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Nig is charged with misdemeanor possession of firearms without proper identification
December 15, 2006

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Terry "Tank" Johnson

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Tank Johnson has found himself in his third legal entanglement in the last 18 months and Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo says it's time for the nose tackle to clean up his behavior.

"He's made bad decisions. We've seen that. But he's not a bad person, so I'm not going to sit here and indict him on anything other than he's made poor choices. He's done some stupid things," Angelo said Friday, a day after police found six guns in Johnson's home and he was charged with misdemeanor possession of firearms without proper identification.

"We're embarrassed by this," Angelo added. "It's unfortunate that it did happen and in particular it happened to Tank. He's had now a history of doing things and that history has got to stop."

Johnson will sit out Sunday's game against Tampa Bay, a decision made by coach Lovie Smith, who said it was not a disciplinary action because that would have to come from the NFL.

"Right now with what Tank Johnson is going through, he hasn't been convicted of anything. I'm going to let that play out, but I never kick guys out based on something that I think happened," Smith said, adding his decision was made to give the Bears the best chance to win Sunday.

Johnson practiced Friday and afterward offered a public apology to his teammates and family. He said it was especially difficult to see newspaper photos of two children being carried out of his house Thursday as it was raided by Gurnee police.

"I feel like I've learned from a lot of situations in my life and this one is no different. I just hate the fact that my family was portrayed like that on the paper," Johnson said.

He also said he didn't want to be a distraction as the Bears gear up for the playoffs. They will play Sunday without either of their starting defensive tackles. Tommie Harris is out for the season after surgery on a torn hamstring. And now Johnson is out for at least one game.

"I hate to be a deterrent from all the good that's going on here at Halas Hall," said Johnson, who turned himself in and was released Thursday after posting his $1,000 bond. He didn't discuss specifics of the case.

Johnson is scheduled for a court appearance Jan. 9, which would be several days before the NFC North champion Bears play their first postseason game.

How Johnson's latest brush will affect his probation from another case was not clear Friday.

In November 2005, Johnson was sentenced to 18 months probation and 40 hours community service after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge stemming from an arrest in which a nightclub valet reported seeing Johnson with a handgun in his sport utility vehicle.

Johnson also was arrested last February after a confrontation outside a Chicago nightclub, but the charges were dropped after the police officer he allegedly scuffled with decided not to pursue the case.

Cook County prosecutor's office spokesman John Gorman said Friday that the office would examine papers related to Johnson's most recent case. He said it would take at least several days to decide whether to file for Johnson's probation to be revoked.

Two of the weapons seized from Johnson's home Thursday were assault-style rifles, an AR-15 and a .223 caliber, said Gurnee Police Chief Robert Jones. Three were powerful handguns -- a .44 Magnum, a .50 caliber, and a .45 caliber -- and one was a .308 Winchester hunting rifle, Jones said.

"The biggest thing you get is that he doesn't have a card for guns that are legally his," Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye said Friday.

"It's not like he stole the guns, they are in his name. He bought them legally, and they got some misdemeanors out of it and it's a waste of time and a waste of taxpayers' money. The media's going to blow it out of proportion, and I just hope it all turns out well for him."

Police said during the search they also found 2 1/4 ounces of marijuana and arrested Willie B. Posey, 26, on a count of felony cannabis possession. Posey was released Friday after posting the $10,000 bond set by a Lake County Circuit Court judge. He is scheduled to return to court Dec. 21.

Posey said in court Friday he was Johnson's bodyguard, the Chicago Tribune and (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reported on the newspapers' Web sites. Gurnee police could not confirm Posey's relationship to Johnson.

Angelo said the Bears can't levy a punishment against Johnson because it's a league matter.

"A fine isn't an option. We have no option. Again, personal conduct policy is regulated by the league," he said. "They will levy any fines, any suspensions."

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello reiterated Friday the incident was being reviewed.

[Dalton]

Willie Posey was murdered outside a Chicago night club last night. Tank Johnson was present at the bar. It is not known, at this time, what involvement Tank Johnson may have had with this crime. No one has been arrested at this time for the shooting. TNB baby, TNB!

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Originally Posted by Dalton

Willie Posey was murdered outside a Chicago night club last night. Tank Johnson was present at the bar. It is not known, at this time, what involvement Tank Johnson may have had with this crime. No one has been arrested at this time for the shooting. TNB baby, TNB!

Tank Johnson's Bodyguard Killed in Nightclub

Tank Johnson was already having a pretty bad week. His house was raided by Gurnee police, his stash of guns was confiscated and he was charged for illegal possession of firearms. His bodyguard Willie Posey was arrested for felony pot possession during the raid. And as a result of Thursday's run-in with the police, Bears coach Lovie Smith announced that Johnson would be inactive for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay.

