Isles' prospect Hughes arrested

by James Mirtle on Nov 6, 2009 2:48 PM CST Comment 11 comments

Islanders farmhand Bobby Hughes has been arrested on first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree criminal sexual act charges filed in Albany. The 21-year old Hughes, acquired by the Islanders from Carolina in August and playing infrequently for the Sound Tigers, was arrested after Bridgeport’s game on Wednesday.

— Chris Botta, NYI Point Blank

Hughes, who is from the Toronto area, starred with the Kingston Frontenacs a few years back and was a fourth-round pick of the Hurricanes in 2006. He has played sparingly so far in his AHL career, but did play in Albany in 2007-08 and 2008-09 which would appear to be tied to what's happened here.

Very little information available right now.

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Definitely not good news. Hopefully the legal process is able to get to the truth in the situation, and ensure justice.

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by DarrenM on Nov 6, 2009 3:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Ouch. Not good for the future of his career.

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by jakeshapiro on Nov 6, 2009 4:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And yet,

Charles Wang has been screwing THOUSANDS of people around Long Island for years now with nary a cop to be seen.

Hey-o!

by HockeyinHD on Nov 6, 2009 7:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

not too funny…look up what first and third degree criminal sexual charges are in the state of NY…Very, very serious chargers here, no need to make lame jokes.

by Cal_IslandersFan on Nov 6, 2009 7:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

I looked them up and now I wish I hadn't.

here and here in case anyone else is also wondering.

by warpenguin on Nov 7, 2009 7:08 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Oh...uh... WOW

I think need to take a shower now. I feel dirty.

by Nael M. on Nov 7, 2009 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

So… uh… seems that you don’t get this stuff for anything even remotely normal..?

by Malurous on Nov 7, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It sounds basically like those are rape charges of some sort.

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by Doogie2K on Nov 8, 2009 12:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yuck

Not cool if true…

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by Whale4ever on Nov 7, 2009 10:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

This isn’t the first prospect to have serious charges of this nature leveled against him: David McKee, a former Ducks prospect and a former ECAC standout was charged with felony counts of rape of an unconscious person and rape by intoxication in June after an incident in the summer of 2006. [Link]

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by kforbes on Nov 7, 2009 4:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I remember that case, any idea when we’re going to find out more? Google doesn’t find anything after the June allegations… That’s really the type of situation where it’s good to keep “innocent until proven guilty” in mind until the court proceedings.

by Malurous on Nov 7, 2009 6:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs