UPDATE III: Georgia TB Isaiah Crowell dismissed after weapons arrest
Georgia tailback Isaiah Crowell, who rushed for 850 yards as a freshman last season, was expected to start for the Bulldogs this fall. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
UPDATED: CROWELL DISMISSED FROM TEAM
ATHENS – Georgia tailback Isaiah Crowell has been dismissed from the team following his arrest early Friday morning on three weapons charges.
Georgia coach Mark Richt made the announcement in short news release sent out by UGA Sports Communications at 5 p.m. on Friday.
“We have a dedicated and committed group of men who are working hard to prepare for the coming season,” Richt said. “Our total focus will be directed toward the team and this effort.”
Crowell, a sophomore from Columbus, was booked at 3:37 a.m. on charges of possessing a concealed weapon, having a weapon in a school zone and having an altered ID mark on that weapon. His bond, originally set at $7,500, was raised to $9,500 late Friday morning. According to booking records, Crowell was released early Friday afternoon.
According to the police report, four other Georgia football players were also in Crowell’s vehicle, including three 2012 freshman signees. Those persons were outside linebacker Josh Harvey-Clemons, wide receiver Blake Tibbs and defensive back Sheldon Dawson. Also present was sophomore defensive back Quintavius Harrow. None of the four were charged.
According to Athens-Clarke police spokesperson Hilda Sorrow, Crowell was arrested at a “vehicle check-point” — or road block — on East Campus Road at Green Street at 2:20 a.m. Friday. Officer Kathryn Thornton reported smelling the odor of marijuana in Crowell’s silver four-door 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis. Crowell gave consent to search the vehicle, himself and four other occupants. No marijuana was discovered but a black 9-mm Luger handgun with an altered serial number was found under the driver’s seat. Crowell was immediately arrested and taken to jail.
According to the police report, Crowell denied knowing the gun was in the car and said people drive the vehicle. He. The owner of the vehicle is listed as Crowell’s mother Debbie. The report also indicted that the five were coming from the nightclub Aftermath, where Crowell said the smell of marijuana originated.
The police report also indicated that Crowell has no criminal history.
Crowell’s mother, Debbie, was clearly distressed when reached by telephone Friday. “I don’t want to talk to a reporter right now,” she said. “”If I want to talk to anybody it’s God.”
Crowell, who came to UGA in 2011 as the No. 1-rated running back prospect in America, was slated to start for the Bulldogs at tailback this season. He rushed for 850 yards and 5 touchdowns as a freshman despite missing playing time due to suspensions and injuries. He was benched for the first quarter of the Vanderbilt game on Oct. 15 as a punishment for an undisclosed disciplinary infraction and he was suspended for the Nov. 5 New Mexico State game, reportedly for failing a drug test.
With Crowell out of the fold, Georgia will turn to redshirt sophomore Ken Malcome and senior Richard Samuel to carry the load early on, along with junior Brandon Harton. The Bulldogs also signed Keith Marshall of Raleigh, N.C. — the top running back prospect in the country, according to 247Sports.com — and four-star prospect Todd Gurley of Tarboro, N.C., to play running back. Marshall enrolled in January.
Marshall and other running backs were offering support for Crowell via Twitter.
“Pray for Isaiah & that he will learn from his mistake,” wrote Marshall from @Truthh4.
Derrick Henry, a highly-touted running back prospect from Florida who once was committed to Georgia, also weighed in via his Twitter account, @KingHenry_2: “Pray for Crowell instead [of] bashing him . . . because everyone wasn’t raised the same. . . . So everyone should just pray he sees a better way”
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lol
June 29th, 2012
10:09 am
If you did not see this coming you need a guide dog!
One of his running buddies caught stealing out of the UGA locker room last year while on a recruiting visit.
Another buddy busted for selling drugs in Columbus.
Suspensions for drug use.
Academic questions.
