Former NFL player and broadcaster Bill Maas was sentenced to two years of probation and no jail time on Wednesday after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful use of a weapon. Two counts of possession of a controlled substance were dropped as part of his plea, the Peoria Journal-Star reports.That strikes me as an awfully good deal, considering that police found a bag of cocaine, a bag of ecstasy tablets and a loaded .22-caliber revolver in Maas' car in July. Then, three months later, Maas was stopped at Kansas City International Airport after federal screeners found a 9mm handgun in his carry-on bag.
Not only did police drop the drug charges in the first case, but he was never charged with anything when he tried to bring the gun on the plane. In fact, he was detained so briefly during that incident that he was actually able to get on the plane. Does it really make sense to let a guy get on a plane after he tried to bring a gun on board?
Maybe this is just the way the legal system works, but this sure smells like a case in which a guy who can afford a good lawyer got much more lenient treatment than an average citizen would receive.
