Georgia Bulldogs RB Crowell Arrested on Felony Charges

Crowell, who was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, possessing a weapon in a school zone and carrying an altered ID mark , was considered by most to be the starting running back for the Bulldogs heading into the 2012 season.
"Things happen," Crowell told Dawg Post upon his release. "I don't really have a comment right now."

The police report written by arresting officer Kathryn Thornton noted that she had been working a road block on East Campus Road and Green Street near the Ramsey Center on campus.
The report says that Crowell had four other teammates in the car with him: True freshman Blake Tibbs, Josh Harvey-Clemons, Sheldon Dawson and sophomore Quintavious Harrow.
After approaching the road block the officer reported that Crowell didn't have his seatbelt on, and that Thornton said she smelled marijuana from the car
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Crowell said he'd been at the club "Aftermath" and that was likely where the smell was coming from. Thornton asked if marijuana had been smoked in the car. Crowell said no, but that the smell was likely from the club.
Crowell then agreed to a search of his person.
"I didn't locate any contraband on his person," Thornton said in the report.
Other officers asked why Crowell was so nervous. Officers searched Harrow, Clemons, Dawson and Tibbs, but none had contraband on them, the report said.
Thornton checked under the driver's seat, and located a Luger 9mm pistol at which time she placed Crowell, who had claimed the car as his, under arrest, the report said.
Police said the altered ID mark charge resulted from a tampered serial number on the weapon.
Crowell said other people drive his car and that he does not have a handgun permit. The officer also indicated in her report that Crowell does not have a criminal history.
Georgia law indicates that persons convicted of statues 16-11-127.1 and 16-9-70. face a minimum of three years imprisonment.

The arrest could spell the end of Crowell's career, and another offseason hit for the Bulldogs. As first reported by Dawg Post earlier this year, starting linebacker Alec Ogletree and All-American safety Bacarri Rambo are both facing suspensions for at least the first two games, and possibly the first four games, of the season.by dawgpost.com