Julius peppers dad arrested..cocaine charges

figure will hit the Chicago media soon, just announced here in NC

Updated: 9:35 AM Jun 2, 2011

Lawman Charged With Cocaine Possession

Bailey, N.C. — A Nash County deputy and father of a North Carolina football star lost his job Thursday after he was arrested on drug charges.

George Thomas Kurney, 50, of N.C. Highway 581 in Bailey, is the father of Julius Peppers, who starred on the basketball and football teams at the University of North Carolina before going pro with the Carolina Panthers.

He was arrested Wedesday along with Donald Earl Bullock, 46, of Sims School Road in Sims, on charges of possession of cocaine.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office, Tarboro and Wilson police departments and the State Bureau of Investigation collaborated on the investigation. Both men were being held Thursday in the Wilson County Jail.

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/9675017/

And for those that don't know the backround, peppers and farther not close.. or have ever been FWIW, just a little backround:

They are far from it. While Brinkley raised Julius and his older brother and sister in a double-wide trailer, Kearney was around town, working construction, doing some carpentry. He'd pop up here and there, at an occasional game, maybe a chance meeting with Julius at a store. He does the same now.

But it doesn't feel right to Peppers, who says he can pick up a vibe from people, "a gift I got that tells me what their intentions and motives are."

"We weren't tight," he says of his father. "I mean, I didn't call him up all the time, nothing like that. It was kind of awkward, and it still is now. I can't really get into depth with him in conversation. I really don't feel comfortable talking to him like that. I just don't."

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http://www.carolinafan.com/f/01/010729_peppers.html

Just as long as it's not Pep getting himself in trouble I don't care all that much. Quite a few people can't even control what their kids do these days let alone an adult parent.

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Originally Posted by soulman

Just as long as it's not Pep getting himself in trouble I don't care all that much. Quite a few people can't even control what their kids do these days let alone an adult parent.

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yep if wasn' a superstar like Pepper's wouldn't have bothered, but figure this story will probably go national over the next few hours..