# Ever seen a more bizarre criminal case? Ex NFL QB arrested twice in one weekend? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662 "2012-04-03T02:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/1 "2012-04-03T02:57:57Z")
Ryan Leaf, a former NFL quarterback drafted in the first round, was arrested twice in one weekend for the exact same crime. Breaking into houses to steal prescription pain medicine. [Story](http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-ryanleaf-arrest) I know there is an active thread in the Game Room on this case, but I’d like to approach it from a different angle. This isn’t about a failed NFL athlete being arrested, but rather the insanely stupid nature of this crime. I often read the “Offbeat” section of the newspaper online and they will occasionally have a story about someone getting 2 DUIs in one day, usually arrested in the early morning and then again later that same day. I’ve seen stories about someone getting 3 speeding tickets in the same day. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a story about a person getting arrested for breaking into someone’s home to steal prescription medicine, going to jail, posting $76,000 bail and then going out to get arrested for the exact same crime 2 days later! Especially since that accused criminal was already on probation for a similar crime. I’m sure Mr. Leaf must have had some reason to know that there would be prescription pain medicine inside the houses he broke into. If a random thief broke into my apartment, the only prescription medicine he’d find is an asthma inhaler A couple of points for discussion: Is this one of the strangest criminal cases you’ve seen? Is this someone who has such a strong addiction to pain medicine that he’d do anything to obtain more, even as far as two identical crimes? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/2 "2012-04-03T03:08:37Z")
I don’t think it’s strange at all. I think the dude has a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/3 "2012-04-03T03:16:45Z")
He went to my high school. The whole state of Montana thinks he is a dick. This sounds like something he would do. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/4 "2012-04-03T05:53:59Z")
> [@Amblydoper](#): > > He went to my high school. The whole state of Montana thinks he is a dick. Also the entire county of San Diego, and most of eastern Washington State. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/5 "2012-04-03T06:31:18Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > I don’t think it’s strange at all. I don’t either. It’s pretty typical for drug addicts to repeat the same behavior over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/6 "2012-04-03T08:06:11Z")
If he could afford that kind of bail, shouldn’t he be able to afford to buy them on the street? I mean who breaks into random houses and hopes they’ll find some benzos in the medicine cabinet? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/7 "2012-04-03T08:39:34Z")
A dumb ass, that’s who. EDIT: I guess that should be a dumb ass with an apparent drug addiction. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/8 "2012-04-03T11:39:57Z")
Speaking for all of Europe and parts of North Africa, we hate the guy too. I mean, we’ve never heard of him before this, but now we hate him. Just absolutely hate his guts. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/9 "2012-04-04T01:58:37Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > If he could afford that kind of bail, shouldn’t he be able to afford to buy them on the street? I mean who breaks into random houses and hopes they’ll find some benzos in the medicine cabinet? This is why he’s a dumbass. He wouldn’t even have to get them on the street. He could probably find a doctor who, for the right amount of money, would look the other way. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-a-more-bizarre-criminal-case-ex-nfl-qb-arrested-twice-in-one-weekend/617662/10 "2012-04-04T03:06:58Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > Speaking for all of Europe and parts of North Africa, we hate the guy too. > > I mean, we’ve never heard of him before this, but now we hate him. Just absolutely hate his guts. And Australia as well I don’t find his behavior that weird, a drug addict who probably suffered many concussions playing NFL is a recipe for desperate behavior.