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Thompson given bail, monitor

Posted: Wednesday March 9, 2005 6:02PM; Updated: Wednesday March 9, 2005 6:02PM

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina defensive end Moe Thompson told a Circuit judge on Wednesday he would not run from the law even though he turned himself in to police nearly a week after he was charged with stealing from university dorm rooms.

Dressed in a dark blue Richland County Detention Center jumpsuit, his hands and legs shackled, Thompson quietly apologized during his bond hearing for not turning himself in sooner.

<!--startclickprintexclude-->Circuit Judge Reginald Lloyd ordered Thompson to wear an electronic monitoring system and set bail at $35,000. He only will be allowed to leave his mother's Columbia house for work and church, and he must adhere to an 8:30 p.m. curfew.

Thompson, 21, a three-year starter at South Carolina, is charged with two counts of first-degree burglary and three counts of petit larceny for stealing electronic equipment, including a television and a DVD player from the East Quad dorm room of several female students.

Thompson's lawyer, Debra Chapman, argued that Thompson wasn't aware of the charges when he left Columbia on March 2, the same day the warrants were issued.

"He's not a flight risk," Chapman said. "He's not going anywhere."

His mother, Trish Thompson, reportedly said Chapman had agreed her son would turn himself in after he returned from spring break.

Prosecutor Dolly Justice Garfield argued that Thompson knew of the warrants before he left the area. She said neither her office nor the University of South Carolina Police Department took part in any negotiations for Thompson to surrender after spring break.

"We were prepared to have him extradited wherever he was," Garfield said.

Thompson, who had been in Atlanta, turned himself into police on Tuesday.

Garfield also said Thompson knew about the charges before leaving Columbia because he had been in contact with teammate Kevin Mainord, who also was charged in the incident.

Mainord surrendered last week and his bond was set at $20,000.

Thompson's lawyers deny he spoke with Mainord.

Garfield said Thompson was a flight risk and that the alleged victims of the burglary are worried he could come back.

"This man came into their home, into their dorm while they were asleep and stole their property," she said. "They are very scared of this man."

Thompson and Mainord have been suspended from the football team. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has said they won't be back if the charges prove true.

The pair also has been suspended from the university, and are not allowed on campus, school spokesman Russ McKinney said.

The suspension will be in effect unless the players go before a student judicial board, he said.

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Tennessee players involved in fight

Posted: Tuesday March 8, 2005 5:41PM; Updated: Tuesday March 8, 2005 5:41PM

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Police are investigating allegations a Tennessee reserve linebacker punched another student at a weekend party where several fights broke out between fraternity members and football players.

No charges have been filed but junior Daniel Brooks of Jackson was named a suspect in an assault case investigated by the University of Tennessee Police Department.



In December, Brooks was identified as punching someone in the face at an off-campus party that turned into a brawl, and a complaint was filed with police. But the case was closed after the victim said he didn't want to prosecute, authorities have said.

Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer and his staff were out of town at a retreat and trying to gather information about the incident, team officials said Tuesday. They had no immediate comment.

According to a police report released Tuesday, a UT student attending an Omega Psi Phi fraternity party at the University Center on campus told police he saw one of his fraternity brothers talking to Brooks and then Brooks punching the man. More people started fighting afterward, the student, Shadiyah Cecil Murphy of Johnson City, told police.

Murphy said he went outside and was surrounded by three unidentified male individuals and hit several times until he blacked out, according to the report. He said his left jaw was broken.

Police were called to the University Center at 1:30 a.m. Saturday and found a large group of people outside yelling and "becoming irate with one another," according to the investigator's report.

Officers said they saw at least four separate fights in front of the building.

"Information from (the crowd) indicated that the fights were between the football team and the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, but no one could name any individuals involved," according to the report.

The fight started in the ballroom at the party, and Knox County Sheriff's Department officers tried to stop it with chemical spray.

The building manager told police two holes were punched in a wall partition and the glass on a framed painting was smashed and the canvas torn. The disc jockey at the party said his equipment was damaged, according to the report.

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Wisconsin suspends QB Randle El

Posted: Monday March 7, 2005 7:19PM; Updated: Monday March 7, 2005 7:19PM

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin athletic officials suspended quarterback Marcus Randle El on Monday for allegedly violating the school's student-athlete discipline policy.

University officials did not elaborate, saying in a statement the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits releasing any more information.

The suspension means Randle El is prohibited from playing in a game or practice.

He can appeal the decision. If he chooses not to appeal, the suspension will continue until any charges have been processed through the legal system or the university's internal disciplinary process, the statement said.

Randle El, a freshman last fall, didn't throw a pass. He finished the season with 29 yards rushing, two receptions for seven yards and a 10-yard punt return.

In high school, he was named one of the top 40 players in the Midwest by SuperPrep. His older brother, Antwaan, played quarterback for Indiana and now plays as a receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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