It was learned yesterday that HB Ahmad Bradshaw has spent the past five days in jail in Virginia for violation of his parole. Bradshaw apparently voluntarily turned himself in on Sunday, two days after the Giants’ full-squad mini-camp concluded.
"Ahmad Bradshaw is currently serving a 30-day jail sentence in the Abingdon Regional Jail in Virginia on a probation violation charge out of the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court," said Bradshaw’s attorney. "The underlying charge in this matter stems from an offense which occurred while Mr. Bradshaw was a juvenile. Mr. Bradshaw has not been charged with any offense since being drafted by the New York Giants and is eager to put this matter behind him and begin training for next season."
The Giants issued the following statement: "We are aware of the situation and have been in contact with Ahmad’s legal representative. This situation is not the result of any recent incident. It stems from an issue that occurred prior to Ahmad being drafted by the Giants. Beyond that, we have no further comment."
Bradshaw received two years probation for a 2006 incident at Marshall University where he was convicted of petty larceny for stealing a video-game system from a fellow student, though he claimed he had permission to borrow the game. That charge was later dropped. Bradshaw was also arrested in 2004 for underage alcohol possession and resisting arrest. That incident caused him to be dismissed from the University of Virginia football team. It appears that one of these two incidents violated the conditions of his parole for a separate incident that occurred when he was a juvenile in Bluefield, Virginia (juvenile records are not made public).
"It’s just a childhood incident, that is all it was," said Bradshaw’s high school football coach. "He’s done nothing (lately). This is so blown out of proportion. It’s just a deliberate attempt to hurt a kid that has done well…to hurt his image. When you live in a small town, there seems to be more jealousy than in other places like a large city. I just know that he is clean since the Marshall incident."
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