The total culture at UGA is in dire consequences and arrest after arrest after failed drug test after failed drug test should tell ANY parent of a recruit to not allow your kid on that campus until some major changes are made. It is called being a responsible parent.
St. Richt
June 29th, 2012
10:09 am
tell me again-
The purveyors of the Fulmer Cup would beg to disagree with you.
Red Panties
June 29th, 2012
10:09 am
What would Damon do?
Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell arrested on felony weapons charge - No Guts, No Glory
June 29th, 2012
10:09 am
[...] According to the AJC, Crowell was arrested at a vehicle check-point stop and was booked at 3:37 a.m. on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, possessing a weapon in a school zone and an altered ID mark. [...]
Dumbo
June 29th, 2012
10:10 am
If this peckerwood is not out of UGA by sundown then maybe Richt should hit the road.
TampaGator
June 29th, 2012
10:10 am
I think I will call it a day…..obviously…..too many people write from emotion….not logic or sense…and don’t read before making insulting comments. Georgia will have a better day. Go SEC.
Technically Correct
June 29th, 2012
10:10 am
So sad that one, so athletically-gifted, can’t seem to stay out of trouble long enough to grab that big, phat pro contract one day…
gdawginkalamazoo
June 29th, 2012
10:10 am
Helloooooo LSU here comes IC to the bayou.
bulldogbubba
June 29th, 2012
10:10 am
Drop him NOW!!! He knows the rules and He should be left in jail and pay the penalties for being so “grown-up”. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John Wayne
June 29th, 2012
10:10 am
Who didn’t see this one coming???
TDawgMoney
June 29th, 2012
10:11 am
read the details on the story, liberals……..it’s not like he ran in to a bank with a mask demanding money…….he had an unloaded pistol under the seat of his car…..big whoop……..no alcohol, no drugs……give me a break. he voluntarily submitted to a car search. Everybody wants to throw him under the bus (including me in times past), but under these same circumstance, half of America would be locked up. Journalism sensationalism at its best.
Tim wheeler
June 29th, 2012
10:11 am
Jasper Sanks jr.
Harleydawg
June 29th, 2012
10:12 am
Bye, bye. You had a chance to be special and have a great life. Instead, you chose to be cool and be a ‘playa.’ See how far that is getting you??? You need to be kicked off the team. Plain and simple. Make room for a guy that REALLY wants it.
Realistic fan
June 29th, 2012
10:13 am
He didn’t learn the first time, he didn’t learn the second time, or the third time. Why would anyone think he would learn this time?
TampaGator
June 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Back……ESPN just reported that the gun was a 9MM Lugar…..and Crowell was not targeted. He was stopped at a vehicle check point.
Easy
June 29th, 2012
10:13 am
This Bulldog says send him home or to Alabama, he is a hopeless case and will be nothing more than a negative factor if we don’t get rid of him!
Delbert D.
June 29th, 2012
10:13 am
The McGarity-Richt meeting on this would be interesting to eavesdrop on.
Ben
June 29th, 2012
10:13 am
Okay, what kind of concealed weapon? Gun, knife, nun-chuks? I have a CCW permit and I can carry my weapons into a school zone in my vehicle. Most people don’t seem to know that a law abiding and legal citizen can carry his weapons onto school grounds(not into a school) in a state where specifically allowed by law and GA is such a state.
I’ve got an idea of this guy’s circumstances and of the type of gun he was carrying(some kind of handgun). However according to the letter of the law he could have been openly carrying an AK-47 and if he had been, he could not have been charged. Look it up. He could have claimed that he was a collector, a hunter, etc. and nothing would have happened with the cops anyway.
The problem here is that someone at UGA needs to educate these kids about the legal details of carrying weapons if they choose to. They are on the edge of being adults(literally & legally) and there are different age standards for different types of guns(to carry a rifle they have to be 18 and to carry a handgun, 21).
