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On Dec. 6, 2014, Tyreek Hill was a hero.

Five days later, he started a chain of events that ended with the word “guilty” and no winners.

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Tyreek Hill pleads guilty to domestic assault and battery charge, takes plea deal

N at h a n Ruiz S P ORT S ED I TO R @ N at h a n S R u i z

In a courtroom on the third floor of Payne County Courthouse, Tyreek Hill stood in front of presiding Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler on Friday afternoon and said the only word that mattered: “Guilty.”

Hill, a former Oklahoma State football and track star whose 92-yard punt return tied last season’s Bedlam game with less than a minute left, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on a charge of domestic assault and battery by strangulation, stemming from

an incident on Dec. 11, 2014, when he beat and strangled his eight-week pregnant girlfriend at his home. The next day, Hill was dismissed from the OSU football and track teams. The 21-year-old is no longer a student at OSU. Hill and his attorney, Jay Husbands, reached a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office that includes Hill receiving three years probation; paying a fine of more than $1,000; giving a DNA sample; and taking an anger management course, a 52-week batterer’s course and a domestic abuse evaluation, as well as providing proof of employment or enrollment as a full-time student. If he completes the three years probation and its requirements, the charge will be expunged from his record.

“He is not a convicted felon; (he will serve) no time,” Husbands said.

“He’s just got to complete

Kayla Hodgin/o’colly file photo Tyreek Hill enters a courtroom at the Payne County Courthouse on Jan. 13. On Friday, Hill changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on one count of domesitc assault and battery by strangulation.

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the requirements, and to his credit, he’s taken a great deal of initiative, and he’s already started several of these programs.”

When Kistler asked Hill to describe what he did on Dec. 11 in his own words, Hill replied remorsefully.

“I did something I shouldn’t have done,” Hill said. “I let my feelings take control of me. … I’m sorry.”

Husbands added that Hill is two classes away from completing the anger management course.

“He took responsibility,” Husbands said. “He said he was sorry, and he’s ready for this unfortunate situation to be behind him, to move on with his life, to

begin the next chapter.”

Hill, who resides in Georgia with his family, is permitted to live outside of Payne County and Oklahoma as part of the sentencing. He will be under supervision of Oklahoma Court Services for the first two years of his probation.

“Just like any other defendant that lives either out-of-county or out-ofstate, they’ll just provide the supervising agency with what he needs to get done, so he’ll send in his enrollment, or he’ll send in his classwork, or he’ll send in those sorts of things,” Husbands said.

“It’s nothing unusual.”

As far as Hill’s football future goes, Husbands

said Hill is focused on meeting his requirement of being a full-time student. Hill tweeted in April that he will attend Akron this school year but is not listed on the Zips’ football roster for 2015.

“What he wants to do next is to get back into school and get his college degree and become the first person in his family to get a college education,” Husbands said. “...

He just wants to, No. 1, get this behind him and then move forward, get into school and see what happens from there.”

Arrests/citations/charges of college football players in the u.s. — December 2014-July 2015

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Drugs DUI

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Other

Hayden Barber contributed to this report. sports@ocolly.com

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OPINION: Nobody wins in Tyreek Hill case Opinion I In Tyreek Hill’s case, the only justice is a series of words coming from a judge’s mouth.

Cody S tav e n h a g e n Sr. Sports Reporter @ C o d y S tav e n h a g e n

Tyreek Hill, just nine months ago an Oklahoma State hero, received three years of probation, plus a series of fines and court-mandated courses after he pleaded guilty to domestic assault and battery by strangulation.

All things considered, Hill’s plea agreement resulted in what seems like a light sentence.

When Hill was arrested in December, his girlfriend – who was eight weeks pregnant at the time – told police Hill pinned her against a wall and put her in a chokehold for more than a minute. She said he punched her in the left eye. She said he ripped her shirt, grabbed her by the hair and began punching her in the left side of the stomach.

Hill will

avoid prison time and the charge will be expunged if he completes his three years’ probation. But even if the crime leaves his record, his reputation will forever be stained, stories of his legendary Bedlam punt return always followed with what happened next.

It’s no win for his family. Hill’s grandmother, who took Tyreek home from the hospital and raised him as her own after his mother gave birth as a teenager, told the O’Colly Hill’s story last year. He came from a small Georgia town to become a world-class athlete and one of the most exciting players in the Big 12.

Now, Hill is out of the Big 12 and admitted to a monstrous act. His family’s pride is attached to a dark cloud. Hill’s breif words Friday included, “I did something I shouldn’t have. I let my feel-

ings take control of me. ...

