Spring Break
Two football players add to team's legal woes
Taylor's punishment up to Richt
PHILLIP KISUBIKA
Issue date: 7/19/07 Section: News
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Freshman running back Caleb King, a star recruit who is expected to challenge for playing time this fall, was arrested by University police Monday night on two misdemeanor traffic violations.
According to the police report, King was pulled over by University police for driving his 2005 Schwinn Sport Moped the wrong direction on Sanford Drive at the Journalism building.
A check of his name and date of birth revealed his license was suspended and served for serious violations on June 15 of this year, the police report says.
He was placed under arrest minutes later and charged with driving on a suspended license and driving the wrong way down a one-way road.
King, 19, was booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail at 11:39 Monday night and released on a $2,000 bond at 12:16 Tuesday morning.
Also, sophomore defensive lineman Paul "Tripp" Taylor turned himself in to police Tuesday after being charged Monday with misdemeanor simple assault then was released on a $675 bond, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.
Taylor, 20, of Woodstock, was named as a suspect in the May 25 incident that left two teenage football players at Etowah High School injured, one seriously.
The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office release says the victims were 16 and 17 years of age, and the 16-year-old victim received a severe injury to his eye. The 17-year-old received minor injuries.
The police report of the incident details the following: The two teens were at a park when they were approached by two males.
One of the teens said he was cutting a piece of wood with a pocket knife when he was approached by one of the suspects asking him what he was doing. The teen told him is was none of his business, and that's when the suspect took the knife from him and pressed it to his throat, according to the report.
The other teen told the suspect to let him go, but he was then punched in the face by the other suspect, the report said. The teen then said he placed one of the suspects in a headlock and pulled him off the other teen. The teens said they began to walk away when they saw a group of approximately eight males walking toward them. One of the teens was then hit in the face with a baseball bat and kicked and punched.
The report then says the other teen ran into the woods, where he was found by several other males, stripped of his clothes, punched, kicked and urinated on.
According to Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton, "Coach Richt is aware of the incident (with Taylor). He will not make any decisions on potential discipline until he's certain he knows all the facts and/or the charges have been resolved.
"I understand the offense is a misdemeanor and as such, normally the Athletic Association policy leaves the level of discipline up to the discretion of the head coach."
If suspended, Taylor could join tight end Tripp Chandler, quarterback Blake Barnes, center Ian Smith and linebacker Akeem Hebron as players who will miss the Sept. 1 opener against Oklahoma State due to legal troubles.
Viewing Comments 1 - 10 of 20
CoastalDawg
posted 7/19/07 @ 11:36 AM EST
If players keep getting themselves into trouble Coach Rich will be forced to appeal to fans to fill the roster on opening day. I believe that he attempts to sign recruits and allow others to join the team who are of good moral character. (Continued…)
dan
posted 7/19/07 @ 12:25 PM EST
i agree that the caleb king thing is a very minor traffic violation. however, you DO need to have a valid driver's license to operate a scooter that size. (Continued…)
nobody important
posted 7/19/07 @ 10:22 PM EST
Caleb King had a SUSPENDED license, which shows that he has a history of numerous and/or serious infractions. Had his license not been suspended, he would have simply been given a ticket at most or a warning and been sent on his way and this would not have even been "news". (Continued…)
Ty
posted 7/20/07 @ 12:56 PM EST
The bottom line here is that the police pulled over Caleb for a DWB-Driving While Black (or mopeding in this case).
If it would have been a Chi Phi whitey, he would have walked away with no charges. (Continued…)
Juanita
posted 7/23/07 @ 2:47 PM EST
Ty, get your head out of your ass. I am not familiar with any Chi Phi's who have "walked away" without facing charges. The fraternity and those that have been arrested in the past have faced disciplinary sanctions whether from the University or our legal system. (Continued…)
Ty
posted 7/23/07 @ 3:53 PM EST
aunt jemima, I mean, Juanita...I know that UGA pigs have nothing better to do than pull over a young black man on a Moped b/c the UGA cops are racist and playa-hatars. (Continued…)
Juanita
posted 7/23/07 @ 5:20 PM EST
Thank you, Ty. You just proved every point I was trying to make. Now everyone who reads these comments will have a riot laughing because you have shown yourself to be a stupid, ignorant, racist, mindless, pathetic, imbecile. (Continued…)
Ty
posted 7/23/07 @ 7:51 PM EST
Actually Juanita, your vile posts laced with profanity and insults have shown you to be the one that is of a lower class.
"Ty" is nothing more than a troll character. (Continued…)
Caleb
posted 7/24/07 @ 12:33 PM EST
Tripp Taylor is nothing but a fat, pathetic, ugly, slow, sorry excuse for a human being. His only saving grace is that unbelievably cool "chinstrap" beard he's got going. (Continued…)
The Watcher
posted 7/24/07 @ 1:55 PM EST
Juanita, you got PUNKED!
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