Thursday, January 31, 2013
Just before the Wing Bowl he used to rule, Bill "El Wingador" Simmons learned a grand jury indicted him for allegedly packing a serious amount of cocaine during a June 2012 arrest.
The nation’s most gluttonous competitive eaters will gorge for victory Friday at Philadelphia’s Wing Bowl, but one of the competition’s past stars is fighting a very different battle—cocaine charges. William T. “El Wingador” Simmons was indicted by a Gloucester County grand jury this week on 13 charges stemming from accusations that the five-time Wing Bowl champ had a hefty amount of cocaine on him during a June arrest. Simmons was indicted on: New Jersey State Police reportedly caught Simmons with $8,000 worth of powdered cocaine and more than $4,000 in cash in his 2010 Kia Soul when detectives stopped him on June 15, 2012, in Harrison Township. Simmons’ car, seized after the arrest, was decorated with a vehicle wrap touting his Wing Bowl…
Friday, June 22, 2012
After statements from Bill Simmons' lawyer, Judge Walter L. Marshall Jr. maintained the bail at $100,000.
Orange is a familiar color for Bill “El Wingador” Simmons, but he traded in a wing sauce-stained T-shirt for county jail overalls Friday afternoon, as he and his attorney made an appeal in Superior Court for a reduction in a six-figure bail for charges Simmons was dealing cocaine. But even after attorney David S. Bahuriak, a private attorney who took over from the public defender, spoke at length about Simmons' charity work, family life and local ties in an attempt to get the bail cut in half, Judge Walter L. Marshall turned down the request, leaving the wing king's bail at $100,000 cash or bond. Assistant Prosecutor Alec Gutierrez argued Simmons, who has been charged with first-degree cocaine distribution, is a flight risk, given he's …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The eating champion has been accused by police of dealing cocaine.
Facing first-degree cocaine distribution charges and a six-figure bail, Bill “El Wingador” Simmons has filed for a bail reduction hearing and will appear in Superior Court Friday, Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld said. Simmons, a 50-year-old Woodbury Heights resident best known for his five Wing Bowl titles, has been in the Gloucester County jail on default of $100,000 cash bail since last week, after state troopers arrested him during a car stop in Harrison Township. It was there state police said Simmons had $8,000 worth of cocaine and more than $4,000 in cash on him. Search warrants were executed at two homes connected to Simmons at the same time, police said. Simmons has enlisted the help of a public …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The New Jersey State Police announced the arrest Tuesday of the wing-eating champion.
Five-time Wing Bowl champion and Woodbury Heights native Bill “El Wingador” Simmons has been arrested on cocaine distribution charges, New Jersey State Police Lt. Stephen Jones announced Tuesday. Simmons was caught with $8,000 worth of powdered cocaine and more than $4,000 in cash in his 2010 Kia Soul when State Police detectives stopped him Friday evening, June 15, in Harrison Township, Jones said. Immediately following the car stop, state troopers and investigators from the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office (GCPO), part of a joint investigation by the State Police Drug Trafficking South Unit and the GCPO, executed two search warrants at two Woodbury Heights homes with a connection to Simmons, Jones said. Simmons was charged with …
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1:06 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
This guy has always been a scumbag. more ›