Saturday, April 01, 2006

Agent of Randy Moss Arrested AGAIN.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The agent for Oakland Raiders wide receiver Randy Moss was arrested over the weekend for failing to appear at a motion hearing stemming from his March 14 arrest on crack cocaine charges.

Dante DiTrapano of Charleston was arrested Saturday and booked at the Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, Fla., sheriff's department spokesman Mac McMullen said Wednesday. DiTrapano posted bond and was released on Sunday.



Robert Heyman, DiTrapano's attorney in Palm Harbor, Fla., said Wednesday that DiTrapano is being treated at a Tampa, Fla., hospital for an undisclosed condition.

"He's receiving treatment for a medical condition he had prior to his arrest," Heyman said.

DiTrapano, his wife Teri, and three others were arrested earlier this month at a St. Petersburg, Fla., hotel. Police say they recovered 73 pieces of crack cocaine and 21 grams of powder cocaine. All five were charged with felony possession of crack cocaine.

Florida officials issued a warrant for DiTrapano after he failed to attend a March 21 court hearing in St. Petersburg.

DiTrapano has said he's enrolled in a treatment center for an addiction to the pain killer OxyContin.

Tim DiPiero, a partner in DiTrapano's law firm in Charleston, didn't immediately return a telephone message Wednesday.