2 former Florida State football players charged in theft

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  • bigboydan
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 08-10-05
    • 55420

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    2 former Florida State football players charged in theft
    last week it was one of there recruits. now i see it's two of there former players that were picked up by the cops. just what is the FSU acidemic requirements anyways drugs, and theft101.


    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -A.J. Nicholson and another former Florida State football player are charged with breaking into the apartment of Seminoles running back Lorenzo Booker and stealing about $1,700 in electronic equipment, Tallahassee police said Wednesday.

    The 21-year-old Nicholson, a linebacker drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in April, was being sought in Ohio, said police spokesman John T. Newland. Fred Rouse, 20, a wide receiver who was kicked off the team in January after his freshman season, was arrested Saturday in his hometown of Tallahassee.

    The apartment Booker shares with three roommates was broken into while they were out of town May 20-21, Newland said.

    Both suspects are charged with burglary and grand theft, both felonies. Nicholson also is charged with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, for damage to the apartment. Rouse also faces an unrelated felony charge of illegal possession of a prescription drug.

    Nicholson, who has a history of off-field problems, was taken by the Bengals in the fifth round of the NFL draft and recently participated in the team's voluntary workouts.

    ``It is our policy that it is not appropriate for us to comment on a player's legal situation until or unless it is resolved in the courts,'' Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan said.

    Nicholson's agent did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

    Rouse, who was released under a $6,000 bond, did not have a Tallahassee telephone listing. Leon County Jail records did not indicate that he had a lawyer.

    Florida State suspended Nicholson for the Orange Bowl in January after he took a woman to the team's Miami hotel, a violation of team policy, and she accused him of sexual assault. Nicholson has not been charged in that case.

    While at Florida State, Nicholson also was charged with drunken driving, pleaded no contest and received probation. In a separate case, he was Tasered by police after a bar dispute but a resisting arrest charge was dropped.

    Rouse was one of the nation's most widely acclaimed prep stars when he signed with Florida State last year. Coach Bobby Bowden dismissed him nearly three weeks after the Orange Bowl for what he called ``conduct detrimental to the welfare of the football team.''

    Police solved the break-in by tracing a receiver's glove found under a television set to Rouse, who was questioned and then confessed, Newland said. He said Rouse implicated Nicholson, a former roommate of Booker's, as the instigator.

    ``When A.J. broke into the rear window he cut his finger,'' Newland said.

    Nicholson is the second Bengals player arrested in the last five months. Receiver Chris Henry, a rookie last season, is awaiting an August trial on a gun charge in Orlando.

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    Associated Press sports writer Joe Kay in Cincinnati contributed to this report.
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