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South Caroline Press Release:
May 4, 2012, 1:35 PM
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After reviewing the police report, mug shots and tickets from the Sammy Watkins arrest, the South Carolina athletic department feels obligated (in the spirit of competition) to say, Check this out:
Jan 2005 - SYVELLE NEWTON: Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny. Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest Jan 2005 - DONDRIAL PINKINS: Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny Jan 2005 - FREDDY SANT-PREUX: Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny. Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest Jan 2005 - RODRIQUES WILSON: Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny Jan 2005 - BRIAN BROWNLESS: Arrested Stolen equip; grand larceny Jan 2005 - WOODLY TELFORT: Arrested Stolen equip; grand larceny. Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest Mar 2005 - KEVIN MAINORD: Arrested First-degree burglary, simple larceny. Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest Mar 2005 - MOE THOMPSON: Arrested First-degree burglary, simple larceny. Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest Mar 2005 - DAVID McNEAL SMITH: Arrested First-degree burglary (charged with six offenses). Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest Apr 2005 - SYVELLE NEWTON: Arrested Charges later dropped, scuffle at Masonic Temple. Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest Apr 2005 - JOSH JOHNSON: Arrested Simple possession (marijuana). Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest Apr 2005 - TY ERVING: Arrested Simple possession (marijuana). Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest May 2005 - DUSTIN LINDSEY: Arrested DUI. Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest Oct 2005 - JOSH JOHNSON: Arrested Simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, interfering with police, open container. Dismissed Violations of team rules relating to arrest Nov 2005 - SCOTT MORGAN: Arrested DUI, open container Scott Morgan. Suspended Violations of team rules relating to arrest Mar 2006 - SHEA McKEEN: Arrested Disorderly conduct, trespass after notice, failure to stop on police command. Suspended 3 games suspension, relating to arrest Mar 2006 - DUSTIN LINDSEY: Arrested Disorderly conduct, trespass after notice, failure to stop on police command Sep 2006 - BLAKE MITCHELL: Arrested for simple assault. Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest Oct 2006 - O.J. MURDOCK: Arrested for shoplifting. Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest, quit team Oct 2006 - KERRY BONDS: Arrested Assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to his arrest Jan 2006 - JONATHAN JOSEPH: Arrested Possession of marijuana Feb 2007 - STEPHEN GARCIA: Arrested for public drunken, failure to stop for a police officer. Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest Mar 2007 - STEPHEN GARCIA: Arrested for malicious injury to personal property. Suspended for Violation of teams rules relating to arrest (not allowed to wear jersey during spring practice) July 2007 - QUINTEN RICHARDSON: arrested for marijuana possession Aug 2007 - EMMANUAL COOK: arrested for possession of fire arm on campus MICHAEL McQUEENY: arrested in Charleston for drunk and disorderly conduct DION LeCORN: arrested for marijuana possession Mar 2008 - KEVIN YOUNG: Charged with resisting arrest and fighting while in 5 points Mar 2008 - MIKE NEWTON: Charged with public disorderly conduct Mar 2008 - STEPHEN GARCIA: Charged with underage drinking (improperly discharging a fire extinguisher) Mar 2008 - HEATH BATCHELOR: Charged with underage drinking Mar 2008 - ZAC BRINDISE: Charged with underage drinking 2/21/2009 - LADI AJIBOYE: Arrested for the purchase and simple possession of marijuana. 3/27/2009 - DUSTYN McELROY: Dismissed from the team after allegedly biting a man in the face during a fight outside the Village Idiot bar and restaurant in Five Points. 5/22/2009 - BEN AXON: The Tampa-area recruit who signed with South Carolina arrested this week on charges of possession with marijuana with intent to sell. According to published reports in Florida, Axon was a passenger in a car stopped by Bradenton police Wednesday night. The officer smelled marijuana, and Axon showed him 23 baggies of marijuana that he said belonged to him. 5/23/2009 - C.C. WHITLOCK: Arrested by the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department over the weekend on a charge of trespassing after an incident at an area night club. Whitlock and four other men were arrested after police were called to Club 330 on Highway 321 in Blackstock near the Fairfield and Chester county lines. According to the police report, Whitlock was asked by club security and the officers to leave several times but he refused. He was placed under arrest for trespassing. The report also noted that the 20yearold Chester native had been drinking. There is no word on Whitlock’s current status with the team. Last week, the sophomore was reinstated to the roster after failing to qualify academically for the spring practice session. He sat out all of the spring drills. 8/23/2009 - CLIFTON GEATHERS: Faced three charges after he was arrested following an incident at a Vista nightclub early Sunday morning. Geathers, 21, is charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after Columbia police, responding to a fight between Geathers and a bouncer at Club Ice, struggled to detain the 6foot8, 281pound Geathers. According to Columbia police, Geathers was fighting with a security guard in the parking lot of the Lady Street club when officers arrived at 3:10 a.m. Police spokesman Brick Lewis said Geathers failed to comply with officers’ commands, was slurring his words, using profanity and “swinging his arms and pulling away” from an officer who tried to detain him. Lewis said it took two officers to get handcuffs on Geathers, the tallest player on the Gamecocks’ roster. When they detained him, officers noticed a strong odor of alcohol on Geathers, Lewis said. “He just didn’t want to cooperate,” Lewis said. “We got one cuff on him, and eventually moved on to the other. And that’s when we had assistance from the other officer.” Lewis said he did not know how the fight started. Geathers was booked at the Richland County jail at 5:15 a.m. and released at 10:43 a.m., Lewis said.Under USC policy, Geathers was suspended following his arrest. 2/5/2010 - VICTOR HAMPTON: Victor Hampton was arrested in Darlington, SC for illegal possession of alcohol. 6/20/2011 - DEVONTE HOLLOMAN: Arrested for DUI in Columbia, SC over the weekend. The incident happened at a sobriety checkpoint on George Rogers Boulevard near Bluff Road, which is close to WilliamsBrice Stadium. 7/14/2011 - EDWARD MULDROW: Arrested on a charge of public drunkenness, underage drinking, possession of alcohol by a minor, and littering. An arrest warrant states that back on July 14, a Columbia police officer saw Muldrow with a bottle of beer in Columbia's Five Points. The report says the officer asked Muldrow to stop and to come toward him, and that Muldrow threw the bottle in the bushes. he report says Muldrow cooperated and gave his name. According to the incident report, the officer smelled alcohol on Muldrow and said the player "had reddened eyes and slurred speech. Muldrow was then taken to the Richland County Detention Center. .University policy says players are automatically suspended after an arrest. "Incoming freshman linebacker Muldrow, from Atlanta, will be suspended from the team, pending a legal review. The South Gwinnett product was also arrested in November of 2010, for possession of drugs and driving with an expired tag and suspended license. 7/26/2011 - G.A. MANGUS: South Carolina quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus was arrested early Tuesday morning in Greenville and charged with nuisance conduct. At 1:31 a.m. Tuesday, two Greenville police officers in an unmarked patrol car "observed Mangus facing Main St. urinating on the street curb and roadway," according to a report from the Greenville police department. When an officer who was called to the scene by those two officers approached Mangus, the coach was "unsteady on his feet and he had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from his person," the report stated. When questioned by the officer, Mangus speech was slurred and he was "uncooperative in providing straight answers," the report stated. Mangus was then handcuffed and taken to the Greenville detention center. According to the ticket received by Mangus on the scene, he will face a $470 fine for the incident. The South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association annual coaching convention is in Greenville this week.
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