13 Louisiana-Lafayette players suspended after conspiracy to commit theft charges
Louisiana-Lafayette has suspended 13 players for a violation of team rules. According to the university’s police department, that violation of team rules is because the players allegedly robbed a dorm room.
Per a release from the department, the players allegedly took $2,400 worth of items from a person’s dorm room on April 5. The players were identified via video surveillance, according to the Daily Advertiser.
All are charged with conspiracy to commit felony theft and turned themselves in to the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.
The suspended players are tight end Matthew Barnes, defensive end Joe Dillon, defensive back Robert Hunt, offensive lineman Denarius Howard, defensive end Jarvis Jeffries, defensive end LaDarrius Kidd, linebacker Terik Miller, defensive back Damar’ren Mitchell, running back Trey Ragas, defensive back Simeon Thomas, defensive back Levarious Varnado, offensive lineman D’Aquin Withrow and running back Jordan Wright.
Wright was the team’s fourth-leading rusher with 192 yards in 2016. Mitchell had 52 tackles while Dillon had 51 tackles and led the team with seven sacks. Thomas had 40 tackles and Howard had 32.
The football team’s release said it wouldn’t discuss the incident out of respect “for the judicial process.”
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