Jewel Hampton, Jordan Bernstine Arrested on Alcohol-Related Charges
Breaking news: It's officially summer in Iowa City. Iowa halfback Jewel Hampton and defensive back Jordan Bernstine were arrested in downtown Iowa City last night on alcohol-related charges. Per Mas Casa, Hampton was cited for public intox and "present on premises" (a violation of the new 21-only ordinance; Hampton is reportedly the sixth person to be cited under the new law, which just took effect Tuesday) after being involved in a bar fight at Vito's, which is just about the least surprising thing ever. Bernstine was "not cooperative" with authorities during Hampton's arrest and picked up a public intox for his trouble. Both were held overnight at the Johnson County Jail, both made an initial appearance this morning, and the details of those hearings have not yet been released. Ferentz made a brief comment on the situation this morning, saying it would be "handled internally."
Hampton, coming off a redshirt season due to an ACL tear, was the odds-on favorite to start at halfback for Iowa this year. He played in spring and, though he avoided contact, looked near 100%. Bernstine was neck-and-neck with Micah Hyde for the vacant starting spot at cornerback, though recent comments by Norm Parker indicated Hyde had taken a small lead.
In the end, citations for public intox and being underage in a bar aren't any more serious than most other Iowa students will pick up over the course of their time in town, and both Hampton and Bernstine will likely face nothing more than time served and a fine. The "altercation" may be an additional factor in any football-related punishment, however. Expect a game or two suspension for each. Ironically, the player who might take the most heat for this is (unsurprisingly) Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, who took the opportunity to get on Facebook and say something stupid. Get with the program, bro.
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Let's be blunt
the ICPD has “strong depreciation” for pretty much all students. Even more if you stand out, and most football players do.
It never gets to be easy
That is some solid, solid work from Keeler
Looks like he has enough in there to write two or three columns about it.
Hi. Just to be clear, because I draw the line at twitteresque abbreviation study.
Is NC ‘non-caucasian’?
Mr. Boh Knows ...
or National Champions?
Knock on wood.
by LoveItOrLeaveIt on Jun 5, 2010 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Notable (football)Carriers?
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Jun 5, 2010 6:04 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If he does mean national champs...
Kirk needs to take DJK down a notch. As much as I love the idea, those boys need to avoid getting a big head. They do much better in the underdog role anyway.
by LoveItOrLeaveIt on Jun 6, 2010 1:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Social Networking Blackout
The Twitter / Facebook / IM’ing bullshit needs to go. If the Hawks are serious about anything send a mesage on the field. Otherwisw NC stands for “No Chance”.
Hate Northwestern, Hate OSU, Michigan State, Michigan too...you get the picture.
Nut Cup?
Oh, *fuck you*! I'm not the rope-totin' Charlie Bronson wannabe that's getting us fucking lost!
by Scrotie McBoogerballs on Jun 7, 2010 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions
I had a similar experience last week, oddly enough.
Anyway, I was out for dinner with my girlfriend and we had this awesome 2005 Gigondas which, my having a cocktail to sip, which I was sipping, while the idiot waiter brought the wine early. This is typical of the overachieving midwest (faster=better) but it meant the wine was disappearing at an alarming rate. Why, she consumed 2.5 glasses of that wine. Her alcohol/blood ratio thing was at least 50% higher than these (slightly heavier? YA) football guys had at .090 or whatever. I’m sure she was .013 or more. Sort of like Hemingway before he had his first meal of the day. Or your average Air France pilot after his second, company-approved glass of wine on the night run back to Orly. Any way lower than any single member of the British Navy, going into combat circa the Napoleonic Wars. .090? In the old days, this was how you put a child to sleep if he had the croup.
I’ve landed airplanes … no, I didn’t say that.
Anyway, she gave some elbowing, nudging girlfriend from work the finger (that’s being ‘violent’ you know) and she insisted that I stiff our crappy waiter (that’s being ‘argumentative … obstructive’ of course) but I refused. On the way out there was a cop looking for miscreants and she made a point of bending low at the waist to pick up a lucky penny and and then, abruptly standing up, doing that hitching thing on her bra that they do, staring straight at the cop, who was, himself, completely fucking busted this time. “See anything you like?” she said. The cop turned red. “Because it seems I’m obstructing your business.”
Well, we’re handling this … internally … and I am still investigating … various things … and I’m not going to talk about it. .090. In New Orleans, they’d ask you if you need a pill, please slow down, you’re talking too fast. However, she is running steps at 5 a.m., I’ll tell you that, and the coffee had best be hot. I do hate to move before my first cup of coffee.
The End.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
A blogger
(not from this site) told me the other night that he thought you were a bad writer. While I will not give him up, I will say that he should read this little gem before making such an utterance again. Excellent stuff.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 5, 2010 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
You can't say this sort of thing without telling us the identity of the other blogger.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on Jun 5, 2010 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
No way, no how.
