The Red and Black

Issue date: 6/26/08 Section: Sports

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Billy Humphrey police incident report

Billy Humphrey OJP resolution

Georgia point guard Billy Humphrey was kicked off the men's basketball team Friday by head coach Dennis Felton following his Tuesday arrest and charge with DUI and underage possession.

"I am disappointed in Billy," Felton said in statement released by the University. "We've worked really hard with him in the past to see that he succeeds, but I feel that it's now best for our program to move forward without him."

Humphrey tested for a blood alcohol level of .129 and begged Gwinnett County officers "not to do this" following his arrest Tuesday. The arrest could mean Humphrey will be suspended from the University for all of next school year.

Humphrey, who was arrested last week for the third in less than a year, had a half bottle of Bacardi Rum in his back seat and had "bloodshot and very watery" eyes after being pulled over on Georgia Highway 316. He blew a .082 during the traffic stop, but then a .129 once at the Gwinnett County Jail, the officer's incident report stated.

It was previously reported Humphrey blew a .02.

According to a document from the University's Office of Judicial Programs obtained by The Red & Black, Humphrey's second violation of the alcohol policy means he "will be suspended from UGA per minimum sanctions." The University's policy on alcohol states that minimum sanctions for a second offense while on probation results in "suspension from institution for current semester and 1 subsequent semester (Fall or Spring semester only)." Under those guidelines, Humphrey would be gone for the year.

The document, an informal resolution agreement from the OJP following Humphrey's arrest for underage possession in January, also notes he was required to complete an alcohol education program by June 30. He was placed on probation until February 2009.

Athletic Association rules dictate a second violation of alcohol rules results in suspension from 50 percent of regular-season games, which means up to 15 games in Humphrey's case. But a University suspension would make that moot.

Humphrey was arrested in Athens in January and charged with underage possession and failure to obey a traffic device, blowing a .03 at that incident. He was suspended for three games following that incident.

Tuesday's arrest comes on the heels of his arrest and felony charge with possession of a weapon on school property in November. In that incident, University police found a butterfly knife in his East Campus dorm. He was required to perform 80 hours of community service, put on probation for 18 months and told to stay out of trouble.

A Gwinnett County officer stopped Humphrey's Chevy Monte Carlo after he saw the car drift back and forth between lanes.

"Please, please, please, I am begging you not to do this," Humphrey told a police officer according to a police report. "You will ruin my career."

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