Florida DT Leon Orr arrested on pot charges
Unfortunately for
Will Muschamp, the 2012 offseason has started much the same way the 2011 version did: with a player arrested on marijuana charges. Last January,
it was soon-to-be-dismissed corner Janoris Jenkins. This January,
according to student newspaper the Alligator, it's sophomore defensive tackle
Leon Orr, arrested Jan. 10 after a search of Orr's dorm room. Orr is charged with possession of marijuana and of drug paraphernalia.
According to the police report obtained by the
Alligator, university police searched Orr's dorm room (with his consent) about 30 minutes before midnight, finding a "baggy [
sic] of a green leafy substance, a glass pipe and rolling papers." Orr admitted to owning the items and was arrested.
It wasn't immediately clear why police had been called to Orr's room or why they has asked to search it. Both possession charges are misdemeanors, with Orr's court date set for Feb. 8.
Since ranking as one of the top prospects in the nation when signing with Florida in 2010, Orr has been mostly relegated to backup duty, redshirting two seasons ago and collecting just 10 tackles (with one sack) in 20112.
Orr's arrest is the fifth in less than a year of a Gator player on marijuana charges, two of them
belonging to Jenkins and two to
other players last January. All together, eight different Gators have been arrested since Muschamp's hire, despite
his pledge to have his players act in accordance with the "Florida Way."
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