jimotis4heisman
Banned
two day practice suspension for beating the living shit out of someone, doesnt seem very strict to me
Upvote
0
-
Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
- Thread starter jimotis4heisman
- Start date
ohiobuck94
Buckeye Beach Bum
jimotis4heisman said:
Reynolds got a game suspenson for choking their QB. I don't want to hear Wisky complaining about the choke hold again after this "strict" punishment given to Stanley.
Upvote
0
An article on Haw's guilty plea from SI.com. Here for purposes of comparing national media coverage.
si.com
<!--startclickprintinclude--> Haw pleads guilty to drug charge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio State tailback caught holding a marijuana cigarette while standing outside a dormitory has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug abuse and paid a $50 fine.
Erik Haw, a redshirt freshman from Columbus, was cited on May 18 with possessing marijuana. He pleaded guilty on Monday in Franklin County Municipal Court.
Police reports said he dropped the cigarette from his left hand as an officer approached. Two others standing with Haw walked away before the officer could question them.
Ohio State will require him to enter a drug education program and be tested frequently.
He is expected to vie for the starting tailback job with Antonio Pittman this fall.
Haw was one of three Ohio State players accused of wrongdoing in an 11-day span last month.
Kicker Jonathan Skeete was suspended from the team indefinitely after he was arrested May 11 on charges accusing him of trafficking marijuana.
Defensive lineman Tim Schafer pleaded guilty on May 31 and paid a $100 fine after he was cited for disorderly conduct for fighting outside a Columbus bar.
si.com
<!--startclickprintinclude--> Haw pleads guilty to drug charge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio State tailback caught holding a marijuana cigarette while standing outside a dormitory has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug abuse and paid a $50 fine.
Erik Haw, a redshirt freshman from Columbus, was cited on May 18 with possessing marijuana. He pleaded guilty on Monday in Franklin County Municipal Court.
Police reports said he dropped the cigarette from his left hand as an officer approached. Two others standing with Haw walked away before the officer could question them.
Ohio State will require him to enter a drug education program and be tested frequently.
He is expected to vie for the starting tailback job with Antonio Pittman this fall.
Haw was one of three Ohio State players accused of wrongdoing in an 11-day span last month.
Kicker Jonathan Skeete was suspended from the team indefinitely after he was arrested May 11 on charges accusing him of trafficking marijuana.
Defensive lineman Tim Schafer pleaded guilty on May 31 and paid a $100 fine after he was cited for disorderly conduct for fighting outside a Columbus bar.
Upvote
0
Where was this story about Nicholson last week. Florida State's leading tackler gets thrown out of a bar, and is zapped with a stun gun due to his resisting arrest, and the story doesn't seem to appear for a whole week. And even then it's buried in the middle of an article. Something's not equal in the press coverage. I bolded the part on Nicholson.
si.com
FSU losing players in many ways
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- In just more than two months, Florida State opens its season against archrival Miami -- without its top defensive tackle from spring practice, possibly its two best linebackers and only experienced quarterback.
June has been a rough month for coach Bobby Bowden's team, which suddenly heads into the 2005 campaign with a growing number of distractions.
Xavier Lee, a redshirt freshman from Daytona Beach, is the only healthy scholarship quarterback at the school. He could be looking at taking his first collegiate snap Sept. 5 when the Hurricanes visit on Labor Day night.
Lee has been the lone quarterback participating with teammates during informal daily workouts.
Another redshirt freshman, Drew Weatherford, is trying to get back into playing shape after ankle surgery following spring practice. He took one snap last year and was hurt on the play -- an ill-advised rollout that ended disastrously. Still unable to drop back, Weatherford only began throwing this week.
Wyatt Sexton, who started seven games last year while sharing assignments with the graduated Chris Rix, was committed by police this week for psychiatric evaluation. Sexton, who was under a team suspension at the time of his breakdown on a city street, remains under a physician's care for what authorities described erratic behavior.
Sexton's father, running backs coach Billy Sexton, said the problems did not result from drug abuse.
And that's only part of the latest troubles.
The Seminoles lost their leading interior lineman earlier this month and may also be without star linebacker A.J. Nicholson as well against the Hurricanes, who have won the last six meetings between the two rivals.
Nicholson had a second run-in with authorities on June 9 -- just two days after the school announced the dismissal of defensive tackle Clifton Dickson for academic reasons.
Nicholson, already facing a drunken driving charge from earlier in the year, tried to run away from police June 9 when he was shocked with a stun gun and charged with resisting arrest. Police said Nicholson had been thrown out of a local bar for unruly conduct.
Nicholson, who led the team in tackles in 2004, starred in the defense's 20-10 victory over the offense in the spring game with an 84-yard touchdown run on a fumble recovery.
The other outside linebacker, junior Ernie Sims, is coming off a broken leg suffered in spring practice. Sims -- arguably Florida State's best player on either side of the ball -- is hopeful he'll be nearing 100 percent by the opener.
When Dickson was declared academically ineligible for the 2005 season, it robbed the Seminoles of perhaps their most dominant interior lineman. Dickson, who is studying at neighboring Tallahassee Community College, must earn his associates degree before regaining his eligibility to enroll at Florida State.
Bowden was away vacationing this week and unavailable to comment while other university spokesmen deferred from specific comments on the status of Sexton or Nicholson.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
si.com
FSU losing players in many ways
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- In just more than two months, Florida State opens its season against archrival Miami -- without its top defensive tackle from spring practice, possibly its two best linebackers and only experienced quarterback.
June has been a rough month for coach Bobby Bowden's team, which suddenly heads into the 2005 campaign with a growing number of distractions.
Xavier Lee, a redshirt freshman from Daytona Beach, is the only healthy scholarship quarterback at the school. He could be looking at taking his first collegiate snap Sept. 5 when the Hurricanes visit on Labor Day night.
Lee has been the lone quarterback participating with teammates during informal daily workouts.
Another redshirt freshman, Drew Weatherford, is trying to get back into playing shape after ankle surgery following spring practice. He took one snap last year and was hurt on the play -- an ill-advised rollout that ended disastrously. Still unable to drop back, Weatherford only began throwing this week.
Wyatt Sexton, who started seven games last year while sharing assignments with the graduated Chris Rix, was committed by police this week for psychiatric evaluation. Sexton, who was under a team suspension at the time of his breakdown on a city street, remains under a physician's care for what authorities described erratic behavior.
Sexton's father, running backs coach Billy Sexton, said the problems did not result from drug abuse.
And that's only part of the latest troubles.
The Seminoles lost their leading interior lineman earlier this month and may also be without star linebacker A.J. Nicholson as well against the Hurricanes, who have won the last six meetings between the two rivals.
Nicholson had a second run-in with authorities on June 9 -- just two days after the school announced the dismissal of defensive tackle Clifton Dickson for academic reasons.
Nicholson, already facing a drunken driving charge from earlier in the year, tried to run away from police June 9 when he was shocked with a stun gun and charged with resisting arrest. Police said Nicholson had been thrown out of a local bar for unruly conduct.
Nicholson, who led the team in tackles in 2004, starred in the defense's 20-10 victory over the offense in the spring game with an 84-yard touchdown run on a fumble recovery.
The other outside linebacker, junior Ernie Sims, is coming off a broken leg suffered in spring practice. Sims -- arguably Florida State's best player on either side of the ball -- is hopeful he'll be nearing 100 percent by the opener.
When Dickson was declared academically ineligible for the 2005 season, it robbed the Seminoles of perhaps their most dominant interior lineman. Dickson, who is studying at neighboring Tallahassee Community College, must earn his associates degree before regaining his eligibility to enroll at Florida State.
Bowden was away vacationing this week and unavailable to comment while other university spokesmen deferred from specific comments on the status of Sexton or Nicholson.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
Upvote
0
Fungo Squiggly
Mortal enemy of all things Bucky
Yahoo Pickem Champ
Former Game Champion
'18 BPCFFB II Champ
'18 Keeper League Champ
What horrible wording. Saying that they were robbed implies (to me) that the ineligibility of the player is unjustified. I think saying they lost the player for the year would have been more appropriate.
I'm probably being a bit over-sensitive, but it irked me.
Upvote
0
Georgia Tech player arrested for conspiring to distribute about 100 pounds of marijuana
si.com
Houston allegedly part of Calif.-based marijuana ring
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Georgia Tech starting cornerback Reuben Houston was arrested Tuesday in Atlanta in connection with a marijuana distribution operation based in California.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Fresno, Houston, 22, conspired to possess and distribute about 100 pounds of marijuana, which has a street value of about $60,000.
The drugs were allegedly given to Houston by Oscar Rosales, 39, a Fresno-area business owner, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Escobar, who is prosecuting the case.
Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey said Houston was suspended from the team and from school.
"We're still gathering information, so I cannot comment further at this time," Gailey said in a statement released by the athletics department.
Spokeswoman Allison George said Gailey was out of town and had not had a chance to talk to Houston.
One of Rosales' couriers took the marijuana to Rosales' nephew, Anthony Baltazar, 22, who was in Atlanta, according to the charge. Baltazar then allegedly delivered the load to Houston on the Georgia Tech campus.
Houston is a two-year starter with seven career interceptions. He also has 151 career tackles, 14 pass breakups, 11 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
The arrest was the result an investigation by the Fresno Methamphetamine Task Force, which is a combined effort of officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Fresno Police Department, Fresno County Sheriff's Department, and other local law enforcement agencies.
They had been looking into Rosales' alleged drug trafficking organization for about a year. The investigation resulted in the seizure of nearly 600 pounds of marijuana, and the arrests of 15 suspects, including Rosales, Baltazar and Houston.
Officials said Rosales had been trafficking drugs across the country for the last 10 years.
U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger has ordered Rosales to be detained while he waits for trial. Baltazar will also remain detained until trial.
________________________________________________________________
More problems at Tennessee
si.com.tennessee
Two Vols have brushes with law
Brooks, Campbell make 13 cited or arrested since '04
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Two more Tennessee football players have had brushes with the law and will miss a game this season as punishment, coach Phillip Fulmer announced Tuesday.
Linebacker Daniel Brooks and defensive back Corey Campbell have been suspended for one game, and Fulmer revoked their scholarships for the second session of summer school and ordered them to get jobs for the term.
Both players were issued traffic citations, but Fulmer did not say when the incidents happened or give any details in a release issued late Tuesday.
Their citations brings to 13 the number of Tennessee players who have been either cited or arrested for crimes ranging from aggravated assault to underage drinking since February 2004.
Brooks already was facing punishment for earlier incidents. Fulmer announced in April he was suspended for the first two games of the season against UAB on Sept. 3 and Florida on Sept. 17 and ordered to complete community service. Brooks also will miss Tennessee's game on Sept. 24 at LSU.
Brooks was named as a suspect in a UT police report stemming from a fight on campus in March between football players and fraternity members during a party. He was not charged.
Brooks also was accused of punching a UT student in the face during a party off campus in December before the Volunteers played in the Southeastern Conference championship game. The alleged victim decided not to prosecute.
"Daniel and Corey did not take care of their personal business in a timely fashion and were not appropriate representatives of the Tennessee football program," Fulmer said. "They had citations that showed their immaturity and they did not take care of them in a timely and proper fashion leading to these disciplinary actions."
Campbell, who will be a junior this fall, started in five games last season as a safety, had 21 tackles and led the team with four interceptions.
Brooks, also a rising junior, has not started any games during his career.
Fulmer said he hoped the players will learn to appreciate their education and scholarship by requiring them to get jobs.
"It probably is naive to think there never will be some issues of this nature. However, stupid and irresponsible behavior is not a sign of a mature person," he said.
si.com
Houston allegedly part of Calif.-based marijuana ring
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Georgia Tech starting cornerback Reuben Houston was arrested Tuesday in Atlanta in connection with a marijuana distribution operation based in California.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Fresno, Houston, 22, conspired to possess and distribute about 100 pounds of marijuana, which has a street value of about $60,000.
The drugs were allegedly given to Houston by Oscar Rosales, 39, a Fresno-area business owner, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Escobar, who is prosecuting the case.
Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey said Houston was suspended from the team and from school.
"We're still gathering information, so I cannot comment further at this time," Gailey said in a statement released by the athletics department.
Spokeswoman Allison George said Gailey was out of town and had not had a chance to talk to Houston.
One of Rosales' couriers took the marijuana to Rosales' nephew, Anthony Baltazar, 22, who was in Atlanta, according to the charge. Baltazar then allegedly delivered the load to Houston on the Georgia Tech campus.
Houston is a two-year starter with seven career interceptions. He also has 151 career tackles, 14 pass breakups, 11 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
The arrest was the result an investigation by the Fresno Methamphetamine Task Force, which is a combined effort of officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Fresno Police Department, Fresno County Sheriff's Department, and other local law enforcement agencies.
They had been looking into Rosales' alleged drug trafficking organization for about a year. The investigation resulted in the seizure of nearly 600 pounds of marijuana, and the arrests of 15 suspects, including Rosales, Baltazar and Houston.
Officials said Rosales had been trafficking drugs across the country for the last 10 years.
U.S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger has ordered Rosales to be detained while he waits for trial. Baltazar will also remain detained until trial.
________________________________________________________________
More problems at Tennessee
si.com.tennessee
Two Vols have brushes with law
Brooks, Campbell make 13 cited or arrested since '04
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Two more Tennessee football players have had brushes with the law and will miss a game this season as punishment, coach Phillip Fulmer announced Tuesday.
Linebacker Daniel Brooks and defensive back Corey Campbell have been suspended for one game, and Fulmer revoked their scholarships for the second session of summer school and ordered them to get jobs for the term.
Both players were issued traffic citations, but Fulmer did not say when the incidents happened or give any details in a release issued late Tuesday.
Their citations brings to 13 the number of Tennessee players who have been either cited or arrested for crimes ranging from aggravated assault to underage drinking since February 2004.
Brooks already was facing punishment for earlier incidents. Fulmer announced in April he was suspended for the first two games of the season against UAB on Sept. 3 and Florida on Sept. 17 and ordered to complete community service. Brooks also will miss Tennessee's game on Sept. 24 at LSU.
Brooks was named as a suspect in a UT police report stemming from a fight on campus in March between football players and fraternity members during a party. He was not charged.
Brooks also was accused of punching a UT student in the face during a party off campus in December before the Volunteers played in the Southeastern Conference championship game. The alleged victim decided not to prosecute.
"Daniel and Corey did not take care of their personal business in a timely fashion and were not appropriate representatives of the Tennessee football program," Fulmer said. "They had citations that showed their immaturity and they did not take care of them in a timely and proper fashion leading to these disciplinary actions."
Campbell, who will be a junior this fall, started in five games last season as a safety, had 21 tackles and led the team with four interceptions.
Brooks, also a rising junior, has not started any games during his career.
Fulmer said he hoped the players will learn to appreciate their education and scholarship by requiring them to get jobs.
"It probably is naive to think there never will be some issues of this nature. However, stupid and irresponsible behavior is not a sign of a mature person," he said.
Upvote
0
si.com
UW's Randle El pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin wide receiver-quarterback Marcus Randle El pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday and was placed in a first-offender program.
Randle El, 19, was charged in March after investigators said he shoved his girlfriend in a campus dorm. A criminal complaint said they got into an argument over a cell phone the woman had in another man's name. Randle El shoved her and she fell and hit a bed, bruising her arm as the couple's 2-year-old son looked on, authorities said. The child wasn't hurt.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->Other people in the dorm heard yelling from the room and called police.
Randle El, a reserve freshman last season, was suspended from the team. He appealed, and a university committee modified the suspension to allow him to play in the second half of the Badgers' spring practices.
If Randle El completes the first-time offender program, the charge against him will be dropped.
Randle El's brother, Antwaan, is a receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
UW's Randle El pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin wide receiver-quarterback Marcus Randle El pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday and was placed in a first-offender program.
Randle El, 19, was charged in March after investigators said he shoved his girlfriend in a campus dorm. A criminal complaint said they got into an argument over a cell phone the woman had in another man's name. Randle El shoved her and she fell and hit a bed, bruising her arm as the couple's 2-year-old son looked on, authorities said. The child wasn't hurt.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->Other people in the dorm heard yelling from the room and called police.