In fact, I’m an ass for even having typed that knowing full-well that you gossip hounds would be dying for the dirt. It’s a)not really that interesting and b)not all that surprising given the source.
The takeaway is; Bellanca is pretty fun to read.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 6, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd imagine most probably already have an idea.
Especially if you ran into said blogger at BWB3.
by The Mexican't on Jun 6, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I have no idea what you're talking about.
I don’t even blog…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 7, 2010 3:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Of course I'm a "bad writer".
This is a sports blog? Not the Paris Review? The average screen viewing time for readers is 56 seconds? We write pseudonymously?
All is well.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
Aha! So much for your anonymity!
You’re clearly The Riddler.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 6, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
My daughter is over 0.90
If this is the worst it gets this summer, we’ll be fine. I think we can aford to miss both of these guys the first game or two. But I think this locks in Wegher as the starter myself. At least for the first one. And I think Hyde probably really locked it up for the season…and I thought Norm would not want two skinny Minnies at corner. Oh well.
"I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later." M.H.
Sucrets...for those not old enough to remember
"I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later." M.H.
I still have a couple Sucrets tins.
"Enough of your borax, Poindexter! We need action!"
by Bucketochicken on Jun 5, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Jordan Bernstine is now my all time favorite black athlete.
The name change just improves it.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
I hope this motivates the rest of the team to stick to the straight and narrow.
This team runs on very narrow margins. It takes a lot of dedication and hard work from everyone, and not all of that dedication and hard work takes place on the field. It also involves making correct decisions about many things. Some as simple as “don’t put yourself in that situation.”
The university needs to find something for these guys to do.
Maybe when the Big12 disbands they can hire ISU’s “football team” to just “hang around”. When the Hawks need to blow off some steam they’ll be there. Sort of some type of off the field gray team.
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a drink around here?-Brian
Or
We could ISU’s former players as decoys to attract the attention of the cops, thus allowing our “real” players to get away.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Even a better idea.
Although ISU players are kind of slow so they will be caught quickly.
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a drink around here?-Brian
Just what you want in a decoy...
The cops are busy cuffing them, while our beloved Hawks flee the unjust tyranny of the IC City Council.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jun 6, 2010 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions
NCs?
North Carolinians?
Nice Cowboys?
Nike Co-workers?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Jun 6, 2010 12:27 PM CDT reply actions
Non Conformists?
Negative Connotations?
Nice cooters?
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jun 6, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Never-Ending Commentthreads?
Narcissistic Cretins?
Naked Culprits? (see Reiff, Riley)
This is me finally getting around to drunk enough on a Sunday to create an SB account and get on BHGP. I became addicted to the crack that is this blog whilest stranded overseas for 4 months and in need of some Iowa Hawkeyes to retain my existence. I thank all of you for helping me maintain my sanity while isolated from my Hawkeyes and for the countless times I got death glares while laughing my ass off in French libraries.
by A True Americanzi on Jun 6, 2010 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions
That may be the first time...
…someone has charged this site with maintaining sanity rather than evicerating it.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 7, 2010 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Unless that's the point...
Keep the crazy level up.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jun 7, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone want inside info?
My roommate was at a party in IC last night. And who was there? None other than Jewel Hampton. lol
Weird.
Some people I knew had a party in IC last night and none other than Jewel Hampton was there haha. Was the party on Johnson?
by A True Americanzi on Jun 6, 2010 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions
how long was his keg stand?
Keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that aint legal either, Dude.
by AcrimoniousAngerererer on Jun 7, 2010 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions
My roomate saw the arrest
My roomate saw the entire confrontation, and the arresting officer said to the other officer, “What can we get Dreadlocks with?”
Bernstein was doing nothing wrong, although Hampton is another story. IC police are often times racist, and look to harass or arrest black people. I was once arrested on a charge and had the case dismissed, only for the person behind me in the courtroom (An African American) to be YELLED at by the judge for the exact same case.
People need to realize this before they jump to conclusions. Police reports are only one part of the equation, there’s always the other side.
Hawkeyes n Cowboys. Bleeding Black, Gold, Sliver and Blue since 1987.
It would have been better if you had called your roommate "unnamed source" and the arresting officer had called "Dreadlocks" "Hussein Obummer".
"I'm day-to-day with hurt feelings." - Chris Pronger
by ReadingRambler on Jun 7, 2010 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh, that's great for recruiting... not.
