Hard to fell sorry for this kid. Charges against him have been raised to three felonies.
http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/story/_/id/6847522/ex-university-illinois-standout-jereme-richmond-faces-battery-gun-charges
The Sun-Times has a timeline of the good and bad of his life:
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/6973444-418/the-jereme-richmond-timeline.html
But the best may be Richmond's tweet from earlier this year.
"If I so happen to fail, I want my doubters to know that my failure is greater than your biggest success." -Jereme Richmond, April 2011
I don't think so, Jereme. I don't think so.