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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.

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ISU Football

Player admits looking for cash

Gair, Thompson face criminal charges in dormitory incident.

By TOM WITOSKY
REGISTER STAFF WRITER
January 29, 2005
An Iowa State football player arrested this week on attempted burglary charges told police he was looking for money when he and a teammate were found in a student dormitory room, court documents show.

Jerry Gair, a sophomore defensive back, made the admission during questioning by Iowa State University police after he was taken into custody Monday, according to records.

Campus police arrested Gair, 20, and Tyease Thompson, a freshman running back, on charges of attempted burglary in the second degree after they were discovered in a Larch Hall dormitory by residents of the room.

Thompson, who fled during an attempt to arrest him, also was charged with interference with official acts.

Gair's admission is detailed in an affidavit filed Thursday by Mervin Johnston, an Iowa State University patrol officer, as part of an application for a warrant to search Gair's apartment and car.

Johnston said Gair "confessed to being in the room looking for money to take." During the interview, Gair also identified Thompson as the other man in the dorm room, records show.

Documents filed in Story County District Court also indicate that police searched Gair's apartment at 4409 Toronto St. No. 2 in Ames and Thompson's dorm residence, 2345 Larch Hall.

Police were searching for two computers, a cellular telephone, a television, a Sony PlayStation and clothing. Police seized no property in the searches, records indicate.

Attempted burglary in the second degree is a Class D felony. Interference with official acts is a serious misdemeanor.

Capt. Gene Deisinger of the Iowa State University police indicated earlier this week that Gair and Thompson were under suspicion for several recent burglaries in the Larch Hall area.

Deisinger confirmed Friday that the items listed in the search warrants for Gair's and Thompson's residences are items reported to police as stolen over the last month.

Johnston's affidavit also indicates witnesses near Larch Hall said they saw a male matching Gair's description carrying what appeared to be a laptop bag. The man placed the bag into a white Camaro car with Louisiana license plates prior to his arrest, witnesses said.

Gair, of La Place , La., acknowledged he drives a Camaro with Louisiana plates, records say.

Police said they received a report of a stolen laptop and cell phone from an Iowa State student while they were investigating the burglary complaint.

Gair and Thompson, 19, were suspended from the football team following their arrests. Each played in 11 of 12 Cyclone games last season. Thompson returned the most kickoffs for the Cyclones - 14 for a 23.8-yard average - and rushed 21 times for 77 yards.

Gair recorded one tackle and one fumble recovery.

Thompson also was suspended for the Independence Bowl game for an undisclosed violation of team rules.

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Huskies DL gets probation for assault
Posted: Wednesday February 2, 2005 12:38PM; Updated: Wednesday February 2, 2005 12:38PM

SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington defensive lineman Manase Hopoi has been sentenced to two years' probation in a plea agreement stemming from a bar fight.

Hopoi, a fifth-year senior from Sacramento, Calif., entered an Alford plea to fourth-degree assault Jan. 21 in King County Superior Court, not admitting guilt but agreeing that there was enough evidence to convict him.

"He took responsibility for hitting a guy," defense lawyer Michael D. Hunsinger said.

Hopoi led the Huskies with 22 tackles for a loss and nine sacks last season. He earned a fifth year of eligibility because he is on track to graduate in four years and he is expected to be one of the Pac-10's top defensive players this fall.

If he avoids legal trouble while on probation, the charges will be dismissed. He also must pay $3,713.64 in restitution, complete anger management classes and perform 240 hour of community service.

Hopoi was ordered to avoid contact with Christopher Froelich, a security guard he attacked on March 7, 2004, after he and his girlfriend were denied entry into a student fund-raiser at Aristocrats, a nightclub. Froelich said at the time he was treated for a broken bone under his left eye.

According to police reports, the fight grew into a brawl involving "30 to 40 people," and 17 officers struggled for nearly an hour to get the situation under control. Hopoi was the only person who was arrested.

A university spokesman said the Huskies' coaching staff will review the matter and will handle any disciplinary action internally.

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The Iowa football program under Ferentz has more player arrests as than the Buckeye program under Tressel over the same time period. Iowa had 13 player arrests in 2002 alone. Here is the latest. Allen was permitted to play in the Capital One Bowl. LOL!!! Another coach who gets a free pass from the college football pundits - Trev: Iowa is the best program in the Big 10, and Ferentz is the best coach in the Big 10. LOL!!!

Charges pressed against Iowa's Allen
Published: Thursday, February 3, 2005
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Iowa cornerback Antwan Allen could lose game time next season if convicted of assault causing injury, Hawkeye coach Kirk Ferentz said on Wednesday.

Police charged the 22-year-old Wednesday for allegedly striking a man on the side of the head, breaking his jaw and knocking him unconscious in a Nov. 28 incident, more than a month before he played in the Capital One Bowl.

"This is something I was aware of prior to the game," Ferentz said.

"I informed Antwan that if charges were pressed and, more importantly, if he is found to be guilty of the charges, then there's going to be further discipline."

Allen, Iowa's interception leader, has already served community-service hours for the alleged incident, Ferentz added. If convicted, he could receive up to one year in prison and a maximum fine of $1,500.

Iowa City police Lt. Jim Steffen said the 36-day period between the alleged incident and when the charges were filed isn't unusual. He speculated that it took that amount of time for the investigating officer to find witnesses and interview them.

"We could care less if this is Antwan Allen the football player or Antwan Allen the student," Steffen said. "Our job is to get the investigation completed as quickly as possible. We're not concerned about bowl games and things like that."

Allen was released from the Johnson County Jail on Wednesday.

- by Nick Petersen

Another Iowa Player Arrested

[ysubuck]

13 in 2002 alone?!?!?!


That can't be right.

The reason that it can't be right is that I didn't hear a single thing about any of this during their bowl game. I remember Corso, Herbstreit, and Tirico spending the last half of the second quarter of the Alamo bowl going over the indiscretions at Ohio State.

WTF is going on in Iowa City?!?

[Steve19]

Originally Posted by ysubuck

13 in 2002 alone?!?!?!


That can't be right.

The reason that it can't be right is that I didn't hear a single thing about any of this during their bowl game. I remember Corso, Herbstreit, and Tirico spending the last half of the second quarter of the Alamo bowl going over the indiscretions at Ohio State.

WTF is going on in Iowa City?!?

You are going to have to ask BN27 what is really going on here.

[sandgk]

Originally Posted by Steve19

You are going to have to ask BN27 what is really going on here.

Maybe its systemic (affecting more than football).

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_...v=ap&type=lgns

Pierce dismissed from Iowa basketball team.

[ysubuck]

You have got to be kidding me?!?!

This is more than a little frustrating. The hometown Columbus Dispatch just did a little write up on the Ohio State "police blotter" a couple of weeks ago.

They were comparing John Cooper and Jim Tressel and were writing about the 14 "arrests under Tressel's watch." They included Marco Cooper who was arrested about two weeks after Coach arrived on campus.

How is Ferentz and the Iowa program getting this free pass?