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UT running back Ramonce Taylor arrested
Deputies considering felony drug charges.
By Suzannah Gonzales, Tony Plohetski
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Sunday, May 14, 2006
BELTON — University of Texas running back Ramonce Taylor was arrested early Sunday after Bell County sheriff's deputies found a backpack containing about five pounds of marijuana in the rear of his vehicle, authorities said.
The Bell County sheriff's office said in a news release that a live 40-caliber round of ammunition also was found in the center console of the vehicle.
Taylor remained at the Bell County Jail on Sunday afternoon on suspicion of possession of marijuana over five pounds, a second-degree felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The Bell County district attorney's office was weighing whether to file charges.
Taylor was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday morning.
Taylor, 20, was a sophomore running back for the national champion Longhorns. He was a part-time starter who scored a touchdown in the Rose Bowl. But Taylor was excused from spring drills with the team in March for unspecified academic reasons.
Texas Head Coach Mack Brown released a statement today, saying that Taylor has not participated in any team functions since he was excused.
"We are aware of this recent situation and will follow it as the legal system runs its course," Brown said in the statement. "At this time, we will not consider reinstating him to the team."
Austin lawyer Ken Oden, who has represented Taylor on past allegations, said he received a call from Taylor's mother at 7:30 a.m. today requesting his assistance. Oden, a former Travis County attorney, said he recommended that the family hire a lawyer in Bell County.
"She's just trying to figure things out," Oden said.
Oden said this afternoon he did not yet know whether the family had retained an attorney.
The arrest stemmed from an incident about 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a pecan farm on Texas 95 in Little River, a community about 10 miles south of Temple and east of Interstate 35.
According to a statement from the sheriff's department, deputies received a report of a fight involving as many as 100 people at the pecan farm.
While en route, deputies received a complaint from Taylor, who had been at the fight and whose vehicle window was broken, sheriff's officials said. A deputy met Taylor at a convenience store in Little River.
While interviewing Taylor, sheriff's officials learned that Taylor had threatened to return to the fight with a firearm and might be armed.
Taylor told the deputies that he was not in possession of any weapons and gave them permission to search his vehicle, sheriff's officials said.
Two other people with Taylor were released at the scene. Taylor's vehicle was impounded and placed on investigative hold. Taylor was cooperative and did not resist at any time during the incident, sheriff's officials said.
A clerk at the convenience store said today that her manager was on duty early today and was not available for comment.
Workers at Stewart's Pecan Farm said they were unaware of the incident.
Taylor, who is from Temple and played for Belton High School, gained 513 yards rushing and caught 27 passes for 265 yards last season for the Longhorns. In the national championship game at the Rose Bowl, Taylor scored on a 30-yard run in the second quarter to give Texas a 16-7 lead.
Last year, Taylor was described as a possible suspect in a Dec. 10 incident in Austin's Sixth Street entertainment district and an assault involving an automatic handgun on Sept. 4.
Oden said that police told him late last year that they had ended their investigation and that Taylor and fellow football player Cedric Griffin would not be charged.
little population = high school kids (and college kids hanging out with those high school kids) getting away with a lot of **** very easily....been there, done that....
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