Mark Turgeon just seems snake-bit . One of his prized 2014 recruits will not be attending Maryland. 7’1″ Trayvon Reed was arrested Wednesday night as you can read below. Speechless!!
from Don Markus’ article in the Sun
Trayvon Reed’s career as a Maryland basketball player has ended before it even began, after his arrest Wednesday night in College Park caused the athletic department to prohibit him from enrolling in classes.
In a brief statement released Friday by the athletic department, Maryland men’s coach Mark Turgeon said “Trayvon failed to meet the standards that are required by the university athletics department.”
When reached by telephone, Turgeon declined to comment on the charges pending against the 7-foot-1 center, including second-degree assault, second degree assault of a police officer, theft under $100 and resisting arrest.Reed’s hearing is scheduled for Prince George’s County District Court in Hyattsville on Sept. 15.
Reed was arrested shortly before midnight Wednesday following an incident outside a 7-Eleven convenience store on Route 1, adjacent to campus.
According to court documents, two plainclothes officers working in the store saw Reed putting a Twix ice cream bar into his pants pocket and leaving the store without paying.
When one of the officers saw Reed take the ice cream from his pocket in the parking lot, the officer showed his identification to Reed and an unidentified male companion and told Reed he was under arrest.
As the officer tried to arrest him, Reed tried to run away but the officer grabbed him. A scuffle ensued and police said Reed fought the officer “with his hands” and struck the officer on the left hand.
The officer, who needed the help of his partner to subdue Reed, wound up with two broken fingers.
Aside from the ice cream bar, valued at $2.11, police found in Reed’s possession a four-pack of Reese’s Cups also priced at $2.11 as well as a two-pack of King Sized Reese’s Cups worth $1.37.
John Porter
Reed is a thug & just plain stupid. Giving up all that and for what!
· 11/12/2019