Yet somehow, Tank Johnson's personal life managed to head downhill even further overnight. Remember the pothead bodyguard, Posey? Well, he's now dead following a shooting inside Ice Bar. There was supposedly some kind of fight inside the River North club around 1:30 am that lead to the shooting. Posey was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 2:00 am.

Tank Johnson was also at Ice Bar at the time of the incident, but his role in incident is unknown at the present time.

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CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports fans at Soldier Field Sunday were asking what Johnson was doing partying it up at a night club where guns were present, just hours after apologizing for his Thursday arrest on gun charges.

Many fans are still reeling from the news that Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson was the center of some bad attention not once, but twice in one week.

"I think it's time to probably pull the plug on Tank. I say that we probably have to release him. It's not great for us with the injuries we have, but I think it's the right thing to do," said Bears fan Mike Vito.

Fans say the first blow to Johnson's character came Thursday when police raided his Gurnee home. Police seized several guns and arrested Johnson's bodyguard, Willie B. Posey.

Two days later, Posey was shot and killed at a Chicago night club, and police say Johnson was there when it happened.

Some Bears fans say it's a slap in the face.

"Right after a warning, right after the arrest, right after the apology he goes out," said Bears fan Joe Kahn.

"You figure that the guy would calm down, do the right thing, relax. He ends up going out and again makes a big mistake," said another fan, Tim Shanley.

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Michael Selvie

Man charged in Tank Johnson case

CHICAGO -- A 34-year-old man was charged Thursday with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the friend and bodyguard of Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson at a nightclub.

Michael Selvie of Chicago is accused of shooting 26-year-old Willie B. Posey once in the arm during an early morning fight Dec. 16 inside Ice Bar, a club in the city's trendy River North neighborhood.

Chicago police Lt. Anthony Riccio said Selvie bumped into Johnson next to the bar's dance floor before getting into an argument with Posey.

"We have no indication that Posey and Selvie knew each other or had any contact with each other prior to this incident," Riccio said.

Riccio described Selvie as a "reputed gang member" with more than 30 arrests who was charged based on forensic evidence at the scene and witness identifications. Riccio added Johnson viewed a lineup at the police station Wednesday, but declined to say whether the player identified Selvie.

The Illinois Department of Corrections Web site shows Selvie was paroled in April.

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30 police visits to Tank’s place in 2 years

30 police visits to Tank’s place in 2 years
Two resulted in arrests, while 11 complaints related to animals

Gurnee police have visited the home of Bears defensive tackle Terrence “Tank”�”� Johnson at least 30 times since December 2004, village records show.

Police documents obtained by the Daily Herald list 11 animal-related complaints over the two years, as well as calls about a domestic dispute over suspicious circumstances, a man’s fiancee being with Johnson, and gunshots fired from the backyard of the Delany Road home.

Some of the police calls originated from Johnson’s home, records indicate. Gurnee police spokesman Jay Patrick said officers most recently were summoned to the house Dec. 30 after someone placed on the driveway a trash can with a toilet seat on it and the words “Nice job, Tank.”�”�

Patrick said Johnson’s home is one of several in the village where police have responded to multiple calls in recent years. He said the responses don’t always end in arrests or incident reports.

“There is only so much you can do,”�”� Patrick said Monday. “You have to act within the law.”�”�

Johnson, 25, was charged with six counts of not having a valid Illinois firearm owner’s identification card after Gurnee police stormed his home last month and found weapons and 2“ ounces of marijuana inside. Johnson is to appear in Lake County circuit court today.

Thomas Briscoe, one of Johnson’s defense attorneys, said the only charge against the player resulting from the complaints was for the lack of a state firearm owner’s ID. He noted police have a duty to respond to all calls, even if unwarranted.

“I think that’s a minority,”�”� Briscoe said of the complaints. “I talked to a number of neighbors and they think he’s a nice guy.”�”�

On May 18, three Gurnee officers responded to Johnson’s house about 2:25 p.m. after Kelvin D. Presley of Beach Park called an emergency dispatcher, reports show. Presley, 46, ended up being arrested and charged with domestic battery.

“Dispatch stated that the caller said that his girlfriend was with a Chicago Bear and that there was going to be trouble,”�”� one of the responding officers wrote.

Presley told authorities he was engaged to the woman and he became “suspicious”�”� after she previously mentioned Johnson’s name to him several times, reports state. Cops said the 160-pound Presley told them he was driving past the home of the 300-pound Johnson when he decided to knock on the front door after noticing his fiancee’s car in the driveway.

Johnson was in the doorway while Presley and the woman argued in front of the home as police arrived, reports state. The 30-year-old woman informed officers she was in Johnson’s house for a business deal.

Presley denied hitting the woman during the incident, the officer stated in police reports.

Records show the first complaint to Gurnee police involving Johnson’s address was logged Dec. 28, 2004, regarding a stray dog. Between May 2005 and August 2006, police responded to calls involving unspecified animal complaints — one about a sick or injured animal, two regarding suspicious circumstances, and six for barking dogs.

