January 21, 2005
Six South Carolina players charged with theft
Six current & former South Carolina players were charged with theft of $18,000 worth of equipment from Williams-Brice. OL Woodly Telfort, who admitted to stealing a $4,000 laptop, is being charged with grand larceny. QBs Syvelle Newton & Dondrial Pinkins, DL Freddy Saint-Preux and safety Rodriques Wilson were charged with misdemeanor theft for admitting to stealing "action photos" of themselves from the Gamecocks' locker rooms.
A warrant is pending for a sixth player the school did not identify.
Saint-Preux and Telfort are already facing suspensions for the USC season opener for their involvement in a brawl with Clemson. Newton, Pinkins, and Wilson will be suspended at least until the charges against them are resolved.
Along with criminal charges, Telfort, Newton, Pinkins and Saint-Preux will face disciplinary hearings from the university. Wilson is no longer a student at South Carolina.
Update: Mugshots & more @ The MUSC Tiger
Update: More arrests & charges - TE Brian Brownlee arrested for theft of two laptops & two LCD projectors, with additional charges pending.
Trackback
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.fanblogs.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/2521
You can use this specified URL in a weblogging program that supports pinging, such as Movable Type. If your blog software does not support Trackback, click here to send a manual ping.
