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UGA Recruit Suspect in Dormitory Burglary
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:33 pm
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UGA football recruit suspected in dormitory burglary
Athens — UGA Police are investigating a dormitory burglary allegedly involving a football recruit who was attending a prospect camp over the weekend.
Police are withholding the identity of the alleged offender — described only as an “out-of-state visitor” — pending further investigation and/or legal action.
“We do have the person identified,” UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We know them to be visiting our campus as a football recruit. How he got access to the residence hall, an access-controlled facility, was he was spending the night with two other football players. He was bunked out with these two other football players for the night.”
Georgia hosted hundreds of recruits and campers this past Friday in an annual event known as “Dawg Night.” The Bulldogs garnered four commitments — two for the Class of 2015 and two for 2016 — during that event but Williamson said none of those individuals are the accused.
According to an incident report released to the AJC on Monday, UGA Police were dispatched to Rooker Hall in the East Campus Village area of campus in reference to a burglary that occurred in Busbee Hall early Saturday morning. Two female residents who are also UGA athletes reported they were awakened about 7:30 a.m. Saturday when an unknown black male entered their unlocked residence without permission and stole a wallet containing credit cards and an iPhone5 cell phone.
Williamson said an investigation of the incident and previous night’s activities led to the identification of the suspect. By the time the police contacted UGA football administrators, the suspect had already left campus to return to Florida.
“Coach (Mark) Richt is aware of the incident over the weekend and the UGA Police are handling the appropriate police investigation,” UGA spokesman Claude Felton said.
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Dawgs, what are you hearing on this?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:45 pm to chattabama
some dude from fl....we're hoping he's not one of the big guys.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:46 pm to K9
Has anyone made a list of recruits from Florida at Dawg Night?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:50 pm to chattabama
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Has anyone made a list of recruits from Florida at Dawg Night?
There were probably 20-30 there from South Florida. It's tough to narrow it down
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:04 pm to Crowknowsbest
No name given in report so it was prolly a juvenile under 16 yrs old...
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:30 pm to dallasga6
We only know it's not one of our commits.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:31 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
Really hope it's not Mark Walton
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:33 pm to Crowknowsbest
Doesn't Booker T Washington have a bad reputation anyway?
Posted on 7/21/14 at 7:36 pm to dhuck20
South Florida public schools in general have a bad rep. BTW is so good at football though, so it'd be good to have an in there
ETA - and if we don't get Walton, it's back to the drawing board at RB unless Ty'son Williams changes his mind about our depth
ETA - and if we don't get Walton, it's back to the drawing board at RB unless Ty'son Williams changes his mind about our depth
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:00 pm to Crowknowsbest
The guys from FL that I could see that were there (but there are probably more):
Deontai Williams commit
Shaquery Wilson commit
Juwan Taylor commit
Deandre Baker commit
Prospects
Mark Walton
Tyreke Johnson
Chidi Okeke-Valentine
Deontai Williams commit
Shaquery Wilson commit
Juwan Taylor commit
Deandre Baker commit
Prospects
Mark Walton
Tyreke Johnson
Chidi Okeke-Valentine
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:04 pm to CockInYourEar
NM
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 8:39 am
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:33 pm to Crowknowsbest
Still makes me nervous that they would be around someone like that.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:35 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Still makes me nervous that they would be around someone like that.
Yeah, but that's just the reality of recruiting players from questionable backgrounds. You just hope that they're driven enough to keep themselves out of trouble
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:37 pm to Crowknowsbest
I agree, it just makes me more nervous that they would bring someone like that with them on such an important trip.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:39 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
That depends on the circumstances I guess. It doesn't worry me if, for example, it's a teammate that also rode with their coach.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 8:40 pm to Crowknowsbest
We'll see how it plays out. Could be nothing, hopefully.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 11:20 pm to Crowknowsbest
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He says the AJC jumped the gun on the significance of the story, but that's not surprising.
Surprise surprise.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:13 am to OptimusDawg
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Deontai Williams commit
Shaquery Wilson commit
Juwan Taylor commit
Deandre Baker commit
Prospects
Mark Walton
Tyreke Johnson
Chidi Okeke-Valentine
Antonio Howard was there as-well. Florida kid. Got an offer on the trip
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