Heisman Trophy hopeful Peter Warrick was suspended indefinitely from the Florida State football team yesterday following his arrest on felony theft charges.
Warrick and teammate Laveranues Coles allegedly conspired with Dillard's department store clerk Rachel Myrtil and underpaid for clothes at the store by $391.
Myrtil was charged with letting Warrick and Coles buy $412.38 worth of clothing for $21.40 Sept. 29. An off-duty officer saw what happened through a surveillance camera, according to police.
Warrick, Coles and Myrtil were arrested for grand theft.
Coles and Warrick, both wide receivers for the Seminoles, turned themselves in at the Leon Country Jail yesterday and were freed without bond. Each could face up to five years in prison if convicted.
Warrick, an All-American senior, has 36 catches for 508 yards and four touchdowns this season, while Coles has 12 catches for 179 yards and one touchdown.
Coles, a senior who has had previous legal and academic troubles, was dismissed from the football team.
With both starting receivers sidelined for tomorrow's game against the University of Miami, the Seminoles most likely will turn to senior Ron Dugans, who has 14 catches for 259 yards and a touchdown, and junior Marvin Minnis, who has two catches for 25 yards.
Parsons named Co-ACC Player of the Week
Fourth-year middle blocker Jessica Parsons has been selected Co-ACC Volleyball Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 3.
Parsons, a 1998 First-Team All-ACC selection, led the Cavaliers to a pair of ACC road wins. In the two victories, Parsons totaled 40 kills and 20 digs.
On the season, Parsons has a team-high 186 kills for an average of 3.6 per game. She is second on the team with 54 total blocks and third in digs with 127.
Parsons shares the Player of the Week award with North Carolina's Tori Seibert.
Owens selected ACC Runner of the Week
Virginia cross country captain Jennifer Owens was named the ACC Runner of the Week for the week ending Oct. 3 following her win at the Iona Meet of Champions Saturday. Owens, a third year, won the race with a six-second lead on the runner up. She has won her first two races this season.
The Droz is paralyzed after wrestling accident
Darren Drozdov, a tattooed, body-pierced World Wrestling Federation star known as "The Droz," was paralyzed from the waist down after fracturing his neck during a professional wrestling match Tuesday at the Nassau Coliseum.
In a three-hour operation Wednesday, surgeons removed a piece of Drozdov's pelvis to replace the injured discs. They also attached a plate and screws to his spine in an effort to stabilize his neck.
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