A Timeline of Latest O.J. Simpson Case

A Timeline of Latest O.J. Simpson Case

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A timeline of the major events in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case:
Sept. 12 — Simpson checks into the Palms hotel-casino for a friend's wedding and parties late at a casino nightclub.

Sept. 13 — Simpson contacts former golf buddies Clarence Stewart of North Las Vegas and Walter Alexander of Mesa, Ariz., who were also in Las Vegas for the wedding. They discuss a plan to take sports memorabilia from dealers Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong.
About 7:30 p.m., police say, the three men and three others meet broker Tom Riccio, rush into a hotel room at the Palace Station casino and seize items at gunpoint from Beardsley and Fromong. Beardsley and Fromong report incident as armed robbery. Simpson is questioned at the Palms hotel.

Sept. 14 — Police name Simpson as a target of investigation. Simpson is again questioned by police. Simpson tells The Associated Press no guns were involved and some of the items belonged to him.

Sept. 15 — Police arrest Alexander at McCarran International Airport, question him and charge him with assault and armed robbery. He is released without bail. Simpson attends the wedding of his friend, Tom Scotto, at the Little White Wedding Chapel.

Sept. 16 — Simpson is arrested at the Palms, questioned by police, arrested and booked into the Clark County jail on felony armed robbery, assault and conspiracy charges. A judge orders him held without bail. Police announce they are seeking several other men.

Sept. 17 — Stewart surrenders to police, turns over items believed to be taken from Beardsley and Fromong, and is released on $78,000 bail. Fromong suffers a heart attack and is hospitalized in Los Angeles.

Sept. 18 — Michael McClinton surrenders to police. Prosecutors formally charge Simpson, McClinton, Stewart and Alexander with nine felonies including kidnapping, which carries a possible life sentence. Simpson is charged with an additional felony count of coercion with a deadly weapon.

Sept. 19 — A judge sets $125,000 bail for Simpson, who posts bond, is released from jail and returns home to Florida. Beardsley is arrested in Las Vegas on a California parole violation. Charles Cashmore, of Las Vegas, surrenders.

Sept. 20 — Beardsley appears in Las Vegas court, waives extradition to California and is ordered held without bail.

Sept. 21 — Cashmore is arraigned and Charles Ehrlich, of the Miami area, turns himself in on felony charges. A judge sets bail for both at $32,000.