This is one of those moments where I am left wondering, what the hell was this guy thinking?:
“An Iraq war veteran from Attleboro pleaded not guilty in Wrentham District Court today to tackling New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau during Sunday’s game at Gillette Stadium.
Todd Kobus, 31, of 189 Clifton St. “jumped over the wall” separating the stands from the field “and he proceeded to tackle” Seau, Foxboro Deputy Police Chief John Chandler said. The wall is 6 or 7 feet high, Chandler said.
The incident happened during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 47-7 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Police arrested Kobus and charged him with trespassing and assault and battery. Chandler said “we didn’t ask” why Kobus allegedly attacked Seau.
Kobus was released on personal recognizance after being arraigned. Judge Warren Powers continued the case until Feb. 17 for a pre-trial hearing, according to the clerk magistrate’s office. [Milblogging.com]
Kobus wrote the milblog LostinIraq.com which was quite a popular blog in its day and is currently not active. I am assuming Kobus is a Patriots fan considering he is from New England which leaves me wondering why the hell did he tackle Junior Seau? Then again considering the Arizona Cardinals lost that game 47-7 they needed all the help they could get. Heck, Kobus may have been the leading tackler for the team.







10:43 pm on December 22nd, 2008 1
Don't look now, but I think he's wearing his foliage green Nomex cold weather combat gloves.
10:06 pm on December 23rd, 2008 2
Ya think this might be an “alcohol related” incident? Duh.