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Chaotic end to sentencing of man who robbed former Browns receiver Joe Jurevicius
Updated: Mar. 07, 2019, 1:45 p.m.|Published: Mar. 07, 2019, 12:32 p.m.
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By Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A court hearing ended in chaos Thursday as a judge sentenced a man who robbed former NFL wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Joe Jurevicius.
Robert Howse called the 43-year prison sentence handed down by a Cuyahoga County judge “bulls---t," and members of his family screamed obscenities as sheriff’s deputies wrestled the 24-year-old Howse out of the courtroom.
One woman called Judge Nancy McDonnell a “sick b---h" and stormed out of the courtroom.
The scene was a chaotic end to a hearing where Jurevicius, a Cleveland-native returned to his hometown Browns to finish out his 11-year NFL, described how Howse terrorized him at gunpoint for 30 minutes during the September robbery.
“He terrorized me for 30 minutes,” Jurevicius said in court Thursday.
Howse pleaded guilty in January to aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery burglary and other charges in the Sept. 14 robbery of Jurevicius and another home-invasion robbery of a 70-year-old woman two days earlier.
Howse’s cousin, State Rep. Stephanie Howse, asked McDonnell in a letter read aloud in court to take into account that as a 4-year-old boy, Howse witnessed his 16-year-old uncle hang himself.
“Hurt people hurt people,” the letter said.
Jurevicius told McDonnell that he too had experienced trauma. He said he is diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and is dealing with a body battered by an 11-year NFL career. A man died in Jurevicius’s arms after he was crushed by concrete in a freak accident, and in 2003, Jurevicius and his wife lost a nine-week-old son from complications due to a premature birth.
Jurevicius, at the time a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, left his son’s hospital the night before the year’s NFC Championship game to join his team, according to a 2003 UPI article. He caught a 71-yard touchdown pass in the next day’s game that clinched a berth in Super Bowl XXXVII. Jurevicius caught four passes for 78 yards as Tampa Bay defeated the Oakland Raiders, 48-21, UPI reported.
On Sept. 14, Jurevicius said he went out to his barn to turn off the lights after his family finished dinner in his Gates Mills home and encountered an armed Howse in an event that he said changed his life.
Howse snatched the gloves that Jurevicius wore during that Super Bowl and wore them as he held the 6-feet 5-inch Jurevicius at gunpoint for more than 30 minutes as he demanded money and electronics and made Jurevicius open his safe. Howse then led Jurevicius to the home where his wife and children were, and threatened to shoot Jurevicius, he said.
Jurevicius opened the door and asked his wife to bring all the cash he could. He also offered Howse his Super Bowl ring. Prosecutors said Howse told them he rejected the ring because he would surely get caught if he tried to sell it, that he and wore the gloves so he wouldn’t leave behind fingerprints.
Jurevicius ultimately escaped by running into the house and locking the door. He said he grabbed a handgun and hid with his wife and children until police came to the house.
“He wore the damn gloves I wore in the Super Bowl while my son was fighting for his life,” Jurevicius said in court.
Jurevicius asked for McDonnell to impose the maximum possible sentence. He said that the incident made him wonder if moving his family back to Cleveland was the right decision.
“My grandmother told me a long time ago if you don’t have anything nice to say about somebody, don’t say it,” Jurevicius said. “At this point your honor, I have nothing good to say.”
In the Sept. 12 robbery, Howse broke into the home of a 70-year-old woman and hid beneath her bed until she walked into her bedroom, then jumped out and pointed a gun at her. The woman ran into the bathroom and locked the door behind her, and called 911 until police came.
Howse was wearing a GPS ankle monitor at the time of the robberies because he was on parole after serving more than five years in prison for another home invasion. In that incident, Howse held two 15-year-old boys at gunpoint, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Elaina Thomas said.
In his own comments, Howse said he carried out the robberies to make good an a $1,500 drug debt. The dealer he owed the money to had started to threaten Howse’s life and the life of his fiancee, Howse said.
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Chaotic end to sentencing of man who robbed former Browns receiver Joe Jurevicius
Updated: Mar. 07, 2019, 1:45 p.m.|Published: Mar. 07, 2019, 12:32 p.m.
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By Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A court hearing ended in chaos Thursday as a judge sentenced a man who robbed former NFL wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Joe Jurevicius.
Robert Howse called the 43-year prison sentence handed down by a Cuyahoga County judge “bulls---t," and members of his family screamed obscenities as sheriff’s deputies wrestled the 24-year-old Howse out of the courtroom.
One woman called Judge Nancy McDonnell a “sick b---h" and stormed out of the courtroom.
The scene was a chaotic end to a hearing where Jurevicius, a Cleveland-native returned to his hometown Browns to finish out his 11-year NFL, described how Howse terrorized him at gunpoint for 30 minutes during the September robbery.
“He terrorized me for 30 minutes,” Jurevicius said in court Thursday.
Howse pleaded guilty in January to aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery burglary and other charges in the Sept. 14 robbery of Jurevicius and another home-invasion robbery of a 70-year-old woman two days earlier.