He didn’t hurt or kill anyone, so give him a break.
dawgit
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
The 9mm might not have been Crowell’s gun..it might have belong to one of the three in back seat who put it under seat when they saw the road block. Just saying did he say it way his?
Dawg News Junkie
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
Gee, there sure is a dearth of news about my Dawgs. Oh, wait! Here’s an item! Another Dawg jailed. Ho hum. But where’s the depth chart? What’s Athlon saying about our chances this year? Are we going to win the NC this year? Why can’t we get any news from the AJC, instead of this usual claptrap?
puntthemarxist
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
Now UGA wont win the national championship. I hate my life as a uga fan.
Valdostadawg
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
What a waste of talent. The only talent he is lacking in is between the ears. Needs to go. Too much of a distraction to the team.
Delbert D.
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
Chip Towers’ article has been updated to include more information. It mentions the 9mm Luger as well.
Sam Beall
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
It was not a matter of if…just a matter of when…should have been cut long ago!!!
TampaGator
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
also…..the serial number on the gun had been altered…..so it was obviously a stolen weapon….either stolen and altered by Crowell, a friend, or he purchased it illegally.
Vol4ever
June 29th, 2012
10:14 am
Big Crimson 75
June 29th, 2012
9:34 am
Another black-eye to the SEC thanks to the dwags.
Can We get this sorry excuse for an Institution of Higher Learning out of the Conference already??!!
You’re an idiot, typical Bammer. There is not a team in this country that dont have these problems. UGA can only move on from this waste of a great talent, they will be fine.
Im sure we can dig up many from the Bammer program and any other program out there, we all have these problems time to time. The start players are way to coddled at the HS level and recruiters. Stupid fans like you have no class, but then again your a Bammer!
I dropped my fried twinkie
June 29th, 2012
10:15 am
slydog
June 29th, 2012
10:05 am
I hope most of you idiots DO realize that it is LEGAL to carry an unlicensed, un-registered, concealed, firearm in the state of Georgia.
ALL HAND Guns must be registered.
he could have it in the car.
Not within reach and hidden. In the trunk or locked glove box would have been fine
A Rifle or Shotgun can be carried in a Gun Rack in a pick up truck window,
Slydog you are black want to claim others are racist. The kid was all the way WRONG be he black or white.
Technically Correct
June 29th, 2012
10:15 am
It finally occurred to me why UGA can recruit multiple, top-quality running backs year after year – the RBs being recruited realize that the RBs already at UGA are just one felony charge away from dismissal, demotion or suspension…
lol
June 29th, 2012
10:15 am
TampaGator
June 29th, 2012
10:00 am
I did say Florida backed off Wilder because of character issues……and I have said that Muschamp has clearly stated…..and shown already…..that character matters big time when he offers recruits. That does not mean that he may have issues with some recruit down the road. Florida has not more or less problems with these types of issues vs. any major college program. But Muschamp is working hard to limit them now. That is what I am saying.
“Florida has not more or less problems with these type issues vs any major colllege program.”
That statement would only be true if you added …in the past week or 10 days. UF under Meyer had has many or more than ANY other school in country. And that is a fact. Now Muschamp had to deal with all the crumbling infrastructure Urban left and has done a good job dealing with those problems Urban allowed to happen. Some of those decisions by Muschamp have hurt his program but even under Muschamp the problems have continued but not at the rate as they did under Meyer.
Buckeye
June 29th, 2012
10:15 am
At least you dogs were #1 when it matters least: Feb-May.
Dawghater
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
It’s summer the time of year for UGA when the arrests begin. Idle minds bring more arrests and it happens every year. It’s like Groundhog Day all over again. What shocking news, a UGA player arrested. Keep up the good work UGA, recruit the same kids every year.
St. Richt
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
Vol4ever…please regain relevancy before posting again. Much appreciated.
Signed,
The SEC
WesDawg
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
Living the life, Crowell, definitely, living the life! Playa’s play, Hata’s hate.
schmeckdawg
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
TDawgMoney
June 29th, 2012
9:43 am
have we ever gotten a “quality character kid” from Carver-Columbus?
