While Coach Bill Lynch was probably hoping to answer questions about IU football’s recent recruit signings, it’s likely that the head of the Hoosier football team will have different questions aimed in his direction. That’s because five Indiana University football players were arrested this past weekend in three unconnected incidents.
(Clockwise from top left) Reeves, Bailey, McCray, Johnson, and Drane all had run-ins with police this past weekend.
The Bloomington Herald-Times reported Monday that the five players arrested and there preliminary charges were:
- Darius Johnson, 18, a freshman linebacker from Highland Park, Mich., for resisting law enforcement, illegal consumption, public intoxication.
- James Bailey, 21, a redshirt junior wide receiver from Detroit, Mich. for disorderly conduct.
- Demetris McCray, 21, a redshirt sophomore running back from Brandon, Fla., for disorderly conduct.
- Jarrell Drane, 18, a freshman safety from Plantation, Fla., for illegal consumption.
- Ian Reeves, 18, a freshman linebacker from Ferndale, Mich. for illegal consumption.
According to the Herald-Times, just before midnight, police saw four men urinating on a car in the McNutt parking lot. Reeves and Drane were two of the men. All four tested positive for alcohol. Reeves tested less than .05, but Drane and the other three blew over .08.
The Herald-Times reported that just after midnight Saturday, Johnson was found passed out in a stairwell at McNutt. Police were able to shake him, helping him regain consciousness, but when they started loading him onto an ambulance, he started fighting and yelling profanities and had to be restrained. Johnson went in and out of consciousness and when he awoke in the ambulance, his struggling knock an IV out of his arm and knocked over other materials.
The third event took place off campus around 11:20 p.m. Police were called to McCray and Bailey’s house Hartwood Court because of a noise complaint. According to the Herald-Times, police arrived to loud music and obnoxious guests outside. McCray and Bailey were given a warning, but when police returned just after 3 a.m. because of another complaint, the two were arrested and taken to Monroe County Jail.
While no one from the IU Athletics Department has commented on the incidents yet, there will surely be disciplinary actions taken. How do you think Coach Bill Lynch should punish the players for the incidents?
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