Former Seton Hall men's basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez surrendered to Millburn (N.J.) authorities yesterday in response to an arrest warrant issued for allegedly shoplifting a designer satchel (h/t: Steve Politi for that link) from The Mall at Short HIlls. The Star-Ledger has even more lurid details on the incident.

A few, brief thoughts:

1. As awkward and funny as this story appears, all the facts haven't yet been established in a court of law. However, it fits into a pattern of behavior that, frankly, depicts Mr. Gonzalez as an oddball. It still boggles the mind why he would intentionally make so many enemies in the press and with the Seton Hall administration, and I say that as someone who was more sympathetic to Gonzalez than most. What allegedly happened comes off as a cry for help.

2. Didn't Seton Hall's brief from a while back say that Gonzalez still lived in Westchester County? I guess those New York state sales taxes really are a killer. Going to Short Hills as opposed to, say, malls one through infinity in Paramus clearly indicates that Gonzalez has a taste for luxury goods.

Needless to say, there is absolutely no truth at all to the vicious rumor now floating around that Fred Hill Jr. has been quietly working the register at Menlo's Sunglass Hut for past two months.

Update: Adam Zagoria links this thread from Seton Hall's Rivals board, supposedly from Bobby's sister Linda. She actually had restarted her blog as of a month ago, and is as animated as ever.