UGA Recruit Suspect in Dormitory Burglary

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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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