Apparently attending the Ramonce Taylor School of Idiocy, initial reports coming out of Austin are saying [tag]Tarell Brown[/tag], starting cornerback for the Texas Longhorns, has been arrested along with former Longhorn [tag]Aaron Harris[/tag] on charges of possession of marijuana and unlawfully carrying a gun. Could the timing be anyway worse for the Longhorns? Probably not.
Brown and former teammate Aaron Harris, a linebacker on last year’s national championship team, were booked into Travis County Central Booking Facility at 4:55 a.m. Monday.
Brown was charged with a Class A misdemeanor of unlawfully carrying a weapon. He and Harris were both charged with Class B misdemeanors of possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana.
Longhorn football coach Mack Brown has been informed of the situation but has not yet spoken to Brown, a team official said.
This is about the worst thing that could happen to the Longhorns right now. Not only is Tarell expected to cover Ohio State’s deep threat Ted Ginn, Jr., but now the Longhorns have to deal with all of the distractions that are sure to come about from this. It is just a matter of time before the national media pick up on this story and ESPN will be blasting this all over their air waves. Hopefully the coaching staff can keep the players under control this week and maybe even move everybody into a controlled hotel environment.
Update: More details coming out show that three players are involved. Aaron Harris, Tarell Brown, and [tag]Tyrell Gatewood[/tag]. Aaron Harris was driving when they were pulled over and Tarell and Tyrell were asleep in the back. Hopefully Harris can take the fall for this and Tarell can play this weekend.
Update #2: The gun is reported to belong to Tyrell Gatewood. The story is that the gun was used earlier in the day at a shooting range. Then later while driving around the gun came out from under the front seat and Tarell grabbed it, put it in his lap and fell asleep. The cops came up to the car when Aaron Harris was pulled over and saw the gun in Tarell’s lap. According to Tarell’s lawyer, Tarell will be able to play in this weekend’s game against OSU. Thank goodness.
Update #3: It looks like Mack Brown is sitting out both Tarell Brown and Tyrell Gatewood for Saturday’s game against Ohio State.
Update #4: Now Brown and Gatewood’s attorney Jamie Balagio is saying that the two players were unnecessarily TASERED during their arrest. Man, this situation is getting weirder and weirder.
Update #5: The drug charges on both Tarell Brown and Tyrell Gatewood have been dropped. The gun charges still remain on Brown.
Read more to check out the arrest affidavit from Travis County.
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jos davis
September 7th, 2006 at 7:20 pm
well maybe if you can keep them long horns strait we can win two National Titels. hook em horns
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Bevo Sports » Son of a b****!! Tyrell Gatewood arrested (again)
September 13th, 2007 at 10:52 am
[…] Senior safety/wide reciever Tyrell Gatewood was arrested again last night on reckless driving and two counts of misdemeanor possession of a dangerous drug. A “dangerous drug” usually refers to prescription medication that he did not have a legal prescription for. The range of drugs that includes is huge and could be something silly or very, very serious. […]
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tarnished
September 18th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Our culture has become a joke, there is no accountability, they should be kicked out of school, I know that at almost every DIV 1 schools, just the possesion of drugs and guns constitutes expulsion, unless of course you are gunning for another national title….Freaking ridiculous, hopefully there are some intelligent alumni that will step in and save an already tarnished image that Texas has. The only real solution is to realize that you are doing no good by allowing these individuals to continue unpunished…. Im sure these other football players at these schools will realize the importance of their actions, when they lose their scholarships, and the possiblity of ever playing in the NFL. etc…..get accountable america!!!!!!!!!!