Kellen Winslow II Arrested for Burglary. At a Mobile Home Park
Source – Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II, the son of San Diego Chargers legend Kellen Winslow, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of burglarizing a residence at the Park Encinitas Mobile Home Park.
Winslow was spotted around 2:40 p.m. walking into a residence at the park in the 400 block of North El Camino Real by a neighbor who lived nearby, according to Lt. Karen Stubkjaer of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
The neighbor confronted Winslow because he did not recognize him as being the resident who lived there, Stubkjaer said.
The 34-year-old Winslow left the scene in a black SUV and deputies spotted him a short distance from the park, she said.
After deputies made contact with Winslow, he was positively identified as the person who was in the residence and arrested for suspicion of residential burglary.
By now it’s safe to say that while Kellen Winslow II didn’t invent the Celebrity Athlete Fall From Grace, he has made first team All Pro. Starting with calling himself a “fucking soldier” when he was at the U. of Miami. Holding out on his contract when he was drafted 6th overall by the Browns. Then crashing his motorcycle, reinjuring the leg that cost him 14 games his rookie season (costing him $5 million in incentives). Then changing the “Jr.” he grew up with to the pretentious “II,” which is a dick move by anyone unless you’re a movie sequel or in line of succession to the throne. Then after landing with the Jets as the fifth team of his Career to Nowhere, getting popped for PEDs.
But it’s really his post-football life where he’s really swirled the drain. Being found guilty of possessing synthetic pot. Getting accused of jerking off in his car outside a Target with not one but two open jars of Vaseline. And now he’s nabbed for burglary. Not at a mansion, a jewelry store, casino or art gallery – you know, something elegant and sexy like that – but a trailer park. That’s a tough look for the son of a football legend. A kid who grew up not knowing where any mobile home parks were located, much less visiting one. A guy who when he was drafted in ’04 probably could’ve bought a top-of-the-line Fleetwood double wide for the cash in his wallet. Now reduced to breaking in hoping to steal the meager possessions of the Dreamcatcher-hanging trailer trash living in Park Encinitas.
It’s sad. But it’s not like Winslow did squander every advantage fate bestowed upon him. A comfortable upbringing. Athletic talent from the gods. Lots of money. His health. Now reduced to being a common thief robbing the poorest of the poor. That’s a long way for a fucking soldier to fall. Sad.