Jets Off-field

Ellis charged with marijuana possession

Admin - December 4, 2008

This has been truly a rough week for New York's professional football players. Following Giants WR Plaxico Burress' gun trouble, Jets DE Shaun Ellis was charged over the weekend with possession of marijuana, driving without insurance, and speeding after a highway traffic stop.

The Daily Record of Morris County (N.J.) today said a police captain described Ellis as "uncooperative" and that he refused to give all of the paperwork requested by the sergeant who made the stop.

The paper reports "a Hanover Township (N.J.) police officer made the stop Saturday at 8:37 a.m. after Ellis allegedly approached a police car from behind at high speed on Route 287 South, pulled even and briefly slowed down, then passed the police car and exited onto Route 24, police said."