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Does the name Jarvis Jones mean anything to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PMC
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
Slydog, no it isn’t legal to carry an unlicensed, unregistered, concealed firearm in Georgia. Otherwise you wouldn’t need to apply for a concealed weapons permit and Mr. Crowell wouldn’t be charged with a felony.
This has nothing to do with the color of his skin. It has everything to do with incredibly poor judgement. Another life wasted because he wasn’t able to get out of his own way.
We can have all the debates we want about marijuana, but the fact remains it’s illegal. Driving around and smoking it in a car in Athens is mind numbingly stupid. Adding an illegal firearm to that is just inexplicable. Especially for a guy with so much at stake. All he had to do was not drive around doing anything illegal and he had all the opportunity in the world to succede.
This is yet another sad, miserable story of bad choices, not skin color.
Buckeye
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
HA!
I think WIn WIth needs to re-create the “Missing Man” foundation for old times’ sake.
DAWGinVA
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
This comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed IC on twitter. Most of the UGA players post fun, humorous or uplifting messages while IC’s post were all threatening, negative, used the “n” word, etc. Jarvis Jones proves you can come from the same background and be a success on and off the field. For those blaming Richt, not sure how he can monitor the team when he is not allowed to have contact with them in the offseason. Also, ever since they eliminated the “jock dorm” the players live all over the place and are impossible to monitor. Dawgs will be fine, maybe better, without IC. Plenty of talent in the backfield and we could have more coming.
TampaGator
June 29th, 2012
10:16 am
Ben…..
I just hope all of those “law abiding Georgia citizens” don’t lose it one day and take a visit to school grounds. Dumb law.
Terry Bowden
June 29th, 2012
10:17 am
Send him to Akron, he can play for me.
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William Smith
June 29th, 2012
10:17 am
Can the jailed college players field a team as in “The Longest Yard”?
If they can are they allowed to play for the national championship. That only seems fair to me since these are great people and also great roll models. If you don’t believe me ask the coaches that recruit them.
GoLions
June 29th, 2012
10:17 am
Looks like North Alabama is going to be getting a new 5 star running back. Go Lions!
PMC
June 29th, 2012
10:18 am
The Athens Police have a special fondness for raising easy money from college students behaving poorly. Makes sense not to make their job easier.
j
June 29th, 2012
10:18 am
Dude will be playing by the first game this year.
Sally Bligh
June 29th, 2012
10:18 am
“Jasper Sanks jr.”
You have no right to insult poor Jasper that way. How do you think he’s going to feel after a long day of pushing a mop to come home and read your cruel, hurtful remark?
Hha
June 29th, 2012
10:19 am
5 star dream team m y arse bwahHHAha
Mickey Thrasher
June 29th, 2012
10:19 am
Enter your comments here
Maxwell the chihuahua hunter
June 29th, 2012
10:19 am
50 arrests people. 50…Thats gotta be hard to overlook. Or maybe not in Georgia’s case. When does this get to be a serious issue for the crowd in Athens? Is there a “magic number” that has to be achieved before changes at the top are made? AD’s department probably working right now on a “50th arrest jail cell-a-bration” patch to be worn on the jersey’s for the thrilling Buffalo opener. Gotta make the khaki-wearing, Sam Adams sippin’ crowd happy.
Obama
June 29th, 2012
10:19 am
Maybe he can help enforce my healthcare plan, he has the tools to do it….!!!!!!!
uga gun runs this state
June 29th, 2012
10:19 am
read the law , having a gun on a college campus without a georgia weapon license is a felony and with a license it can only be in your car , not carried on your person ect.. I am willing to bet he did not have a weapon carry permit and with the numbers scratched off that is a federal crime ..
laws are laws and if your going to carry a gun read up on them .. Seems to be the only people who do are the ones who legally carry a weapon with a permit .