California Drug Agents Track Pot To NFL Player's Home
CINCINNATI (AP) -- California authorities say they tracked a package containing 2.5 pounds of marijuana to the home of a Cincinnati Bengals player in suburban northern Kentucky.
Spokeswoman Michelle Gregory with the state Department of Justice says Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson and teammate Anthony Collins were at the house on Tuesday when a woman there accepted the package. It had been sent from Eureka.
Gregory tells The Cincinnati Enquirer that Simpson told officers he lived at the home, and he allowed them to do a search. She says the search turned up six more pounds of marijuana.
The case is being investigated by police at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, along with other local authorities.
Airport spokeswoman Barbara Schempf said Thursday that no arrests have been made. She said the investigation is continuing but provided no other details.
A Bengals spokesman offered no comment. Calls to Simpson's and Collins' agents were not returned.
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