2020 Patrick Chung Watch: Drug Charges Dismissed

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A guy named Patrick Chung (age 32) was indicted for possession of cocaine in Meredith, NH recently. I don't know this for a fact, but it is rumored that Patriots safety Patrick Chung has a house in Meredith, NH.


Patrick C. Chung, 32, of Meredith, was indicted on a charge of possession of cocaine
 

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A guy named Patrick Chung (age 32) was indicted for possession of cocaine in Meredith, NH recently. I don't know this for a fact, but it is rumored that Patriots safety Patrick Chung has a house in Meredith, NH.
Certainly sounds like him. Patrick C Chung, 32 was arrested. The Patriots Patrick Chung has a middle name of Christopher and is, 32. And yes, he has been connected with Meredith previously.
 

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Well, it's hit twitter, so I suspect we will know soon.
 

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The deed for the Meredith property owned by Patrick C. Chung (which was purchased in May 2018) indicates Patrick Chung was from Walpole, Massachusetts (address of a UPS Store) at the time of the purchase of the Meredith home.
 

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Looks like we need that thread breakout.

And updates to the projections.

 
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This was an indictment of a grand jury... so how did the original police involvement get missed? Should have been some news before this that he was in trouble. Seems a bit out of the blue.
 

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This was an indictment of a grand jury... so how did the original police involvement get missed? Should have been some news before this that he was in trouble. Seems a bit out of the blue.
Not necessarily.
 

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Seems like no one wants to start the thread, but at this point it seems pretty threadworthy, and not everyone dives into the Projections thread.

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/courts_cops/two-arrested-in-drug-raid-indicted-on-several-charges/article_05cd5842-c438-11e9-995a-4f9d525d01cb.html
The Chung indicted is the same age, has the same middle initial, as the Pats safety, who reportedly has a house in Meredith, the town mentioned in article.

Not seeing many media types on this yet, except one:

View: https://twitter.com/RealAlexBarth/status/1164554881434341377
 

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You can never count on the Commish to be consistent, but if he follows his newly established SOP of waiting for the legal system to run its course, any legal types have an idea of how soon (given May arrest) Chung's case would be finished?

Well that probably secures Harmon's roster spot.
If true, there might have to be some salary cap maneuvers. Maybe someone gets a reworked deal.
 
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Do we know for sure he was arrested in May? If so, I find it very surprising it didn't come out until now. To the team, league, or media. Virtually unheard of in 2019. I don't doubt that it's almost certainly him who's being referred to in the indictment, but something seems off about this.
 

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Arrest was in June, so he knew this was coming. Wonder if the Pats did.
 

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Do we know for sure he was arrested in May? If so, I find it very surprising it didn't come out until now. To the team, league, or media. Virtually unheard of in 2019. I don't doubt that it's almost certainly him who's being referred to in the indictment, but something seems off about this.

You're confusing different things. The headliners in article were arrested in May. The same grand jury returned other indictments for other incidents. Per update, Chung's incident was in June, but he wasn't arrested--I do wonder why not. Be interesting to hear the details. Could be he was driving a car with cocaine in it or something like that.

Chung "did possess or have under his control a quantity of the controlled substance cocaine" on June 25 in Meredith, according to the indictment. When asked for a booking photo, Meredith Police Chief Kevin Morrow said Chung "was not arrested and there is no photo to provide."
 

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Do we know for sure he was arrested in May? If so, I find it very surprising it didn't come out until now. To the team, league, or media. Virtually unheard of in 2019. I don't doubt that it's almost certainly him who's being referred to in the indictment, but something seems off about this.
Limited summer hours for the NH government?
 

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You're confusing different things. The headliners in article were arrested in May. The same grand jury returned other indictments for other incidents. Per update, Chung was busted, but not arrested, in June.
Yeah, I see the different timelines now. My bad. But even a June arrest(not sure what busted, but not arrested means. Honest question.) it still seems surprising that none of this came to light until today. At any rate, bad for the team, he has been a really good, solid performer in his second go around here. But even worse for him. If he's struggling with addiction issues, hope he gets the help he needs.

edit: per the bolded, is it common to be indicted/charged with a crime, without a formal arrest?
 

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Yeah, I see the different timelines now. My bad. But even a June arrest(not sure what busted, but not arrested means. Honest question.)
The police said he wasn't arrested. But something clearly happened in June. "Busted" is my technical term. Might need lawyer to chime in on what possible situations would not lead to arrest at the time, but lead to indictment 2 months later.
 

