Kass, ECU’s starting QB, arrested on DWI charge

Rob Kass, East Carolina University’s starting quarterback, was arrested on a Driving While Impaired charge early Saturday morning. 

According to his arrest report, Kass was arrested at 1:28 a.m. on Saturday morning. His blood alcohol level was 0.19, which is more than double North Carolina’s legal limit of 0.08. He actually had two misdemeanor charges against him; one of DWI and another of provincial DWI (underage drinking). Kass is 20.

Kass was driving a black 2003 Dodge Ram, which was left at the scene (East Fifth St. and Green Springs Pkwy). He was released under a $1,000 secured bond.

Kass’ court date is set for Nov. 13 in Greenville. You can see his impaired driving query here.

According to information from the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Kass’ driver’s license was taken from him at the scene and it has also been revoked for the 30 days from the date of the offense.

I was at Skip Holtz’ press conference that began at noon and the coach refused to comment on the situation, other than to verify that it happened. He did say that Kass is still No. 1 on the depth chart, but of course, that could change at any time.

Some of Skip’s quotes from Monday’s presser:

“There’s been a lot made of the Rob Kass situation, from a public standpoint,” Holtz said. “It is something we’ve been made aware of, that we’ve known about for a couple of days. It’s something that (ECU Athletics Director) Coach (Terry) Holland and myself have talked about. I’ve visited with Rob.

“But at this point, I’m not ready to address it publicly. When I am ready to address it publicly, I will. Right now, I’m going to handle it within this football team until I have the opportunity to address and talk to everybody I have to talk to. When it’s appropriate, I’ll make it a public issue. At this point, it’s not.”

 

Special thanks to News Editor Jeremy Falls for helping out with this report.