(Reuters) ? Authorities in California on Thursday said they tracked a package containing more than two pounds of California marijuana to the Kentucky home of Jerome Simpson, a wide receiver with the Cincinnati Bengals football team.
Michelle Gregory, a spokeswoman with the California Department of Justice, said the package, which originated in Eureka, California, was part of a larger shipment of 40 parcels of the illicit drug headed to 18 different states that state narcotics agents were tracking.
Gregory said Simpson, 25, and fellow Bengals player Anthony Collins, 25, were at Simpson's home in Crestview Hills, Kentucky when the package was delivered on Tuesday by members of the Cincinnati-North Kentucky Airport Interdiction team, which had intercepted the parcel after a tip-off from authorities in California.
During a subsequent search of the property, Gregory said police found several more pounds of marijuana as well as scales. Both Bengals players were questioned but no arrests were made.
"We told authorities in Kentucky, 'Hey, heads up this is coming your way," she said. "If you do something, let us know. They followed it to that residence and it happened to be Jerome Simpson."
"I can't speak for them as to why nobody went to jail ... But we're still pursuing the investigation and if Kentucky doesn't do anything, we'll most likely going to look at charges and prosecution from this end."
Simpson's agent, Dave Butz, did not immediately return a call requesting comment.
Jack Brennan, a spokesman for the Bengals, did not respond to an e-mailed request for comment.
(Reporting by James B. Kelleher; Editing by Jerry Norton)
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