Tuesday, February 28, 2012

USC Freshman Linebacker Arrested on Three Charges

According to 107.5-FM The Game in Columbia, Gamecocks redshirt freshman linebacker Angelo Watley is under arrest on three seperate charges and currently being held at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County.

Per TheBigSpur, Watley was charged with Grand Larceny of good that value more than $2,000 but less than $10,000. He was also charged with Financial Transaction Card Theft and Violent Burglary in the second degree. He is currently being held on $50,000 surety bond (a surety bond requires 10% of the set bond amount to be paid before the defendant can be released from incarceration) by the city.

The Peachtree, Georgia native signed with USC in 2011 and did not play this past season. Per USC policy Watley is immediately suspended from all football related activity.

According to 107.5 The Game this is not Watley's first arrest. He was arrested on July 3, 2011 in Gwinnett County, Georgia and charged with six counts of terroristic threats and acts.

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