Tear Down This Wall
8/7/2007, 12:48 PM
Well, I'm not always complimentary of Joe C., but at least his kids aren't out making asses of themselves. Here's a good question to ask yourself as you read the article - how is it that the North Texas athletic director has a son driving a Lexus SUV, yet the school can't afford to hire anything but a high school football coach? Hmmm. How sad it must be to be a Mean Green athletic supporter:
Son of UNT athletic director arrested after early-morning fight
Justin Dale Villarreal awaiting arraignment on assault charge
By DONNA FIELDER / Denton Record-Chronicle
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The 23-year-old son of University of North Texas Athletics Director Rick Villarreal is in Denton City Jail awaiting arraignment on an assault charge after an altercation at a fast-food restaurant early today.
Justin Dale Villarreal, listed in UNT’s campus directory as a junior arts and sciences major, was arrested about 3 a.m. after a fight in the parking lot of the Taco Cabana restaurant in the 1300 block of Interstate 35E in Denton.
Jason Dugas, 23, listed in UNT’s campus directory as a senior business administration major, was awaiting arraignment Tuesday on a charge of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony. A conviction of aggravated assault carries penalty of two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
John Thomas Cline, 21, was taken by medical helicopter to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth with injuries considered life-threatening by police. He was listed in serious condition late Tuesday morning.
Detective Sgt. Jim Brett said Cline and another man pulled into a parking space in the restaurant parking lot and started to get out of their vehicle. Villarreal and the other two men were in the parking lot.
“Someone had put guacamole on Villarreal’s Lexus SUV, and he thought it was Cline,” Brett said. “He [Cline] tried to explain that he had just gotten there.”
Brett said witnesses reported that Dugas “head-butted” Cline several times and then picked him up and dropped him on his head on the concrete. Then he punched him several times.
Witnesses said Villarreal kicked the second man in the head. He was disoriented but did not suffer serious injuries, Brett said.
Villarreal was detained by police at the scene for outstanding traffic warrants and later charged with the Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, Villarreal could face up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine.
Son of UNT athletic director arrested after early-morning fight
Justin Dale Villarreal awaiting arraignment on assault charge
By DONNA FIELDER / Denton Record-Chronicle
[email protected]
The 23-year-old son of University of North Texas Athletics Director Rick Villarreal is in Denton City Jail awaiting arraignment on an assault charge after an altercation at a fast-food restaurant early today.
Justin Dale Villarreal, listed in UNT’s campus directory as a junior arts and sciences major, was arrested about 3 a.m. after a fight in the parking lot of the Taco Cabana restaurant in the 1300 block of Interstate 35E in Denton.
Jason Dugas, 23, listed in UNT’s campus directory as a senior business administration major, was awaiting arraignment Tuesday on a charge of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony. A conviction of aggravated assault carries penalty of two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
John Thomas Cline, 21, was taken by medical helicopter to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth with injuries considered life-threatening by police. He was listed in serious condition late Tuesday morning.
Detective Sgt. Jim Brett said Cline and another man pulled into a parking space in the restaurant parking lot and started to get out of their vehicle. Villarreal and the other two men were in the parking lot.
“Someone had put guacamole on Villarreal’s Lexus SUV, and he thought it was Cline,” Brett said. “He [Cline] tried to explain that he had just gotten there.”
Brett said witnesses reported that Dugas “head-butted” Cline several times and then picked him up and dropped him on his head on the concrete. Then he punched him several times.
Witnesses said Villarreal kicked the second man in the head. He was disoriented but did not suffer serious injuries, Brett said.
Villarreal was detained by police at the scene for outstanding traffic warrants and later charged with the Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, Villarreal could face up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine.