Hoggard High School student facing felony drug charges

Another product of low life irresponsible parents!!!!!!

Doesn't anyone see that by the courts handing out these tough sentences they are creating a lifetime criminal!!!

This type of Justice is not correcting the problem. I believe the answers is to educate the drug addict with programs like Drug Court they have a 85% success rate that they do not return to that lifestyle, and after 2 years of having to accept everything D.C. throws at them they go free with no charges.

At least doing this give's them the chance to lead a decent life after they complete the program if they choose to. Show a man how to fish and feed him forever, give him a fish and feed him for a day!!!

Now on the other hand most criminals that go to Jail and get a felony on his record has a 15% success rate of getting out of that lifestyle.

I believe the reason for this is because a felon cannot rent an apartment, get a good job, or having the chance to ever have a productive life is gone. His life is ruined till the day he dies, so do you think we should create more hard core criminals or try to help them understand right and wrong and consequences.

If we choose the latter then we are looking at more taxes to pay to keep them in jail.

Why don't we put the TV producers in jail for making all the movies that glorify doing drugs and drinking and driving...

If you have never sinned then you can put in your 2 cents but if you have sinned and there are no big and little sins...there aren't any big lie's and little white lies, everything is judges the same. so, don't judge him for what he has done. yes!!! he chose to do the wrong things but who are you to sit here and judge him and try to slander his name. he is not a scumbag and none of the other names you have called him. Let God judge him and leave his destiny in the hands of the Lord. whether you WHITE, Black, blue, or purple you have no say and can't try to put him in or out of jail....THANK YOU!!!! NOW RUN AND TELL THAT!!!!! YES. I SAID IT.

ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE HIM

Everything happens for a reason. And let this be a lesson towards other people that have a bright future towards themselves. And people please dont try to "state the facts" that you think are true. If you think you need to jugde someone then maybe you should get further education to become one!!
Every one makes mistakes. Its just that when someone is more talented in an area and gets spotlight for his talents, people are just waiting to show his faults.
I'm still praying for you cousin and I love you!!!
Keep your head up. You will overcome this.

So much ignorance I can't take it. Igonance, ignorance ignorance damn we have some dumbasses this day and age.(By the way I know that the previous sentence and this sentance is a run-on fro you grammar freaks.) I'm calling alot of the people who posted here ignorant not Rashad.

Rashad is a good person with a good heart and he doesnt deserve the nasty comments. Of course people bring up race because its true. About a month ago one of Hoggard's White football players was arrested at school for drugs and alcohol and WHO KNEW?!..But get this..he had it ON CAMPUS..IN HIS CAR!! It seems as if everyone is making it their business to tell about Rashad and its not right. He made a mistake. We're only human.

ok, he was said to be found with drugs on Sept 13 during a raid of a convienience store on Carolina Beach road, why? I ask, was he not arrested then? I mean supposedly the drugs were on him, he is 18, an adult, and in possesion, is it the newpolicy of the WPD to search ya for substaances, then arrest at their leisure? Something is amiss here.....I would like to see a comment from the arresting officers to see their reasoning for the delay

Can I be caught beating someone up today by the police, then expect them to \arrest me when they get around to it?

Rashad, great player, misguided youth, I hope things will turn to the better for him, Love seeing ya play my friend, and God speed

ANYBODY ON HERE MAKING NEGATIVE REMARKS ABOUT THIS NEED TO REALLY STOP IT. IF U DIDN'T KNOW HIM THEN STOP JUDGING HIM BY ONE SITUATION. I KNEW RASHAD AND HE IS NOT A BAD PERSON, SELLING DRUGS WAS NOT HIS LIFE AND HE WAS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING FOR HISSELF UNLIKE SOME OF THESE WHITE PEOPLE THE ONES WHO WERE BUYING IT FROM HIM. I AGREE W/ NAOMI IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN A WHITE FOOTBALL PLAYER THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HIM AIRED OUT ON THE NEWS LIKE THIS.

It seems like everybody on here is talking about the things Rashad did, but if u don't know him don't read an article in the paper and judge him. He is one of the most loved people at Hoggard and everyone at the school supports him. Hold your head up homie!!!

~$G^.M.C.$~

Short and Sweet...He chose to deal and distribute drugs, no one held a gun to his head.He wanted the $$$$$$$, thats all.

There are actually posters who believe that he should get a pass simply because he's poor and a good football player.

So much for individual responsibility, eh? This country is in deep kim-chee, with the number of people who refuse to accept responsibility for their own life, and believe that the government is here to take care of them.....except when it comes to enforcing the law!

He's eighteen, he's charged with a felony, and he should be treated EXACTLY the same as any other accused adult.

I am so sick and tired of reading these comments posted about race. And what amazes me is the people that post them are the same people talking about ignorance in another persons comment. Racial slurs=ignorance, no matter what race states them. Who cares if this was a white kid or a black kid. The fact is he had illegal drugs on his possession with intent to use and sell. End of story! All these drug users/sellers know the consequences of their actions. I am alarmed that some of you on here are saying "forget about his drug usage and illegal activities, let him play foot ball. Hoggard needs him". Well, if Hoggard was going to need him that bad then his friends that he was using with or knew about his extracurricular activities should've spoken up before he got caught. It's sad what has become of teenagers. I'm sorry he's off the football team, but that's the consequence of his actions. If we let everybody off scotch free what kind of world would this be. He is young and obviously very good at football. I hope he can turn his life around for the better.

