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Simpson Jailed, Accused Of Trying To Contact Suspect

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The Associated Press

Published: January 12, 2008

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson was taken into custody Friday in Florida and will spend several days in a Las Vegas jail before a judge hears allegations that he violated terms of his bail in an armed robbery case here, court officials said.
Clark County District Attorney David Roger alleges that in a November voice message, Simpson told his bail bondsman to contact co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart and express frustration about testimony given at the hearing where Simpson, Stewart and a third man were ordered to stand trial.

"I just want, want C.J. to know that ... I'm tired of this ... ," Simpson is quoted as saying in a transcript that was included in Roger's motion to revoke bail, which was filed Friday. "Fed up with ... changing what they told me. All right?"

Simpson had been instructed by Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure in September not to have any contact with anyone involved in the case - not even by "carrier pigeon."

Simpson's bail bondsman took him into custody and was to deliver him to the Clark County Jail on Friday evening. The bail bond company revoked the former football great's bond, said Officer Ramon Denby, a Las Vegas police spokesman.

Simpson was to go before a judge Wednesday.

Simpson was freed Sept. 19 on $125,000 bail after his arrest on allegations he and several friends burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and robbed two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint.

Simpson has maintained he was retrieving items that belonged to him. He and the two other men are scheduled to stand trial April 7.

Roger alleges Simpson left the voice message with bail bondsman Miguel Pereira for Stewart on Nov. 16, two days after he was ordered to stand trial on 12

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