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Yo-furious? Find out which dessert students are bickering about on page 8. WWW.REDANDBLACK.COM Accusations piling np for running back King By JACOB DEMMITT The Red & Bwck It’s never a good season when you’ve had more petitions for arrest warrants in one year than touchdowns. But for Georgia running back Caleb King, it’s just been that kind of year. Having already dealt with accusations of influencing a wit ness, King's Monday morning Fake ID charges cost time, money By CAREY O’NEIL The Red & Black Editor's Note: This week, The Red & Black investi gates fake ID use at the University. Check back Wednesday for a look at how students get fake IDs. Getting out of jail: $250 Probation-related fees: S4BO Cost of a lawyer: $2,000 Barred from downtown for six months: well, that’ll probably save money. But getting arrested for fake ID possession could easily cost upwards of $2,750. And that’s a conserva tive estimate. Depending on the months of probation assigned and any other charges usually racked up along with possession of a fake ID, such as underage possession of alcohol, costs can shoot even higher. Worst-case scenario an additional SI,OOO fine and a year in jail for a fake ID charge alone. “Of course, that’s the maximum penalty, and I’ve never seen any judge impose the maximum pen alty for something like that,” explained local attor ney Charles Jones Jr. Jones said most all of his clients are facing public intoxication or underage possession cases, so he is no stranger to fake ID charges charges he said rarely stick. “I don't think I’ve ever had to take a case to trial See FAKE, Page 2 VISITING HOURS I SSSbsi' ' 8 . Up WES BLANKENSHIP Tmßuxßuci Student-athletes (above) and members of the Georgia Athletic Association took the time to visit patients and staff at St. Mary's Hospital on Friday. Story on Page 5. partly cloudy. Ijpß High 86 \ Low GO Where's WBi Mikey? - President Adams will set his sights 00 lhe Governor's Mansion this evening fepk || B* as he joins the r tj governor tor a 6:30p.m dinner. v The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISHED 1893, INDEPENDENT 1980 arrest was just an exclamation tacked onto the end of what had already been a rough start to the 2010 season. His legal troubles began after a 23-year-old woman accused King of threatening to post “nude pictures and video” of her on the Internet, according to an Athens- Clarke County Police report. The woman claimed she had lent King SSOO on March 6 in sv CONTINUES ' 1 9 Residents speak of shootings, gangs By JACOB DEMMITT The Red & Buck Editor's Note: Last year, The Red & Black began compiling crime data to create an online crime map. For this semester-long Tuesday series we took that crime data and found 10 of the most crime-ridden residential streets in Athens-Clarke County. With Jan. 1, 2010 as our starting date, we tallied the crimes on the streets of the University’s home county to create our list. We continue with Sycamore Drive. A Sycamore Drive resident may have put it best when he used two sim ple words to describe the street he has called home for more than a year —“it sucks.” The resident, who asked to be identi fied as John, told Red & Black reporters, “Y'all go in there and you’ll see. There’s a couple of crack houses in there, a lot of riff raff, a lot of break-ins. One of my friends got broken into earlier today. I know what goes on. I'm almost 60 years old. I’m not a dummy." The street has hosted 45 reported crimes since January, including 16 bur glaries, 11 theft-related cases, nine bat teries, six assaults, two armed robberies, one simple assault and one terroristic threat. Sycamore Drive is located about two miles away from campus and is surround ed by many student housing apartments. Rachel Hicks, a University student who has lived in a nearby neighborhood with her husband for more than two years, said she has noticed more and more students moving into the area. “It’s mostly lower-income families,” she said, “but since August, I’ve noticed more students moving in. We feel safe and haven’t fallen victim to any crimes though.” However, a three-year Sycamore Drive CARRIED AWAY One disorderly fan got a special escort _ from University police at Saturday's R JBv football game. Page 3 Index Tuesday, October 12, 2010 ON THE WEB Police Documents order to pay bills. When she attempted to recu perate the loan in April, “King told [the] victim that he was not going to repay the money, and if she continued bothering him about it, then he would post nude pictures and video of [the] ’ T. * 'M \ VT— —■ um' 1 -. inj ■ WEN WES BLANKENSHIP Tut K, * Black Resident D’Angello, 20, has lived on Sycamore Drive for 10 months. He said he plans to move because he is unsatisfied with his apartment. resident who asked to be identified as Sissy said she has witnessed many crimes in the area first hand. “I've seen shit in here,” she said. “When I first moved in, a guy in Q 5 got shot in the head and killed while playing cards... Once, they found a newborn baby in a washing machine in the Laundromat. [The mother] didn’t want her parents to Photos, documents, video and crime timeline online. Student finds comfort with ‘coming out’ Best friend first to know By PAIGE VARNER The Red & Black Coming out as a lesbian was an hours-long ordeal for Amanda Brandino. At 15 years old, Brandino told her best friend she had a secret. After about three hours of sidestepping, that friend became the first person Brandino told she was gay. “She was sort of shocked. She almost didn’t believe me,” said Brandino, now 20. “She was more relieved that I Anally spit it out.” Brandlno’s story comes on the heels of Monday’s National News 2 Opinions 4 victim on the [llnternet,” accord ing to the report. The woman told police she contacted King again on April 27 and informed him that she planned to take legal action if she was not paid. According to the report, King responded by again threatening to post nude pictures and video of her on the See KING, Page 3 HOLLER BACK YOUNGIN’ Georgia k received its ' " B first junior recruit. See who on Page 5. Variety 7 Sports 5 know she had a baby.” In 2007, the Athens Banner-Herald reported Sycamore Drive was the center of a newly formed street gang which went by the name of “Westside Bloods.” According to a 2007 Athens-Clarke County police report, a teenage male was See CRIME, Page 3 Coming Out Day. an annual time for the lesbian, gay, bisex ual and transgender communi ty to publicly identify them selves. often by wearing gay pride symbols or sharing their own stories. Brandino, a junior psycholo gy and communication science and disorders double-major from Alpharetta, said she was afraid of how other girls at Milton High School would treat her If they knew she was a les bian. But as Brandino confided in more friends, others she hadn’t told began talking about their gay classmate. She asked three people not to talk about It anymore, but eventually she couldn’t keep up with everyone who knew. “It just completely got out of . A 1 w Vol. 118, No. 41 | Athens, Georgia hand,” she said. Even as friends stopped inviting Brandino to sleepovers and she had her first girlfriend, Brandino still had not told her parents she was gay. Her parents suspected it after Brandino and her girl friend had been spending a lot of time together, she said. But when Brandino admit ted to her parents she was gay, she wasn’t ready. Her dad Initi ated the conversation. Brandlno’s dad walked up to her, hugged her and said, “I’U love you no matter what,” Brandino recalled. Brandino said she began cry ing hysterically, saying, “I didn’t want you to know.” She said her mom who is See OUT, Puye 2 iVIVA VAUDEVILLE! Hpmd nut vviiu h XtfTEnsllß is the oldest owned vaudeville in the nation. I i Page 7 m Crossword 2 Sudoku 7 Caleb King was placed under arrest for failing to appear in court after he received a speeding ticket.