O.J. Simpson Arrested For Violating Bail

Accused Of Contacting Co-Defendant In Las Vegas Armed Robbery Case

(AP)  O.J. Simpson returned to jail on Friday, where he will spend several days before a judge hears allegations that he violated terms of his bail in an armed robbery case here, officials said.

Simpson, 60, arrived in Las Vegas on a commercial flight from Florida with his bail bondsmen, Miguel Pereira. He was taken in handcuffs by a police escort to the Clark County Detention Center, where both he and Pareira ignored questions from reporters.

Police said Simpson would be kept isolated from the other 3,300 inmates until a court hearing Wednesday, when Clark County District Attorney David Roger plans to request that Simpson's bail be revoked and he be kept in jail until trial.

The prosecutor alleges that in a November voice message, Simpson told Pereira to contact co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart and express frustration about testimony given at the hearing where Simpson, Stewart and a third man were ordered to stand trial.

"I just want, want C.J. to know that ... I'm tired of this (expletive)," Simpson is quoted as saying in a transcript that was included in Roger's motion to revoke bail, filed Friday. "Fed up with (expletive) changing what they told me. All right?"

Simpson had been instructed by Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure in September not to have any contact with anyone involved in the case — not even by "carrier pigeon."

Simpson's lawyer denied the allegations.

"O.J. did not try to persuade anybody to contact a witness," Yale Galanter told The Associated Press.

Simpson was freed Sept. 19 on $125,000 bail following his arrest on allegations he and several friends burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and robbed two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint.

His bond was revoked Friday by his bail bond company, said Officer Ramon Denby, a Las Vegas police spokesman.

Simpson has maintained that he was retrieving items that belonged to him. He and the two other men are scheduled to stand trial April 7.

The prosecutor alleges that Simpson left the voice message with Pereira for Stewart on Nov. 16, two days after Bonaventure ruled that Simpson, Stewart and Charles Ehrlich should stand trial on 12 charges, including kidnapping and armed robbery.

Roger's three-page motion alleges Simpson "committed new crimes," without providing details or elaboration. Dan Kulin, a spokesman for Roger, declined to say whether new charges would be filed against Simpson.

Galanter said he believed the "new crimes" referred to allegations of witness tampering. Galanter called Pereira a member of Simpson's defense team, and said he was "totally miffed" by the effort to use a tape of a permissible phone call to try to revoke Simpson's bail.

"He was clearly voicing frustration to a member of the defense team who had been providing security, transportation and investigation services," he said.

Galanter said Simpson stayed at Pereira's home during the preliminary hearing, but said he thought the bondsman apparently changed sides.

"He is clearly now a witness for the prosecution," Galanter said of Pereira. He said he intended to question the bondsman under oath Wednesday regarding the telephone message and how the tape recording came to be turned over to prosecutors.

Pereira did not respond to messages seeking comment. A bail bondsman at his business, You Ring We Spring bail bonds in North Las Vegas, declined immediate comment.

Stewart's lawyer, Jose Pallares, said Friday he had no knowledge that Simpson's message ever got to Stewart.

Simpson, Stewart and Ehrlich each pleaded not guilty Nov. 28 to kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, coercion and conspiracy charges. A kidnapping conviction could bring a life sentence with the possibility of parole. An armed robbery conviction carries mandatory prison time.

Three other former co-defendants, Walter Alexander, Michael McClinton and Charles Cashmore, agreed to plea deals and testified against Simpson at the evidentiary hearing in Las Vegas.

Simpson has maintained that no guns were displayed during the confrontation, that he never asked anyone to bring guns and that he did not know anyone had guns. He has said he intended only to retrieve items that had been stolen from him by a former agent, including the suit he wore the day he was acquitted of murder in 1995 in the slayings of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

[cepe10-2009]

Malicious Prosecution at work again.

[robertkjjj]

Bobgee_1999 , eat sh*t and die, you lying piece of sh*t as*swipe. I''m 50, not 8. I earn $200K a year, have multiple degrees, and have forgotten more about history than you will ever know. And I also know that your revisionist history re Clinton is pure nonsense. Or, have you forgotten he was impeached, you good for nothing freak? And, it wasn''t for s*ex, like you liberal rewriters of history want the under-50-IQ crowd to believe. It was for PERJURY, which is a felony. I simply refuse to let liars such as you rewrite ANY history for anyone. Yeah, the 90%u2019s had a good economy, although none of it can be linked to Clinton. But Clinton also brought abject shame to the Presidency, his tenure mocked the American justice system, and his foreign policy was a disaster. So, you go on lying, to yourself and others, and people such as me will call you on it.

[robertkjjj]

Hopefully we''ll get lucky this time, and some insane meth-amp freak will rape and kill Simpson while he''s in the lockup. Then, this "revolving-door-of-Prison-for-OJ" system will finally come to an end, and we can all go on with our lives, satisfied that justice has finally been served upon this scum, this blight on our country, this living, breathing, abominable hybrid of Satan and sewage and evil, all wrapped into one pathological liar known as "OJ".

[djrose58]

put that murdering, crack smoken junkie in with the general population in jail..justice will prevail..

[sport035]

Why does this not surprise many of us?

[iceman_1960]

OJ Simpson is a joke in search of a punchline.

Last time the prosecution couldn"t lay a glove on him.

This time it will be different.

[iceman_1960]

OJ Simpson wants to be the center of attention in another Trial of the Century.

Ain"t gonna happen.

Most people find him a pathetic old bore.

[arthurcl1]

If the Glove don''''''''t fit, Aquit No longer works for OJ! Since OJ never was able from the first time of his crimes and never did time for it. Now he''''''''s back in a big way!!. DO THE CRIMES, DO THE TIME!! He''''''''s Caught Again because this time his crime is a Federal Rackaterering Crime and the FBI had a wiretap on the phones he called! What a Big Scamster! It was only a matter of time! Prison Bells are ringing and he might get Raped in Prison!

[Netterz]

Had they put him away the FIRST time..we wouldnt be seeing this *** now. If the cell phone msg fits..they can NOT acquit!!!!!!!! YAY! Lock him up for good, so the only thing we hear about him, is what happens to him for bending over to pick up the soap.

[ontheleft]

O.J. said he was looking forward to getting raped in prison.