bluedogok
1/3/2010, 06:00 PM
This came across the news today....
Statesman.com - Bevo Beat: Collins dismissed from team (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2010/01/03/collins_dismiss.html?cxntfid=blogs_bevo_beat)
By Suzanne Halliburton | Sunday, January 3, 2010, 03:39 PM
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Receiver Brandon Collins has been dismissed from the Longhorns following his arrest on felony charges.
Collins had not been eligible to play this season because of academic reasons. He did not travel to California with the team last week because of a concussion he suffered in December.
Mack Brown issued this statement after Texas finished practicing Sunday afternoon.
“We’re aware of the situation back in Austin with Brandon Collins,” Brown said. “We’ve talked with Brandon and his family and he has been dismissed from the team.”
MyFoxAustin.com - UT Player Arrested for Aggr. Robbery (http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/010310-ut-player-arrested-for-aggr-robbery)
Updated: Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 3:40 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 1:16 PM CST
myFOXaustin(AUSTIN) - UT Longhorn wide receiver Brandon Collins is in trouble with the law- the junior, who missed this season becasue of academics, was arrested in Pflugerville Saturday.
He is accused of Aggravated Robbery and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. According to arrest affidavits Collins and his brother Ashton, a former UT track star, robbed a man at gunpoint during a drug deal.
In a news conference yesterday UT Head Coach Mack Brown said Brandon Collins was not in Pasadena because he had not been practicing with the team due to a concussion.
Collins was the team's 4th leading receiver in 2008.
KXAN.com - Longhorn arrested for two felonies (http://www.kxan.com/dpp/sports/kxan-pflugerville-ut-football-player-arrested-for-felony)
Brandon Collins arrested while team is in Pasadena
Updated: Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 4:38 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 2:29 PM CST
* Matt Flener
* Amy Peirce
PFLUGERVILLE (KXAN) - A Longhorn football player is facing felony charges following his arrest on Saturday.
Pflugerville Police Officers arrested University of Texas wide receiver Brandon Collins for aggravated robbery and engaging in organized crime. Collins was one of three people arrested for the charges.
Collins, from Brenham, Tex., did not travel with the Longhorns to the BCS Championship game due to his suspension earlier in the school year.
The UT junior was suspended from playing in games as a result of academic issues; however, he continued to practice with the team.
According to Collins’s arrest affidavit, officials received a 911 call reporting a robbery at a Pflugerville McDonalds. The caller, Matthew Mangum, 20, said he was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of the restaurant as he waited for his friend. He told police that the suspect was the friend he had been waiting for, 19-year-old Marcus Carruth.
Mangum said he went to Pflugerville High School with Marcus Carruth and told KXAN Carruth called him Saturday to hang out and grab a bite to eat at McDonald's.
When Carruth called Mangum on his cell phone to ask where he parked, "Next thing I know I have a gun pointed in my face," Mangum said.
When asked if it was Brandon Collins or Carruth that pointed the gun at him, Mangum said, "I can't honestly say who it was. I'm not used to a gun in my face."
That story differs from Collins's affidavidt where Mangum told police it was Carruth who demanded money at gunpoint and then fled in a silver Chrysler Sebring convertible with a black top.
Officers were able to locate a vehicle matching the description a short time later and performed a traffic stop.
Officers identified Collins as the driver and the passengers as Marcus Carruth and Ashton Collins, 25. Officers found a pistol under the front right seat, where Aa small amount of marijuana and a substance believed to be hashish in the vehicle.
Carruth and Brandon Collins told police that they arranged the meeting with the victim to buy marijuana in the McDonalds parking lot.
When asked if it was a drug deal, Mangum denied those reports.
"If the police want to believe the guys who put a gun in my face, go ahead," he said.
Although Mangum said Carruth was the man who had attacked him, both Carruth and Brandon Collins said it was Brandon Collins who had approached the victim and at no time had a gun. Both said Ashton Collins was the only person who had a gun.
