Charge Against Elijah Dukes Is Dismissed

Links (3)

Elijah Dukes: Injunction Dismissed
Published 12/19/2007 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... restraining order yesterday. As Bugs & Cranks points out, Dukes was actually in the Dominican Republic playing a game on the evening that he allegedly sent harassing text messages to Reese. That’s not to say that he didn’t do it, but if he did, it at least diminishes the idea that he posed an immediate threat. This chapter of Dukes’ life is closed. With any luck, it’ll be the last we hear of him until spring training.” What they didn’t include was information that is coming out in The Washington Post that Dukes and his attorney Grady C. Irvin Jr. were planning to dispute the ...

It's official: Sunday night opener
Published 12/19/2007 by Jeff at District of Baseball - MLB returns to DC
... , against the Braves. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN. A few schedule tweaks: weeknight games will start at 7:10 instead of 7:05 (for a longer pregame show); Friday night games will start at 7:35. Only three weekday afternoon games are on the schedule, including Memorial Day and Labor Day; the Nats will be in Cincinnati on July 4. A Tampa judge dropped a domestic violence case against Nats outfielder Elijah Dukes on Tuesday after the woman who filed the complaint failed to show up in court. Dukes' lawyer told the Post that Dukes believes the woman, who watched ...

Elijah Dukes' Case Is Dismissed (Subtitle: Merry Christmas, Dawg!)
Published 12/19/2007 by Pat Lackey at FanHouse
... AL East, NL East, MLB Police Blotter, Tampa BayWith less than a week until Christmas, it's definitely the holiday season. If you're a big believer in holiday magic, that means that at this time of year good things happen to everyone, even people that trouble seems to follow like a shadow. As if you needed more proof, a court in St. Petersburg officially dismissed the charges filed against Elijah Dukes earlier this week. From the Washington Post: A judge yesterday dismissed a domestic violence case against ...