7 UGA football players victims of locker room theft
Athens — Seven football players were victims of thefts at Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall, University of Georgia police confirmed Monday.
Jamel Allen, Kenarious Gates, Abry Jones, Jordan Love, Rhett McGowan, Alexander Ogletree and Shawn Williams all reported that items totaling $1,330 were stolen out of their lockers last Thursday afternoon, according to police reports. No players are expected to have been involved in the thefts.
“We haven’t ruled anything out but have no reason to suspect that,” UGA Police Lt. Eric Dellinger said.
Last Thursday afternoon the normally heavily-secured building — which requires fingerprint identification to access – was unsecured for “faculty appreciation day.” Here is a link to a UGA video report on that event.
All the items stolen were small electronic devices. The most expensive single item to go missing was the Apple iPhone 4 with red and black otter box belonging to Jones. It was valued at $500. One other iPhone and several iPods also were taken.
“It’s not uncommon for thefts to take place in secured buildings during events like this,” Dellinger said. “The lockers they were taken from weren’t locked.”
So far UGA detectives don’t have any suspects.
By Chip Towers
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Buckeye
April 12th, 2011
6:04 am
“Coach, why wuz we robbed?”
Buckeye
April 12th, 2011
6:06 am
And, for the record before the hounds are let lose, Pryor nor Tressel commited no crimes, let alone a felony. Stupid? Yes. Shamful? Yes. Criminal? No.
Buckeye
April 12th, 2011
6:07 am
How will Win With protect Master Murrey when he can’t protect his own locker room?
Marky-Mark works on his income « MFOA
April 12th, 2011
6:19 am
[...] the Georgia football Faculty Appreciation Day, seven UGA teammates — not to be confused with UGA VII — took action to keep the coaching staff happy. Each donated [...]
Coach Grohbo
April 12th, 2011
6:49 am
Uh oh. Looks like The Team Unity Council is not working.
SuperB
April 12th, 2011
6:56 am
It couldn’t have been any Georgia Tech players! None of them are smart enough to read a map to get to Athens.
Coach Grohbo
April 12th, 2011
6:57 am
Super,
No one uses a map anymore.
Top Dawg
April 12th, 2011
7:00 am
Aren’t a couple of those Auburn players out on bond?
Kyle
April 12th, 2011
7:04 am
WOW! Cam’s Daddy is in Athens???? Baton down the hatches!
AltamahaDawg
April 12th, 2011
7:13 am
Glad to see the AJC finally allowing the moderator to step in. I’m sure it’s frustrating to have your bosses allow your work be turned into a poo-poo fight to sell a couple more tires. Odd though that NOW it’s a problem calling players names, when somebody slams TN players. The past 20,000 uses of that derogatory terms towards our boys didn’t do it.
Bodda Getta
April 12th, 2011
7:19 am
The only thing the Auburn players stole was this team’s manhood.
Buckeye
April 12th, 2011
7:22 am
Classic photo of Win With……making sure his little part-in-the-,middle receding hair-sprayed do is place. Perhap this could be Win With’s offical. dog photo.
GEORGIA97
April 12th, 2011
7:43 am
This incident reminds me of the part of Full Metal Jacket where Gunny Sgt. Hartman goes nuclear on Private Pyle: “If there’s one thing in this world I hate, it’s an unlocked foot locker! If it wasn’t for d-heads like you there wouldn’t be any thievery in this world, would there?” Enough said.
WDE
April 12th, 2011
7:48 am
Bodda, I believe we stole the second half kickoff too!
david
April 12th, 2011
7:53 am
Hey people-
this happens everyday in lovker rooms across the country. Gyms, and especially high schools have this issue.
Ultimately, the only thing that will come of this is that these boys just learned a valuable lesson.. I guarantee they lock their stuff up for the rest of their lives!
Hawaii 5-O
April 12th, 2011
7:54 am
Typical of what goes on in Humptown, an inside job.
Gen Neyland
April 12th, 2011
7:57 am
Alt Dawg : I’ll bet Barney Fife has a quote or two that would help make perfect sense out of the situation…
Walter
April 12th, 2011
8:25 am
Boy is this a switch.
tim
April 12th, 2011
8:25 am
$500.00 phone = Idiot.
ugamom
April 12th, 2011
8:28 am
Richt has problems with himself…..Cortney Newmans played/redshirt for UGA 4yrs (2007-2011) his father passed on sunday night…Players begged to go be with Cortney in Macon Ga …Monday…and he would not release them from Spring Practice earlier…Some players went after practice…..but no coach came or called….the reason this team has so many problems is because the head they play for play God in the public is not as Godly as people think…
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Alex
April 12th, 2011
8:29 am
No worries. The school bought them anyway and will replace them.
jbeggs
April 12th, 2011
8:32 am
No guns involved so Auburn players are cleared. Has anyone seen Floriduh basketball players hanging around?
jbeggs
April 12th, 2011
8:39 am
WDE, I bet you’re one of those Awbarn fans that have that tiny little NC sticker in the back window huh? It’s just so fellow Awbarn fans know you’re a fan too but not too big that other fans rip you about it? There has never been a more tainted NC and it will be even more tainted down the road. I have an Awbarn buddie (a graduate) that to this day has never mentioned the NC. Why is that? Yes, you stole the 2nd half kick-off. sCam has that to go with his stolen laptop huh? 3 of the last 4 baby!!