Randle El, a reserve freshman last season, was suspended from the team. He appealed, and a university committee modified the suspension to allow him to play in the second half of the Badgers' spring practices.
If Randle El completes the first-time offender program, the charge against him will be dropped.
Randle El's brother, Antwaan, is a receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Upvote
0
Man, when is the NCAA going to look into Kirk Ferentz's dirty program?! What is this? The 16th or 17th run-in with the law since 2001? I hope Trev Alberts and Mark May demand Ferentz's resignation or firing before, during and after their Alamo Bowl telecast this coming December! 
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/06/24/iowa.player.arrested.ap/index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/06/23/bc.fbc.footballplayer.s.ap/index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/06/24/iowa.player.arrested.ap/index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/06/23/bc.fbc.footballplayer.s.ap/index.html
Upvote
0
si.com
South Carolina RB Boyd suspended
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina running back Cory Boyd has been suspended from the team for violating athletic department policy.
School spokeswoman Michelle Schmitt said Thursday in a statement that while Boyd "is a student in good standing with the University and currently enrolled in classes, he is not part of the football team due to athletic department policy."
After the dismissal of running back Demetris Summers and receiver Troy Williamson's leap to the NFL, Boyd was to be the Gamecocks' top returning rusher and receiver.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
South Carolina RB Boyd suspended
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina running back Cory Boyd has been suspended from the team for violating athletic department policy.
School spokeswoman Michelle Schmitt said Thursday in a statement that while Boyd "is a student in good standing with the University and currently enrolled in classes, he is not part of the football team due to athletic department policy."
After the dismissal of running back Demetris Summers and receiver Troy Williamson's leap to the NFL, Boyd was to be the Gamecocks' top returning rusher and receiver.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
Upvote
0
si.com
NMSU's Martinez charged with DWI
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico State University football player touted as a team leader has been arrested for alleged drunken driving.
State police responded Saturday to a caller who reported a car weaving on Interstate 10 north of Anthony, N.M. The driver, Mike Martinez, was arrested around 7:30 p.m.
Police said Martinez, 20, registered a blood-alcohol level over 0.16, which is aggravated DWI. The legal limit is 0.08.
Martinez, of Aurora, Colo., was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on drunken and reckless driving charges and later bonded out. His case is pending in Magistrate Court.
The Las Cruces Sun-News found no prior DWI convictions for Martinez.
A first time aggravated DWI conviction carries a penalty of up to 90 days in jail and a maximum fine of $500. A reckless driving charge carries jail time of up to 90 days and a fine up to $100.
Under state law, an ignition interlock device also must be installed on any person's vehicle who has been convicted of DWI.
Martinez, 6-foot-4 and 335 pounds, started in all 11 games for the Aggies in 2004. The sophomore marketing major sat out in 2003 as a red shirt.
Coaches touted Martinez as a team leader and had expectations for him to anchor the offensive line in the upcoming season, which opens Sept. 3.
"We are extremely disappointed in the player's judgment," said NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston. "We are trying to determine the facts and address the penalty consistent with department and team policy.
The Sun-News said Martinez did not return a call to the newspaper Tuesday. Attempts by the Associated Press to reach Martinez directly, and through a university spokesman, were unsuccessful.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
NMSU's Martinez charged with DWI
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico State University football player touted as a team leader has been arrested for alleged drunken driving.
State police responded Saturday to a caller who reported a car weaving on Interstate 10 north of Anthony, N.M. The driver, Mike Martinez, was arrested around 7:30 p.m.
Police said Martinez, 20, registered a blood-alcohol level over 0.16, which is aggravated DWI. The legal limit is 0.08.
Martinez, of Aurora, Colo., was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on drunken and reckless driving charges and later bonded out. His case is pending in Magistrate Court.
The Las Cruces Sun-News found no prior DWI convictions for Martinez.
A first time aggravated DWI conviction carries a penalty of up to 90 days in jail and a maximum fine of $500. A reckless driving charge carries jail time of up to 90 days and a fine up to $100.