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I just heard that the coke was found as a result of an house alarm going off at his home, the police responded as if it were a B&E, and found the coke.

IANAL, but this seems defensible on lots of grounds.
 

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I just heard that the coke was found as a result of an house alarm going off at his home, the police responded as if it were a B&E, and found the coke.

IANAL, but this seems defensible on lots of grounds.
It was the Chiefs. They planted it.
 

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The police said he wasn't arrested. But something clearly happened in June. "Busted" is my technical term. Might need lawyer to chime in on what possible situations would not lead to arrest at the time, but lead to indictment 2 months later.
Gotcha, thanks. That's where my confusion was. But since there was no arrest, I can see where it could have remained under wraps for a while. Really wonder, behind the scenes, who knew what and when. If Chung delayed informing the team for this long, gotta think that won't set well with Bill.
 

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The last NFL suspension I can find for a similar situation (cocaine possession, but not intent to sell or anything big time) is Matt Jones getting three games in 2008.

Of course that means pretty much nothing in the arbitrary world of today's NFL discipline.
 

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I just heard that the coke was found as a result of an house alarm going off at his home, the police responded as if it were a B&E, and found the coke.

IANAL, but this seems defensible on lots of grounds.
Needs a fall guy!
 

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The police said he wasn't arrested. But something clearly happened in June. "Busted" is my technical term. Might need lawyer to chime in on what possible situations would not lead to arrest at the time, but lead to indictment 2 months later.
Not my area of expertise, so this is necessarily general, but under murky circumstances (maybe -- making this up -- it's his house but there's 20 people there), and where a felony is at issue, the county attorney will just present the matter to a grand jury for the probable cause finding necessary for the charge, rather than arrest on the spot. More specifically, the police give it to the county attorney after not arresting Chung on the spot. A prosecutor will present evidence of, say (more making it up) Chung's ownership of the house and other info that ties it to him, if any. Cynical me says that's probably not unusual for people of means in large lake houses in Meredith who aren't suspected of dealing and who don't seem to be flight risks.
And since grand juries are, by law, secret, there's no information until an indictment is issued.

But - - - paging the criminal defense bar.....
 
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Maybe he was using for medical reasons. Cocaine helps broken bones heal, right?
Or maybe he could use Peyton's it-was-my-wife's defense.
 

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Clearly, a Goodell hatchet man broke in, causing the B&E alarm to trip, and placed the cocaine in plain sight for the police to find ... then ran off before authorities got there
 

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The Clapton song better be used on TV when they profile him in-game or it will be complete failure by the broadcast team.
[music nerd alert] - JJ Cale song.

Who the hell leaves cocaine out in plain view. I hope his 8 year old wasn't with him at the time.
 

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[music nerd alert] - JJ Cale song.

Who the hell leaves cocaine out in plain view. I hope his 8 year old wasn't with him at the time.
Seriously, this was my first thought too. I mean, I guess if you feel like you're isolated enough no one is going to see it but, based on the story, I'm willing to bet it was someone else's cocaine who either had access to his house or got left behind and tried to get in somewhere that was off limits, tripping the alarm, and the person just booked it.
 

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So it was his 8 yos?
So he was a danger to his Child!
NFL will ignore this.
Problem solved.
 

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Bedard says it’s not clear it’s his first violation:

If he was already in the program for a previous violation (even another drug, like marijuana) we wouldn’t know about the first violation (or several when it comes to pot).

If he’s already in the program, this indictment will trigger at least a four-game suspension.
Even still, the league usually waits until this is adjudicated and that could be some time, and I’m sure the Krafts will tell him to fight it for this reason. Plus, the details are murky here. Chung could easily argue the drugs weren’t his, that they must be from a guest who left them behind.

So I wouldn’t expect a league suspension this season, or maybe ever — unless Chung pleads out, which I don’t see happening.
He also thinks based on the statement that the team was likely kept in the loop.

Lastly, Bedard says he doesn’t see this as impacting Harmon but in his twitter feed says that the team has been using him at strong safety for the last year or so, so who knows.

More here (behind a paywall):

https://www.bostonsportsjournal.com/2019/08/22/patrick-chung-indicted-cocaine-charges-standing-patriots-nfl-may-not-change/