Statesman.com - Bevo Beat: Collins dismissed from team (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/longhorns/entries/2010/01/03/collins_dismiss.html?cxntfid=blogs_bevo_beat)
By Suzanne Halliburton | Sunday, January 3, 2010, 03:39 PM
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Receiver Brandon Collins has been dismissed from the Longhorns following his arrest on felony charges.
Collins had not been eligible to play this season because of academic reasons. He did not travel to California with the team last week because of a concussion he suffered in December.
Mack Brown issued this statement after Texas finished practicing Sunday afternoon.
“We’re aware of the situation back in Austin with Brandon Collins,” Brown said. “We’ve talked with Brandon and his family and he has been dismissed from the team.”
MyFoxAustin.com - UT Player Arrested for Aggr. Robbery (http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/010310-ut-player-arrested-for-aggr-robbery)
Updated: Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 3:40 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 1:16 PM CST
myFOXaustin(AUSTIN) - UT Longhorn wide receiver Brandon Collins is in trouble with the law- the junior, who missed this season becasue of academics, was arrested in Pflugerville Saturday.
He is accused of Aggravated Robbery and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. According to arrest affidavits Collins and his brother Ashton, a former UT track star, robbed a man at gunpoint during a drug deal.
In a news conference yesterday UT Head Coach Mack Brown said Brandon Collins was not in Pasadena because he had not been practicing with the team due to a concussion.
Collins was the team's 4th leading receiver in 2008.
KXAN.com - Longhorn arrested for two felonies (http://www.kxan.com/dpp/sports/kxan-pflugerville-ut-football-player-arrested-for-felony)
Brandon Collins arrested while team is in Pasadena
Updated: Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 4:38 PM CST
Published : Sunday, 03 Jan 2010, 2:29 PM CST
* Matt Flener
* Amy Peirce
PFLUGERVILLE (KXAN) - A Longhorn football player is facing felony charges following his arrest on Saturday.
Pflugerville Police Officers arrested University of Texas wide receiver Brandon Collins for aggravated robbery and engaging in organized crime. Collins was one of three people arrested for the charges.
Collins, from Brenham, Tex., did not travel with the Longhorns to the BCS Championship game due to his suspension earlier in the school year.
The UT junior was suspended from playing in games as a result of academic issues; however, he continued to practice with the team.
According to Collins’s arrest affidavit, officials received a 911 call reporting a robbery at a Pflugerville McDonalds. The caller, Matthew Mangum, 20, said he was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of the restaurant as he waited for his friend. He told police that the suspect was the friend he had been waiting for, 19-year-old Marcus Carruth.
Mangum said he went to Pflugerville High School with Marcus Carruth and told KXAN Carruth called him Saturday to hang out and grab a bite to eat at McDonald's.
When Carruth called Mangum on his cell phone to ask where he parked, "Next thing I know I have a gun pointed in my face," Mangum said.
When asked if it was Brandon Collins or Carruth that pointed the gun at him, Mangum said, "I can't honestly say who it was. I'm not used to a gun in my face."
That story differs from Collins's affidavidt where Mangum told police it was Carruth who demanded money at gunpoint and then fled in a silver Chrysler Sebring convertible with a black top.
Officers were able to locate a vehicle matching the description a short time later and performed a traffic stop.
Officers identified Collins as the driver and the passengers as Marcus Carruth and Ashton Collins, 25. Officers found a pistol under the front right seat, where Aa small amount of marijuana and a substance believed to be hashish in the vehicle.
Carruth and Brandon Collins told police that they arranged the meeting with the victim to buy marijuana in the McDonalds parking lot.
When asked if it was a drug deal, Mangum denied those reports.
"If the police want to believe the guys who put a gun in my face, go ahead," he said.
Although Mangum said Carruth was the man who had attacked him, both Carruth and Brandon Collins said it was Brandon Collins who had approached the victim and at no time had a gun. Both said Ashton Collins was the only person who had a gun.