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Jun. 19, 2008
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Participant in club melee found dead in Bronx

By DAVID KIHARA
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Sadia Morrison stands in a Las Vegas court in December 2007.
Photo by John Gurzinski.

Sadia Morrison, the woman who was with Adam "Pacman" Jones during a 2007 melee at the Minxx strip club, has turned up dead in the Bronx.

Her friends and family think she was thrown off an apartment building.

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    • New York City police are investigating Morrison's death but are not providing many details.

    "We're looking at any and all possibilities," New York City Police Department spokesman Martin Brown said Wednesday.

    Police from the 44th Precinct went to 1065 University Ave. in the Bronx on Friday after receiving a call that a woman needed help. When police arrived, they found Morrison unresponsive. She was declared dead at the scene.

    The New York City medical examiner's office has not released a cause or manner of death.

    "I have no idea who could do something so cruel and disgusting," said John Moore, a friend who knew Morrison for at least seven years.

    Morrison was arrested in connection with the fight that broke out in the Minxx in February 2007, ensnaring Jones. A shooting outside the club moments after the fight left a bouncer, Tommy Urbanski, paralyzed from the waist down.

    Authorities accused Morrison of fighting with strippers inside the club and of striking a security guard, Aaron Cudworth, with a champagne bottle.

    She later pleaded no contest to a felony battery charge for her role in the fight. For her plea, Clark County prosecutors dropped charges of assault with a deadly weapon, coercion and battery. She was sentenced to three years of probation.

    Jones and another man, Robert "Big Rob" Reid, both pleaded no contest to a charge of conspiracy to commit disorderly conduct in connection with the Minxx brawl. They each were given one year of probation and did not serve jail time.

    According to their plea agreements, Jones and Reid consented to testify against shooting suspect Arvin Kenti Edwards of Renton, Wash. Morrison was not required to testify.

    Edwards, who was 29 years old when he was arrested in April, is being held in Washington state on $1 million bail pending extradition to Nevada. In a phone interview with WTVF-TV in Nashville, Tenn., Edwards denied he was the shooter. According to a Las Vegas police report, Jones identified Edwards in a photo lineup as the man responsible for the shooting.

    District Attorney David Roger said Wednesday that Morrison's death is not going to affect Edwards' case. He said Morrison was inside the club at the time of the shooting and was not a witness to it.

    Morrison's 25-year-old brother, Paul Morrison, said he did not think her death is connected with the Minxx shooting.

    He spoke with the New York medical examiners when he had to identify his sister's remains. Morrison said his sister had two head injuries: one from hitting a satellite dish while falling and another that he thinks was caused by an assailant.

    Sadia Morrison was raised in the Bronx but lived in Harlem. She worked as a stylist, publicist and promoter in New York, and her career was just taking off, Paul Morrison said. He said she styled several A-list celebrities, including 50 Cent and Kanye West.

    "She just got her chance and was starting to move out of the projects," Morrison said. "The checks were starting to roll in."

    He said his sister was blunt, fiercely loyal and would never take "no" for an answer, qualities that helped her in her professional life but which might have contributed to the fight inside the strip club.

    "If Sadia's with you, she's with you," Morrison said. "If something happens, she's with you. Sometimes it leads to her downfall, but that's the way it is."

    Moore said he met Morrison when she interned for Vibe magazine in 2002. He was on the magazine staff at the time. Morrison was known for her outgoing personality and for wearing bright colors like neon pinks, greens and yellows, he said.

    "She always had the personality of a star," Moore said. "She always came off like she wanted to conquer the world."

    Contact reporter David Kihara at dkihara@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.

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    lil' jaymie wrote on February 25, 2009 06:26 PM: wtf!dis is cruel cant believe someone would do this s***


    shelly wrote on June 25, 2008 06:40 PM: This is a very sad story. I wonder if the police even check the phone records and did they do a forensic testing? I khow they are not going to investigate the murder because she was just another black person as usual well hell they didnt even investigate when tupac and biggie was killed they swept it under the rug as if they were nothing certainly she was pushed I just dont believe she jumped. Did the police even investigate the building and check her last moments until her death and did the police even check to see if this was a retaliation from the incident at the club in las vegas. Well RIP I hope this isnt another case unsolved. I guess you have to be white for your case to even get investigated.


    happening wrote on June 20, 2008 07:52 PM: The plants or pacman did it. They released gas that blocks your neuro transmitters from maintaining your self preservation process.Or she paid 20$ for " the happening " and asked the posse to make it rain.


    b'donk b'donk wrote on June 20, 2008 02:24 PM: Look where all that 'tude landed her. "Blunt" and "never take no for an answer" are just synonyms for "Mouthy" and "in your face". You don't make your life better by making other people's lives miserable. Those of you that think bullying your way through life is a good idea should learn from this. You could be next.


    kat wrote on June 20, 2008 01:17 PM: All of you guys are full of ignorance and pains me that people jump at the first bit of information that they recieve without even doing the damn research. Many people showed up to her funeral to speak on her behalf on how such a great person she was and will always be in the hearts of the people who love her. This was my cousin who was well on her way to success and im not talking about on a financial level-Her last days on this earth she was changing every negative aspect about her- she built a solid relationship with God, she stop eating meats (she was becoming a vegetarian) she stopped wearing make-up and she was going natural (leaving the weaves alone) So people who know better do better, so now that you know leave better.

    And for the record, she hosted many events that was geared to at-risk children, by supplying them with gifts for christmas when she had a toy drive and also when she raised a large sum of money to buy clothes for at-risks children. please people do the research before you jump on the wagon of ignorance. God Bless

    comments. R.I.P. SADIA A. MORRISON MY BELOVED COUSIN


    BlackPodcasts wrote on June 20, 2008 09:50 AM: Please note: This story was based on a FULL report that was officially broken at BlackPodcasts.com. All attribution to this story must be corrected to include the ORIGINAL source: BlackPodcats.com.

    BlackPodcasts.com broke the story on June 13, 2008 at 9:03 AM. The Las Vegas Review Journal's report was based on ours. As a matter of fact and journalism ethics, attribution is critical especially in this case as the Las Vegas Review Journal has no direct connect with Ms. Morrison or her family.

    Thank you.


    Weezer B wrote on June 20, 2008 06:23 AM: just as he shed the moniker "PacMan", Jones is hoping that people don't call him Donkey Kong now. SteelyMcStupid.com reports again.


    Flea wrote on June 19, 2008 12:33 PM: Lay down with dogs...


    Cole wrote on June 19, 2008 12:07 PM: Did you hear that Minxx had its doors shut by the Bankruptcy Trustee. The club was ran into the ground in less than 2 years, but the Owners had some really nice cars and boats.


    RandolphRed wrote on June 19, 2008 11:12 AM: Why people want to draw attention to themselves in Las Vegas is beyond me... Don't they realize the attention will end up being the police? It's easy to 'raise hell' in Vegas without involving law enforcement. Las Vegas law enforcement bends over backwards to keep from arresting tourists, for having fun and going overboards. But, as I have wittnesed over time. Stupidy wins most of the time... A fight in a night club will always bring in the law!!!! I have no idea what happened in NY. But the Vegas deal was stupid. Same as the OJ stuff. Is it racist? I don't know.. I don't believe it is the same racism as 'driving while black' as we have in North Carolina...


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