I’m sorry.”

The little public record shows about the situation reveals only sad things.

Hill’s girlfriend told police there had been other instances of Hill being violent, but it had never been that bad. In November, Hill called police, saying his girlfriend wouldn’t leave the apartment. If there’s any more to the story, it never came out in a court of law.

This is certainly no win for his girlfriend, whose name likely would have never been splashed across the pages of this publication nor

any other had her boyfriend not been a star athlete. An experience like this doesn’t just go away, no matter how strong the person.

It’s not a win for her, nor her infant son, who was born into a cruel world with a future already more difficult than it had to be.

There’s no winner. The only justice is a series of words coming from a judge’s mouth.

Maybe there’s good that can come out of it. More spotlight on domestic violence.

No free passes for athletes. Maybe reminders about the pre-

what God had wrought when He made life so sad.”

ciousness of our time on Earth, the fragility of it all.

But that’s probably reaching.

It makes me think of a line from Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road.”

“We lay on our backs, looking at the ceiling and wondering

On Dec. 6, 2014, Tyreek Hill was a hero.

Six days later, he was dismissed from the team.

Friday •

July 17 •

Hill changes his plea from not guilty to guilty. He and Husbands take a plea deal with the district attorney’s office that includes Hill receiving three years probation, paying various fines and taking a 52-week batterer’s course.

Hill appears in court with Jay Husbands, his new defense attorney.

June 19 •

June 8 •

Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler orders Hill to appear in court with a new attorney on July 17.

Hill’s defense attorney, Cheryl Ramsey, motions to withdraw from the case.

April 17 •

Hill enters a plea of not guilty.

March 9 •

Dec. 12, 2014 •

Special District Judge Katherine Thomas ruled probable cause in case against Tyreek Hill. The victim and Sergeant Kyle Bruce of Stillwater Police Department appeared on the stand.

Hill is charged with domestic abuse by strangulation and dismissed from the OSU football and track teams. He makes his first court appearance.

Dec. 11, 2014 •

Dec. 6, 2014 •

Hill’s eight-week pregnant girlfriend tells police Hill beat and choked her at his home.

Tyreek Hill’s 92-yard punt return touchdown ties the Bedlam football game with less than a minute left. The Cowboys would go on to win 38-35 in overtime.

Tyreek Hill timeline, December 2014-August 2015

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Dirty Curty to permanently join The Strip

BY Ca r a Chan c el lor @O C ol ly

Silky cream cheese and savory chili combine with a steaming hot dog to create one of the most sought after bites around Stillwater.

On Sept. 9, Dirty Curty will trade in its cart for a brick and mortar building, The Curty Shack, and move onto The Strip permanently.

“The possibilities are endless now,” said Zac Cazzelle, Curty Shack co-owner.

“We’re thinking about adding mac n’ cheese, mushrooms and maybe even some pulled pork dogs to the menu.”

The Curty Shack will also offer beer and liquor, and will be open 5 p.m. – 2 a.m.

Wednesday through Saturday.

Dirty Curty owners Sarah and Zac Cazzelle said having a place on The Strip has always been their goal.

“On homecoming our first year out here, we didn’t have a place to set up,” Sarah said. “Most of the corners were taken,

COurtesy of dirty curty Dirty Curty started out on the corner of Fourth and Washington serving about 100 people every weekend. The owners said they now serve 1,000.

and we didn’t look like the cool kids on the block with our tiny little cart and no lights.”

We’ve had students The couple developed a come by with tears relationship with in their eyes because Edwin Keoppe, the they’re having their last former Engraving Curty. I love these kids, Excellence owner, and I love what I do.” and he eventually let them sell on his corner.

“We offered to Sarah cazzelle pay him, or really curty shack co-owner do whatever, just to have a place to

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sell,” Sarah said. “He let us have it for a free dog.”

Sarah and Zac became that much closer to realizing their dream a few years ago when they approached Keoppe with the proposition of selling Engraving Excellence to them.

“We just told him, ‘Hey, if you ever want to sell, give us a ring,’” Zac said.

“About six months ago, we approached him again, and he told us to give him a number, so we did.”

The owners attribute their success to their deterOCOLLY.COM

mination to get their business off the ground.

“It’s perseverance,” Zac said. “For the first two years, we sat there on the corner as people drove by and laughed.”

In a matter of six years, the Stillwater staple has gone from nonexistent to nationally known, and people come from all over the country come to Stillwater to get a taste, the couple said.

“I never imagined that it would turn into something like this,” Sarah said.

“We started out serving maybe 100 people all weekend. Now, we serve 1,000.