FBR
April 12th, 2011
8:53 am
Does this once proud “Southern” newspaper have a policy of reporting only bad news out of Athens, Ga?
RxDawg
April 12th, 2011
9:01 am
Woh, Chip I just realized your writing on the UGA page?
So how many Karma jokes are going around about Olgetree?
Tard Dawg
April 12th, 2011
9:03 am
the UGA player have stolen every Fall Saturday from me for the last few years.
phil
April 12th, 2011
9:03 am
FBR – just for you, Mr. Thought Police…
“In other news, a Georgia football player picked some flowers today for a little old lady and handed them to her as she walked her dog through beautiful downtown Athens. Coach Richt applauded this action and noted how it demonstrates his commitment to institutional control of his program and the development of fine young men in Athens.”
Is that better? and it’s interesting news too…sign me up for stories like that each day!!
Tech Sucks
April 12th, 2011
9:10 am
Florida players did it obviously.
shalalalalalquandra
April 12th, 2011
9:12 am
9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1 9-1
Crimedog
April 12th, 2011
9:16 am
A few years ago a UGA professor tried to take a cell phone away from a 280 pound lineman who was cheating with it in class. She got roughed up. Those cell phones and i pods are important for Richt’s players and used more than text books, apparently.
St. Richt
April 12th, 2011
9:22 am
I got $100 that says the culprits are football players.
Snoop Dawg
April 12th, 2011
9:24 am
That’s interesting, because the UGA Gangstas are usually doing all the lifting…
lwprisc
April 12th, 2011
9:34 am
Why Carter It could have been you mama!!!!!!
Berrol
April 12th, 2011
9:42 am
So far UGA detectives don’t have any suspects.
The suspects are every athlete at UGA. These so-called detectives have to be intelligent enough to know that.
Will
April 12th, 2011
9:43 am
Where were the Auburn 4? Oh never mind, no guns were used.
robodawg
April 12th, 2011
9:44 am
Chip, thanks for moderating.
It stinks when somebody steals something from you. It could happen to anybody, anywhere. No need for ugly talk about football players.
When did UGA practice on .......
April 12th, 2011
9:47 am
Since when has UGA conducted practice on Ethel Street?
Retenbach
April 12th, 2011
9:48 am
Look for the stuff on eBay. A.J. Green strikes again.
That is a good question
April 12th, 2011
9:50 am
Yes, a few year back a highly regarded true frosh UGA LB grabbed the arm of a prof when she tried to take a cell phone away from him. Where is he now? Did he make another team? They did the right thing kicking him out but for sure we all get second and third chances in the USA but where is he now?
Go Dogs.
Tron Carter
April 12th, 2011
9:52 am
I’m sure it was Booger, Lamar, Poindexter, Skolnick, Gilbert, and the rest of the Tri-Lambs from tech going on a jock strap raid and setting up cameras in the locker room so they can watch the Georgia players shower after practice.
TECH is for JERKs
April 12th, 2011
9:53 am
Jerks from NATS…go home to the Dump by the Freeway!!!!!!!!!!!
WDE
April 12th, 2011
10:05 am
SuperB,
No need for a map to get to Athens. Just follow the police cars!
Father Flannigan
April 12th, 2011
10:08 am
Check that…. I meant Mr. Towers….. Clearly you think UGA is squeaky clean?
Bling and blang
April 12th, 2011
10:12 am
no ear bling stolen?
juan carlos diego raul sanchez
April 12th, 2011
10:16 am
wow sounds like FSU of the 90’s – huh – there is a link Mark has to go – bring back Ray…bring back Ray…
Megan
April 12th, 2011
10:17 am
Chip, thank you for actually moderating. Many of the quips on here are quite funny, Even the ones taking shots at UGA. Its the people who just want to be malicious that take away from the whole blog.
Censorship
April 12th, 2011
10:19 am
Mr. Towers……. Why don’t you just write a report instead of doing a blog setting or take the gutless “Comments are closed” approach?
Sherlock Holmes
April 12th, 2011
10:24 am
Ogletree strikes again.
Aswan
April 12th, 2011
10:30 am
Too bad they lost their recruiting bonuses.
UGA Prof
April 12th, 2011
10:32 am
The player who assaulted the instructor was not kicked off the team for that incident. He was referred to the disciplinary committee and given a soft slap on the wrist. The instructor, a graduate assistant, was “discouraged” by Adams’ underlings when she planned to press civil charges. The player did withdraw after the football season for reasons unrelated to the assault and cheating incident.