At this point, we will let the judicial system run its course," Vaughn said. "We are not in possession of all the facts yet and we have not spoken to Mr. Rick Vaughn, vice president of Devil Rays public relations, said Wednesday night that the baseball organization found out about Nash's arrest only Wednesday afternoon. When asked about Nash's status on the team as a result of Tuesday night's arrest, Holland deferred to executives with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Florida. He was always easy-going around the team and he got along with the fans great."
There were no problems and his behavior was exemplary. "All I can tell you is that Nash's time in Princeton last summer was uneventful," Holland said. Nash's coach, Devil Rays general manager Jim Holland, said Wednesday when contacted in Princeton that he had not heard about the arrest. He was at bat 171 times, striking out 69 times, but scoring 23 runs, driving in 29 runs and getting 41 hits, including one triple and eight home runs. He's a starting left fielder on the team, which is in the Appalachian League.ĭuring June, July and August, Nash played in 47 games for the Princeton Devil Rays, batting. Nash plays baseball for the Princeton, W.Va., Devil Rays, the advanced rookie league branch of the major league baseball team, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Falterman also said he was under the impression that Nash was back in Louisiana to undergo knee surgery. If this is true, I feel for the victim and her family."įalterman said Nash was supposed to be in California working on getting his General Educational Development certificate. "I was just trying to help the kid," Falterman said Wednesday afternoon. In January 2001, Ascension deputies arrested Nash on an accusation he hit his 41-year-old live-in girlfriend during a domestic violence incident.ĭistrict Attorney Tony Falterman of the 23rd Judicial District talked to the victim and both agreed that Nash could enter a pretrial intervention program and be put on probation so he could go to spring training camp with the Devil Rays. Tuesday's arrest of Nash is not the first time the baseball player has been in trouble with the law. Bonds had not been set Wednesday afternoon for Thomas or Bureau. Thomas was booked on one count of felony theft.
The girl said that Bureau held her down while Nash raped her and then Nash held her down while Bureau raped her.īureau was booked at the Ascension Parish Jail on Tuesday night on one count of forcible rape and one count of felony theft, Bacala said. The girl told deputies that when she went into a bathroom, Nash knocked on the door and asked if she would have sex with him.Īfter the girl said no, Nash reportedly broke the lock on the door and kicked down the door. Amant home after her mother left for work. Monday.īacala said all three men were drinking with the girl and other female friends at the St. While being questioned by police, the girl told them that Nash and Bureau had both raped her after 2 a.m. The girl told detectives that she actually saw the stolen safe and the water jug with coins inside. 42, Prairieville and James Eric Thomas, 20, 42150 Jamie Road, Prairieville, brought the stolen items to her home. Amant home to ask questions, a 15-year-old girl who lives in the house told police that Nash Dalacy Bureau, 19, 38466 La. Amant called the owners of the home that was burglarized because she had found some paperwork in her home that belonged to the victim of the theft. Nash was a suspect in the home theft, a lead that ultimately led to his arrest in connection with the alleged rape, Bacala said.īacala said the Sheriff's Office initially received a complaint Monday that a residence in Donaldsonville had been burglarized.Ī Kentwood water jug half-filled with change, a safe, a pistol and an alarm clock were taken in the theft. Tony Bacala of the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said detectives found out about the alleged rape while they were investigating a home theft in Donaldsonville. He was taken to the Ascension Parish Jail where his bond was set at $300,000.Ĭol. Nash, 19, 44584 Braud St., Sorrento, was booked on one count of aggravated rape, one count of aggravated crime against nature and - in an unrelated case - one count of felony theft.
Amant girl accused him and another man of raping her Monday, deputies said. GONZALES - Sorrento native Greg "Toe" Nash, a left fielder on one of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays farm clubs, was arrested Tuesday night after a 15-year-old St. Greg "TOE" Nash is the cousin of Hot Rod Williams
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