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Two Cyclones suspended

Gair, Thompson charged with attempted burglary

Posted: Tuesday January 25, 2005 8:44PM; Updated: Tuesday January 25, 2005 8:44PM

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AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Two Iowa State football players were suspended indefinitely Tuesday after university police charged them with attempted burglary.

ISU police said Jerry Gair, 20, and Tyease Thompson, 19, were found in another student's dormitory room on Monday. Gair is a junior defensive back from LaPlace, La. Thompson is a freshman running back from Lakeland, Fla.

<!--startclickprintexclude-->They were the second and third Iowa State football players suspended this week by coach Dan McCarney. McCarney suspended defensive end Cephus Johnson indefinitely on Monday after he was charged with assault.

Gair and Thompson each was charged with one count of second-degree attempted burglary. Thompson also was charged with interfering with official acts.

Police said they arrested Gair outside Larch Hall just before noon on Monday. Thompson fled, police said, but surrendered 6 1/2 hours later.

Both remained in the Story County jail on Tuesday. Bond was set at $10,500 for Thompson and $9,750 for Gair.

Police said they received a report that some Larch Hall residents returned to their room to find two males standing inside. The two appeared to be looking around the room, police said, and the occupants did not know them.

Several burglaries have been reported in the Larch Hall area in recent weeks. Police said they were investigating to determine if Thompson and Gair were connected to those incidents.

Thompson was suspended for Iowa State's Independence Bowl game against Miami of Ohio in December for breaking team rules. That incident did not involve a criminal charge.

A 5-foot-10, 180-pounder, Thompson played in all 11 regular-season games. He carried 21 times for 77 yards and averaged 23.8 yards on 14 kickoff returns.

Gair, a reserve, played in 11 games, making one tackle and recovering a fumble.

Johnson was a starter for the Cyclones this past season and made 23 tackles in nine games. Police said Johnson punched a man in an Ames bar earlier this month in a dispute over a woman.

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Suspected jewel thief in jail

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD>By Michael Smith
The Facts </TD><TD align=left width=150></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Published January 27, 2005

LAKE JACKSON — Police have charged a former Rice University football player in connection with the theft of $9,200 in jewelry from a Brazos Mall store this month, and suspect he could be connected to a theft at the same store last September.

Houston police arrested Robert Marcus Holmes, 23, on Friday after he was identified as a man on surveillance camera images taking jewelry from stores in Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston and Montgomery counties, reports show.