ASU Linebacker Arrested

[MeanGreen61]

Off the Sun Belt board.

Where were coaches ??

Arkansas State linebacker arrested

Incident began when bus driver stopped officers.

Jason Brown

jbrown@theadvertiser.com

A starting linebacker for the Arkansas State University football team, who is in town to play in Tuesday's New Orleans Bowl, was arrested Saturday night on charges of battery of a police officer and resisting arrest, officials said Sunday.

Lafayette City Marshal Nickey Picard said Chris Littleton, 22, of Osceola, Ark., was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a deputy on the football team's tour bus late Saturday night.

Littleton, a 5-foot-11-inch, 205-pound weakside linebacker, has started ASU's last five games and was set to play against Southern Mississippi on Tuesday.

Gina Bowman, spokeswoman for the team, would not say whether Littleton will be allowed to play in Tuesday's game and declined to comment on Littleton's arrest.

Picard said the incident began when the team's bus driver stopped officers on the corner of Jefferson and Cypress streets and reported a fight breaking out on the bus.

When a Lafayette City Police officer and a Lafayette city marshal entered the bus and tried to break up the disturbance, Littleton, a junior at the university, allegedly pushed Chief Deputy Calvin Francis Jr. and then walked away while Francis was attempting to calm him down, Picard said. Francis detected alcohol on Littleton's breath, Picard said.

Francis, who had unholstered his Taser gun, dropped the device. When he attempted to pick it up, Littleton allegedly pushed him on the elbow, Picard said.

Littleton was arrested and booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center shortly after midnight Sunday. He bonded out the same day.

No one else was arrested in the incident, Picard said.

Edited December 19, 2005 by MeanGreen61

[untbowler]

If this continues like a disturbing trend in NCAA Football he will still play and the University will do nothing in the way of discipline.

[UNTSIG]

ok this does look bad for the Sun Belt but damn that is hillarious.....so let me get this straight........two people on the same team get into a fight, obviously can't be controlled by other players, the bus driver has to pull over and get a police officer and then the starting linebacker gets arrested for hitting that cop......WOW- i don't think i have ever heard of that one

[UNTFan23]

One word:

STUPID

[j0nat8an]

Off the Sun Belt board.

Where were coaches ??

Francis detected alcohol on Littleton's breath, Picard said.

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i guess they're just keeping with the precedent on new orleans bowl preparations that coach dickey has set.