I don't care what color he is, he is a thug scumbag....let him become someones plaything in prison.....but of course some brain dead idiot will start playing the race card...as usual

rashad williams your in my prayers u always had my back and now i will have a chance to have yours

EVERYONE ON HERE HAS NO SAY SO IN WHETHER SHAD IS GOING TO GET CHARGED OR NOT...BUT, YOU ALL ARE IGNORANT AND HOW COULD YOU STOOP SO LOW TO DISRESPECT SOMEONES MOM...WHAT MOM IS GOING TO AIR HER SON'S BUSINESS OUT...OF COURSE SHE IS GOING TO SAY HE IS DOING GREAT, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO SAY??? HE'S DOING BAD SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE HIM DOWN???NO...IF IT WAS A WHITE FOOTBALL PLAYER HE WOULD NOT BE FRONT PAGE IN THE SPORTS SECTION OR TOP STORY ON HERE...A WHITE MALE JUST RAPED HIS DAUGHTER AND I DONT SEE THAT ON HERE OR THE MAN THAT JUST GOT SHOT IN HIS HEAD 3 TIMES...ND IF RASHAD WAS SELLING, WHO WAS HE SELLING TO??? A WHITE MALE, AND Y DIDNT HE GET IN TROUBLE...THIS SOCIETY IS STILL LIVING IN ANOTHER TIME PERIOD...I KNOW RASHAD AND I KNOW WHAT HE IS CAPABLE OF...ALMOST EVERY SUCCESFUL BLACK MALE ND FEMALE CAME FROM AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS AND THEY MADE IT OUT OF IT...RASHAD KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND DONT EVER LET N E ONE SEE YOU DOWN...EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON...JUST PUT IT IN GOD'S HANDS NOW AND LET HIM WORK HIS MAGIC...EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO SEE HIM DOWN IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN...BUT MISERY LOVES COMPANY...ND HOGGARD IS NOTHING BUT A CRACKER SCHOOL N E WAYS...SOME MAY HELP SOME MAY NOT...HE WILL GET THROUGH IT...SO SAY WHAT YOU WANT...

I FEEL THAT RASHAD O.WILLIAMS SHOULD GET ANOTHER CHANCE.I ALSO FEEL THAT THE NEWS WERE WRONG FOR THE WAY THEY PUT ALL OF HIS PERSONAL BUSINESS OUT THERE LIKE THAT.THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPLOSE HIS GOVERNMENT NAME OUT THERE OR BRING UP SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE HE IS A BAD PERSON,WHICH HE IS NOT.THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING BAD THAT'S EVERY HAPPENED TO A FOOTBALL PLAYER HERE AT HOGGARD HIGH SCHOOL.WHEN THE LAST FOOTBALL PLAYER GOT CAUGHT,THEY DIDN'T PUT ALL HIS PERSONAL BUSINESS OUT THERE IN THE OPEN LIKE THEY MY COUSIN RASHAD.ALL THERE TRYING TO DO IS MESS UP HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AND WHAT EVER ELSE HE GOT GOING FOR HIMSELF.IM GETTING VERY UPSET AND THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.TO YOU RASHAD "KEEP YOUR HEAD UP,YOU GOING TO MAKE IT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS!!!!!!FORGET WHAT OTHERS SAY".

He should be let everyone makes mistakes he's clean c'mon! Football needs him!

Damn. A man gets killed, and another one get shot,and can't forget about the man that MOLESTED a child, and they didnt make the headline for the Star News. But a 18- year old Senior gets arrested for drug-possession it's the talk of the world.

Another Misguided Teen lost to the streets. It is sad, but what saddens me more is all of the racial comments about another black kid. Its funny that those who make the remarks are the same ones who often forget the fact that he was selling the drugs to there white kids, whom they are still in denial about is on drugs. Its not the poor inner-city kids with the money to afford the herion, and as far as LSD it is more common to be used by white people and has never been a problem in the african american community, With thus being said it is clear whom is drug inventory was for. Why not take a look at who are these kids who he is selling such hard and very addictive drugs too and help them before there lives is ruined. For kids doing herion in high is going to create a problem like wilmington has never seen.

people judge him because of where he was raised...rashad williams is not a thug or a hoodlum, he is just like every other true MAN trying to get out of the struggle....the star of a great football team, on his way to school...he does not deserve to be sent to jail...everyone is blowing of his spot putting him online and on tv about something that was not that major...

Okay so why is there so much anger and rage on this board? First maybe we should all just stop being so judgemental of others and focus on what's important. This young gentleman has made a bad mistake, a very bad mistake that will make him pay. He is old enough to know that there will be consequences to his actions. But he will have to deal with them not any of us. Second none of us know why he was selling drugs. We DO NOT know his story about his home life so keep it off the threads.

Honestly situations like this is why there is so much tension down in Louisiana. Why can't we say it's sad unfortunate and move on. Don't call cops pigs ( eventhough some are and you know know who you are), or this young man a thug( eventhough he may be).

Let's stop take a moment and see what we can do to help prevent this situation to continue in the schools, neighborhoods and etc. Because we all live in this world so we all need to give a helping hand in someway.

I think williams should have another chance. I think that because some point in life people do make mistakes but that don't mean he was not wrong. What i am saying is he should get another chance at his football career. Hwas at the wrong place at the wrong time. That is unstandable but still, he should have one chance.

You are such a loser? What is your child doing? Has your child even been a star of anything, probably not. He is still a leader,maybe this has happened to prevent something that might have happened to him further in the future. He can still turn his life around, and start all over. His life is not over. None of us are perfect. Jesus is the only one who was perfect. So who are we to judge people? You never know what God has in store. He might have let some down, but that doesn't mean they have to stay down. You should never put your faith in man, look up to God. He is the only one who is perfect, not us. He is who is without sin, let him cast the first stone . . .

Pigs were searching for counterfeit items. Who pay them to do this? Who in our community gives a damn about counterfeit t shirts and sneakers? This was just another excuse for the pigs to mess with the poor and disinfranchised folks.
As long as this keeps occuring there will be rappers from the hood calling for some revolution.