While racism is everywhere, Iowa has a lot to learn – even IC – about tolerance or perhaps better, acceptance. When I was back in April taking care of my mother’s estate, a friend of mine got on a rant about gay marriage. Like, who fucking cares? Yes, we outlawed it here in California but its only because the gay lobby didn’t take fighting against the proposition nearly as seriously as they should have; too many people who would have voted NO on Prop 8 stayed home that day, and the anti-gay crowd got their people mobilized that day.
We have our yahoos here, but there’s not nearly the level of racism and homophobia out here than what I saw when I was home in Iowa (and the person in mention is a huge Hawk fan, to the point of having a pretty good sized Tigerhawk tat). If your roommate has other witnesses that overheard the cop, you can probably at the minimum help Bernstein file a complaint, or, at the very least, get his charge dismissed by his attorney.
This sort of racist bullshit should not be tolerated – at all.
My blog: http://www.gretainthebox.com
by Leftcoast Hawk on Jun 7, 2010 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Interestingly, a lot of NC's voted for Prop 8.

but that does not negate the point that Iowa City police could learn a lot about race relations from the police in California; just ask Rodney.

If you feel like singing along, don't.
James Taylor
Rodney King aside...
My GF was married to a Sac County cop here. If you watch Cops at all on Fox, people who are hyped up on crack and other hard core drugs – you can zap them all you want with a taser, they don’t go down. Her ex remarked he’d seen guys pick the contacts off of their chests and go on fighting…
The RK thing was way out of control, but cops unfortunately deal with far too many out of control people and they’re – justifiably or not – pretty paranoid about dealing with potential perps/drunks/etc. as a result.
My blog: http://www.gretainthebox.com
by Leftcoast Hawk on Jun 7, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
This whole episode is stupid.
But if someone had dreads, and so what if he does, explain what is racist racist racist about saying, “You get the guy with the dreads.”
A black cop walks into a bar. A white guy with Mitch King hair is smashing someone’s head into a table. The black cop says to his partner: “You get so-and-so. I’ll get King Canute over there.”
Is the black cop racist? No. Observant. And well read. Let’s move on.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
by Bellanca on Jun 7, 2010 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
+1
"I'm day-to-day with hurt feelings." - Chris Pronger
by ReadingRambler on Jun 7, 2010 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Your example
is someone NOT being racist. I think HawksFlyHigh was saying that Bernstine wasn’t guilty of anything/not causing a scene and the cop decided that he looked “suspicious” or that he was guilty of something, and probably not because of his hair style.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
It would also be helpful...
if the student body (and the older people who still live in IC but are no longer going to school), would conduct themselves like decent citizens. Almost no matter where you go, you will have law enforcement officers wanting to “set an example” and take a few more people to jail (instead of a few too few people) from a fight at a bar. IC police deal with so many drunken young people, that you can see how their mindset would be affected.
Yeah, it ain’t cool to call a black man “dreadlocks.” But, if he was at all involved in the fight, he will be headed to jail, just like I (a white guy) would be if I had dreadlocks and was drunk and involved in a fight. So would the guy below. Brown, Yellow, or White, it ain’t cool to fight.

I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
Except there's no report that says Bernstine was fighting.
All the stories I’ve read mentioned that Bernstine was arrested for acting like a jackass while Hampton was being cited.
by The Mexican't on Jun 7, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't intend for that to sound as if I'm defending Bernstine's rumored jackass behavior.
If your buddy is getting arrested, and you’re drunk, it’s probably best to walk away and consider yourself lucky.
by The Mexican't on Jun 7, 2010 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...
if I am about to blow a .127, I guess I don’t fight OR act like a jackass.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 8, 2010 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions
You're a better man than me...
That’s about when I start thinking both sound like a pretty good idea. Or used to, when I was that age. I’m too old for that shit.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jun 8, 2010 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll admit I've acted like a jackass...
just not usually in the presence of uniformed law enforcement officers. And I’ve yet to get in a fight while intoxicated.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 8, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm so glad I'm a happy drunk
That’s usually when I just get paranoid and don’t want to get in trouble. Even though I’m a student, I’m too old for that shit and I’m actually happy that the 21-only ordinance passed (a completely tangential shit-storm of a topic).
Hampton pled guilty
and Bernstein pled not guilty today. Hampton has a $135 fine for public intox and a $735 fine for being in a bar illegally after 10 pm (the dollar figures may be off a little).
It’s a first offense for both, so my guess would be a 1-2 game suspension from Ferentz. Hampton will also have to complete an alcohol course and community service.
by HeroPatriotStanzi on Jun 8, 2010 11:50 AM CDT reply actions
$700+ for being in a bar underage?!
Holy shit.
by The Mexican't on Jun 8, 2010 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
Kind of like they’re trying to send a message or something. I guess the mandatory alcohol ed class that came with the PAULAs wasn’t discouraging enough.




