In responding to one February 2006 call about Johnson’s three pit bulls, Gurnee police told a complaining neighbor she didn’t have to apologize for being concerned. The dogs lived in an outside cage.

“I assured her we do take this seriously and that she should feel free to call, and that I will continue to monitor the situation and keep pressure on Mr. Johnson to improve the care of the animals and to improve the neighbor relations by keeping the barking down and the smell of animal waste down,”�”� officer Fred Witte wrote in the report.

During the Dec. 14 raid on Johnson’s house, police seized six weapons, about 550 rounds of ammunition, a prescription painkiller suspected to be hydrocodone, a Sony miniature DVD-R camcorder disc and other items, according to court documents.

Authorities said the raid occurred after a six-week investigation was triggered by a neighbor who reported gunshots from Johnson’s yard Nov. 4, and past complaints about the pit bulls. Police said Johnson’s now-late bodyguard and roommate, Willie Bernard Posey, 26, fired the shots.

Posey was charged with illegal possession of marijuana after the raid. Authorities said Posey was shot to death by Michael A. Selvie, 34, while with Johnson at the Ice Bar in Chicago early Dec. 16.

Johnson’s girlfriend and two children, ages 3 and 20 months, were home when the raid occurred, police said.

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Tank Johnson Pleads Not Guilty To Gun Charges
Report: Police Visited Tank's Home At Least 30 Times

POSTED: 10:15 am CST January 9, 2007
UPDATED: 6:22 pm CST January 9, 2007

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WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- Chicago Bears defensive tackle Terry "Tank" Johnson appeared inside a Lake County courtroom Tuesday to plead not guilty to misdemeanor weapons charges.

Dressed in a suit and tie and looking relaxed, Johnson did not speak during the hearing. Defense attorney Tom Briscoe entered the plea for him.

NBC5's Alex Perez reported that, according to a report in Tuesday's Daily Herald, the December raid was just one of at least 30 police visits to Johnson's home in the last two years. Authorities responded to everything from complaints about his dogs to gunshots fired in the back yard and a call from a man threatening to hurt Johnson because his fiancee was in Johnson's home.

"With any celebrity, people get called to their homes all of the time," Briscoe said.

Johnson was arrested Dec. 14 after police raided his Gurnee home.

He faces 10 counts of possession of firearms without a gun-owner identification card; prosecutors say six weapons were in the home and the other counts relate to ammunition found there.

Lake County prosecutors said they have solid evidence against Johnson.

"Whether or not Tank Johnson was in possession of the firearms, one of the loaded rifles was found in his own bedroom in open view," said prosecutor Mary Stanton.

Less than 48 hours after his arrest, Johnson was at a Chicago bar when his friend, Willie B. Posey, was shot and killed. Posey also had been arrested on drug possession charges when police raided Johnson's home.

The Bears suspended Johnson for one game for being at the club.

The judge did not impose any travel restrictions on Tank Johnson, but he must still receive special permission from Cook County authorities should he need to leave the state to play a game. Johnson is currently on probation in Cook County on a separate weapons charge and was put on home confinement, allowing him to only travel between work and home.

Briscoe, speaking after the hearing, said Johnson is doing well under the circumstances and is trying to focus on his job with the Bears.

"We're confident we have a defense to this," Briscoe said. "The facts will show he's done nothing wrong."

"The more he does that, the better he is, because he can put this out of his mind," Briscoe said.

Briscoe said he was confident the charges would be dropped before trial.

If found guilty on the Lake County gun charges, Johnson faces a maximum sentence of a year in jail.

But authorities in Cook County have alleged in a petition that his arrest violated his earlier probation terms on a 2005 gun charge.

Johnson's next court date in Lake County is set for Feb. 16.

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Tank Gets 4 Months in the Tank

Tank Johnson gets 4 months in jail
March 15, 2007

A judge on Thursday sentenced Chicago Bears defensive lineman Terry "Tank" Johnson to 120 days in jail for violating his probation in a 2005 gun case.

Cook County Circuit Judge John Moran said Johnson, 25, must spend four months in the Cook County jail and pay a $2,500 fine after Johnson pleaded guilty to violating his probation. The judge could have put Johnson behind bars for up to a year.

He was immediately taken into custody after the ruling was issued.

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"He's made bad decisions. We've seen that. But he's not a bad person, so I'm not going to sit here and indict him on anything other than he's made poor choices. He's done some stupid things," Angelo said Friday, a day after police found six guns in Johnson's home and he was charged with misdemeanor possession of firearms without proper identification. Riddle me this. Is there some script somewhere that these enablers pull out when boons F up? Because it seems every time they do ,all I hear are these same old tired excuses. YOU KNOW WHAT?? Yes he is a bad person. He just doesn't get it.