Former USA Coach Busted For Stealing Artificial Turf

Alabama Mobile Campus police say they caught Ron Pelletier stealing artificial turf that had been donated by an arena football team when it disbanded.

by The Associated Press

Published: Fri, January 16, 2009 - 1:31 pm CST

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A former assistant baseball coach at the
University of South Alabama faces a theft charge after campus
police charged with him with stealing artificial turf.
Ron Pelletier booked into Metro Jail Thursday afternoon. Police
said he was charged with first-degree theft.
Pelletier, a former baseball star at the school, allegedly took
sections of artificial grass that had been donated by an arena
football team when it disbanded.
He was released on $7,500 bond.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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bobcat Says:

Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Oh WOW, you are giving me some great ideas myself now. I wonder if this roll of turf will be in the next Sheriff’s property auction in September?

southfan1981 Says:

Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:45 pm

It’s one thing to have a big “50” written across your front lawn, I would think the team logo of a big eagle would pretty much clue in the neighbors.

carl Says:

Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:26 pm

Probably would be cheaper in the long run than going out and spraying it with that dye they use in stadiums and in front of homes they’re trying to sell.I don’t think I would want it on my roof though,it’d probably get water logged and cave in my whole roof,but it would resemble “The Little House on the Prairie”.

bobcat Says:

Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:52 am

I remember not too long ago reading about a man in California that covered nearly everything he owned with that astro turf stuff including his roof and car. Maybe this guy had similar ideas.

carl Says:

Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:37 am

Considering his state of mind at the time he probably gave it his version of the tumble bug act.

southfan1981 Says:

Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:01 pm

MY question is how did he get the stuff off the field? Those were HUGE rolls?

BamaBob Says:

Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:36 pm

What was he going to do with artificial turf? If he stuck it in his yard, his neighbors might catch on when he never cut his grass and it stayed green year round.

He must have been smokin’ some of that artificial grass.