Under state law, an ignition interlock device also must be installed on any person's vehicle who has been convicted of DWI.
Martinez, 6-foot-4 and 335 pounds, started in all 11 games for the Aggies in 2004. The sophomore marketing major sat out in 2003 as a red shirt.
Coaches touted Martinez as a team leader and had expectations for him to anchor the offensive line in the upcoming season, which opens Sept. 3.
"We are extremely disappointed in the player's judgment," said NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston. "We are trying to determine the facts and address the penalty consistent with department and team policy.
The Sun-News said Martinez did not return a call to the newspaper Tuesday. Attempts by the Associated Press to reach Martinez directly, and through a university spokesman, were unsuccessful.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
Upvote
0
si.com
Ole Miss dismisses freshman LB
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi coach Ed Orgeron has dismissed incoming freshman linebacker Wallace Bates from the team for violating an unspecified team rule.
Bates pleaded guilty last week in Lafayette County Justice Court to a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and was ordered to pay $417 in fines and legal fees, according to court documents.
The native of Woodland Hills, Calif., was kicked off the team Friday. He signed with Oregon State in 2004 but failed to qualify academically. He signed with the Rebels in February.
Bates' dismissal is the latest in a string of off-the-field issues involving the Ole Miss program.
At least 10 members of the team, including two assistant coaches, have been arrested in the past 24 months.
Safety Keith Houston, lineman McKinley Boykin and former fullback Lorenzo Townsend are scheduled to appear in Oxford courtrooms this month on separate charges.
Houston and Townsend face rape charges and Boykin is charged with domestic violence.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
Ole Miss dismisses freshman LB
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi coach Ed Orgeron has dismissed incoming freshman linebacker Wallace Bates from the team for violating an unspecified team rule.
Bates pleaded guilty last week in Lafayette County Justice Court to a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and was ordered to pay $417 in fines and legal fees, according to court documents.
The native of Woodland Hills, Calif., was kicked off the team Friday. He signed with Oregon State in 2004 but failed to qualify academically. He signed with the Rebels in February.
Bates' dismissal is the latest in a string of off-the-field issues involving the Ole Miss program.
At least 10 members of the team, including two assistant coaches, have been arrested in the past 24 months.
Safety Keith Houston, lineman McKinley Boykin and former fullback Lorenzo Townsend are scheduled to appear in Oxford courtrooms this month on separate charges.
Houston and Townsend face rape charges and Boykin is charged with domestic violence.
<!--startclickprintexclude-->
Upvote
0
si.com
<TABLE id=cnnStoryBG cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=758 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD id=cnnStory width=576><!--startclickprintinclude-->Va. Tech dismisses senior D.J. Walton
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer dismissed redshirt senior D.J. Walton from the team on Tuesday days after Walton was arrested for armed robbery.
Walton, a 22-year-old defensive back from Woodbridge, Va., was arrested late Saturday and charged with four counts of robbery, four counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, four counts of abduction and one count of possessing marijuana, Prince William County police said.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
John Hudspeth, 22, of Manassas, was arrested on the same charges.
Details of the arrest were not available Tuesday evening.
Beamer said in a statement from the university that there would be no further comment on Walton's dismissal.
Walton played on special teams in 2002 before he was convicted for a DUI and dismissed from the team. Beamer allowed him to return last season, when he played in two games, making eight tackles.
<TABLE id=cnnStoryBG cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=758 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD id=cnnStory width=576><!--startclickprintinclude-->Va. Tech dismisses senior D.J. Walton
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer dismissed redshirt senior D.J. Walton from the team on Tuesday days after Walton was arrested for armed robbery.
Walton, a 22-year-old defensive back from Woodbridge, Va., was arrested late Saturday and charged with four counts of robbery, four counts of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, four counts of abduction and one count of possessing marijuana, Prince William County police said.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
John Hudspeth, 22, of Manassas, was arrested on the same charges.
Details of the arrest were not available Tuesday evening.
Beamer said in a statement from the university that there would be no further comment on Walton's dismissal.
Walton played on special teams in 2002 before he was convicted for a DUI and dismissed from the team. Beamer allowed him to return last season, when he played in two games, making eight tackles.
Upvote
0