Howse’s cousin, State Rep. Stephanie Howse, asked McDonnell in a letter read aloud in court to take into account that as a 4-year-old boy, Howse witnessed his 16-year-old uncle hang himself.
“Hurt people hurt people,” the letter said.
Jurevicius told McDonnell that he too had experienced trauma. He said he is diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and is dealing with a body battered by an 11-year NFL career. A man died in Jurevicius’s arms after he was crushed by concrete in a freak accident, and in 2003, Jurevicius and his wife lost a nine-week-old son from complications due to a premature birth.
Jurevicius, at the time a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, left his son’s hospital the night before the year’s NFC Championship game to join his team, according to a 2003 UPI article. He caught a 71-yard touchdown pass in the next day’s game that clinched a berth in Super Bowl XXXVII. Jurevicius caught four passes for 78 yards as Tampa Bay defeated the Oakland Raiders, 48-21, UPI reported.
On Sept. 14, Jurevicius said he went out to his barn to turn off the lights after his family finished dinner in his Gates Mills home and encountered an armed Howse in an event that he said changed his life.
Howse snatched the gloves that Jurevicius wore during that Super Bowl and wore them as he held the 6-feet 5-inch Jurevicius at gunpoint for more than 30 minutes as he demanded money and electronics and made Jurevicius open his safe. Howse then led Jurevicius to the home where his wife and children were, and threatened to shoot Jurevicius, he said.
Jurevicius opened the door and asked his wife to bring all the cash he could. He also offered Howse his Super Bowl ring. Prosecutors said Howse told them he rejected the ring because he would surely get caught if he tried to sell it, that he and wore the gloves so he wouldn’t leave behind fingerprints.
Jurevicius ultimately escaped by running into the house and locking the door. He said he grabbed a handgun and hid with his wife and children until police came to the house.
“He wore the damn gloves I wore in the Super Bowl while my son was fighting for his life,” Jurevicius said in court.
Jurevicius asked for McDonnell to impose the maximum possible sentence. He said that the incident made him wonder if moving his family back to Cleveland was the right decision.
“My grandmother told me a long time ago if you don’t have anything nice to say about somebody, don’t say it,” Jurevicius said. “At this point your honor, I have nothing good to say.”
In the Sept. 12 robbery, Howse broke into the home of a 70-year-old woman and hid beneath her bed until she walked into her bedroom, then jumped out and pointed a gun at her. The woman ran into the bathroom and locked the door behind her, and called 911 until police came.
Howse was wearing a GPS ankle monitor at the time of the robberies because he was on parole after serving more than five years in prison for another home invasion. In that incident, Howse held two 15-year-old boys at gunpoint, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Elaina Thomas said.
In his own comments, Howse said he carried out the robberies to make good an a $1,500 drug debt. The dealer he owed the money to had started to threaten Howse’s life and the life of his fiancee, Howse said.
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, might as well commit that.
Doobie Doo
Veteran
Kidnapping and multiple home invasion robberies with guns. Recidivist ass clown thought he could get another short bid. Lock him up. 
Laidbackman
All Star
What makes it so bad is, he actually knew who he was robbing.
Not only did he terrorize the man for a half hour which is hell not knowing if he was going to kill him and his family but also home invaded a 70 year old woman. All this while wearing an ankle monitor from being out from a previous home invasion. You read all of that and that’s the conclusion you came to? Smh. He got an appropriate sentence given the circumstances. Not like he burglarized a few homes when no one was home.
Marlow Stanfield
Superstar
He can sit for a while
Robbed one of the few popular white wide recievers in the NFL,along with his family? This would be like robbing Jason Williams at the peak of his nba powers.
Any black man at this point knows what type of time they handing out for their own amusement. Enjoy the zoo within the zoo
Kids I have a soft spot for and keep a different energy.
Any black man at this point knows what type of time they handing out for their own amusement. Enjoy the zoo within the zoo
Kids I have a soft spot for and keep a different energy.
Kornball The Conqueror
Superstar
ill never understand home invasion
Who Not How
Superstar
How many chances are nikkas suppose to get before they kill people
MaxBundles
Veteran
That's all I needed to read. A bunch of home invasions under his belt. I hate nikkas that do that on the same level as murderers and rapists.. fukk this nikka, give him life
In the Sept. 12 robbery, Howse broke into the home of a 70-year-old woman and hid beneath her bed until she walked into her bedroom, then jumped out and pointed a gun at her. The woman ran into the bathroom and locked the door behind her, and called 911 until police came.
Howse was wearing a GPS ankle monitor at the time of the robberies because he was on parole after serving more than five years in prison for another home invasion. In that incident, Howse held two 15-year-old boys at gunpoint, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Elaina Thomas said.
What the fck? How do you leave prison and immediately do the same thing again? And he even still had the moniter on him as he did it?
Howse was wearing a GPS ankle monitor at the time of the robberies because he was on parole after serving more than five years in prison for another home invasion. In that incident, Howse held two 15-year-old boys at gunpoint, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Elaina Thomas said.
What the fck? How do you leave prison and immediately do the same thing again? And he even still had the moniter on him as he did it?