Two UW-Madison men’s basketball players were jailed Sunday on tentative charges of burglary and underage drinking in the thefts of portable music players, a cell phone and $400 cash from “numerous” dormitory rooms, university police said in a news release.
Diamond Taylor and Jeremy Glover, both 18-year-old students, were confronted by police as they left Sellery Hall, according to a news release. Police had been called to the dormitory to investigate a reported burglary.
University police said in the release that the men admitted to entering the unlocked dorm rooms without permission and officers relieved the pair of “numerous items, including iPods, a cell phone and over $400 in cash.”
Police said the students may be suspects in several other burglaries …
September 6th, 2009 at 7:30PM
Reminds me of a star baseball player I was acquainted with in a dormitory context, who was caught stealing clothes from the laundry room. The staff member who confronted him spoke English with a sight accent, something he picked up on in his explanation: "You’re not from this country, are you? See, in America everybody steals."