I just feel blessed. Can’t explain it.”

Tradition is priceless, and chowing down at the Dirty Curty stand is a memory close to the hearts of many Oklahoma State students.

“We’ve had students come by with tears in their eyes because they’re having their last Curty,” Sarah said.

“I love these kids, and I love what I do.” news@ocolly.com

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Cowgirl soccer wins season opener

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It would be hard to come up with a better way to start a new season than with an impressive, dominant win — which is exactly what Oklahoma State did in its first game of the 2015 campaign.

The Cowgirl soccer team took down the Mercer Bears by way of a 2-0 victory on an unseasonably cool Sunday afternoon in Stillwater.

With starting forward Courtney Dike sitting the season opener out because of hamstring tightness, the two goals came from relatively unheard of players.

With eight minutes left in the first half, sophomore Holly Brehmer recorded her first career goal off of her own rebound.

“I got some minutes last year, but I never really got any stats or anything,” Brehmer said. “To have the first goal of the season for the entire team is huge.”

The second goal came from forward Haley Woodard. Allie Stephenson gave a nimble cross MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015

Nathan hiatt/O’COLLY Marlo Zoller celebrates as Mercer goalkeeper Maggie Cropp lies on the ground after a Cowgirl goal during a match the Cowgirls won 2-0 over Mercer.

into the box to Woodard’s awaiting foot for the freshman’s first career goal in her first career game.

“It felt like practice, exactly what we’ve been working on, so I was really excited,” said Woodard.

OSU (1-0) controlled the ball for seemingly the entire game, with Mercer (0-2) managing merely three shots on goal for the entire match, against OSU’s 26. The Cowgirls had several opportunities to get the ball to the back of the net, but they were not able to convert as much as they ideally would have.

“Really the biggest negative was just finishing the chances, but in soccer, that’s always the hardest

thing to do,” OSU coach Colin Carmichael said.

“You don’t expect to come in on two weeks training and just be scoring all the goals, so that’s what we’ll continue to work on.”

Despite a few missed opportunities, OSU looked impressive in its first season match, much to the delight of Carmichael and the rest of the team that endured an 0-6 start in 2014.

“We challenged our team to come out with a good mentality, to press the ball, to work very hard, to build the momentum, to dictate the play to the other team,” Carmichael said. “We did all those things, so we’re really pleased there.” sports@ocolly.com

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ACROSS 1 “Just as I suspected!”

4 Alabama protest city 9 Crude dwelling 14 Sun, in Mexico 15 Oak-to-be 16 Company newbie 17 *Historic Chicago landmark cofounded by Jane Addams 19 With time to spare 20 Angler’s basket 21 One thousandth: Pref.

23 Fishtank organism 24 *Anxiety caused by confinement 29 Bill, Louis and Carrie 30 Porthole view 31 Flight-related prefix 32 Either of the first two consonants in “coccyx,” but not the third 34 “We __ Overcome” 35 Lavish affairs 38 *Dress fancily 41 Summer shirt 42 Curving 44 Annual athletic awards 46 Actor Connery 47 “Midnight Cowboy” hustler Rizzo 49 Cantina snack 53 *Old phone feature for multiple calls 55 Stein fillers 56 Coeur d’__, Idaho 57 Braying beasts 58 Drainage conduit 60 In tidy condition, and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues 64 Remove pencil marks 65 Dutch bloom 66 Scratching post user 67 Inner turmoil 68 Oozes 69 Aliens, briefly

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DOWN 1 Refuse receptacle 2 Like some regular news updates 3 Claim without proof 4 Satirist Mort 5 Novelist Umberto 6 Comical Costello 7 __ Butterworth 8 Iron-poor blood condition 9 Place for books 10 Racetrack near Miami 11 Reach, as a destination 12 Animation still 13 __ lime pie 18 Collar attachment 22 Vacation stopover 24 Apple discard 25 Adaptable, electrically 26 “Waiting for Godot” playwright Samuel 27 Writer __ Stanley Gardner 28 Film cameo, e.g.

33 Mix in 34 Hog’s home

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35 Hyphen-like punctuation 36 Cookie with a Thins variety 37 Rascal 39 __ buco: veal dish 40 “Once __ a time ...”

43 Nonstop 45 Secret supply 47 Compete for a seat 48 ’50s nuclear trials

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50 Strasbourg’s region 51 Spy on 52 Balance sheet heading 54 Artist’s flat hat 57 Once-sacred snakes 58 Baltic, for one 59 Directional suffix 61 Color chart listing 62 Land in la mer 63 Domino dot PAGE 8