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04-15-2010, 06:25 PM
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Mixed martial arts veteran Mike Whitehead (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Mike_Whitehead) has been arrested and charged with three felonies including sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, and open and gross lewdness, according to a release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department issued today. If convicted, each charge carries a minimum of one year in prison, according to Barbara Morgan, a Public Information Officer with the LVPD.
Whitehead turned himself into the LVPD's Investigative Services Division on Wednesday. Detectives arrested him after he declined to answer questions about a sexual assault of an adult female that he was allegedly involved in this past Saturday (http://www.cagepotato.com/mike-whitehead-might-be-bit-legal-jam), Morgan said. Whitehead is currently being held at the Clark County Detention Center. His bail has not been set.
Morgan said additional charges related to a marijuana growing operation discovered at Whitehead's residence are pending. Detectives discovered at least 50 plants there while serving the fighter a search warrant on the alleged sexual assault...Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker could not be reached for comment on Whitehead's case.
Mixed martial arts veteran Mike Whitehead (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Mike_Whitehead) has been arrested and charged with three felonies including sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, and open and gross lewdness, according to a release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department issued today. If convicted, each charge carries a minimum of one year in prison, according to Barbara Morgan, a Public Information Officer with the LVPD.
Whitehead turned himself into the LVPD's Investigative Services Division on Wednesday. Detectives arrested him after he declined to answer questions about a sexual assault of an adult female that he was allegedly involved in this past Saturday (http://www.cagepotato.com/mike-whitehead-might-be-bit-legal-jam), Morgan said. Whitehead is currently being held at the Clark County Detention Center. His bail has not been set.
Morgan said additional charges related to a marijuana growing operation discovered at Whitehead's residence are pending. Detectives discovered at least 50 plants there while serving the fighter a search warrant on the alleged sexual assault...Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker could not be reached for comment on Whitehead's case.