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Monday, July 8 Updated: July 29, 1:00 PM ET Davenport arrested on burglary charge Associated Press |
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MIAMI -- Green Bay Packers fullback Najeh Davenport was arrested Monday, accused of breaking into a university dormitory and defecating in a woman's closet.
Davenport, 23, surrendered to police Monday and was charged with a second-degree felony count of burglary and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief, said Richard Master, a Miami Shores police spokesman.
The former University of Miami player was wanted on a warrant issued in April. He was released Monday from a Miami-Dade County jail after posting a $6,500 bond. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
"This whole thing is a misunderstanding. Najeh had nothing to do with the situation,'' said Richard Sharpstein, Davenport's attorney.
According to police, Davenport crept into a dorm room at Barry University around 6 a.m. on April 1. A woman sleeping in the room, Mary McCarthy, told police she was startled by a strange sound and saw Davenport squatting in her closet. Davenport then allegedly defecated in a laundry basket, McCarthy told detectives.
McCarthy told police she didn't know Davenport. Campus security identified the football player from a picture in the University of Miami yearbook.
Sharpstein said he was confident authorities would drop the charges against his client.
The 6-foot-2, 248-pound Davenport was selected by the Packers in the fourth round of the NFL draft. |
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