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Loveland man who held CSU athlete, coworker at gunpoint now at mental health facility

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The Loveland man accused of holding two roof insurance salesmen at gunpoint because he thought they were members of an anti-facist group is now being treated at a behavioral health facility in Fort Collins, a defense attorney said Thursday.

Scott Gudmundsen, 65, has been formally charged with two counts of felony menacing, two counts of prohibited use of a firearm, two counts of false imprisonment and one count of impersonating a police officer.

Police say Gudmundsen held two roof inspection salesmen at gunpoint and knelt on the neck of one of the men — who was later identified by Colorado State University as a football player and person of color — because he thought they were members of antifa.

Gudmundsen’s first court appearance was scheduled for Thursday morning, but he did not appear because he is being treated at UCHealth Mountain Crest Behavioral Health Facility — which is where he has been since posting his $500 bond Friday, defense attorney Joseph Gavaldon told the court Thursday.

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Gavaldon has not been retained by Gudmundsen, he told 8th Judicial District Judge Michelle Brinegar on Thursday, and he has also not met with Gudmundsen. Gavaldon said he was not prepared to discuss the case and only wanted to ask Brinegar not issue a warrant for Gudmundsen’s arrest because he didn’t appear in court.

Brinegar did not immediately issue a warrant Thursday, but set a new court date in one week to check on the status of Gudmundsen’s treatment at the behavioral health facility.

“If he’s been released from Mountain Crest, he needs to appear,” Brinegar told Gavaldon.

Gavaldon said he did not know when Gudmundsen might be released from the facility.

Deputy District Attorney Michael Mangione also told the judge that law enforcement is aware of potential mental health issues in this case and they are continuing to investigate.

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A sign at the Black Lives Matter in Northern Colorado’s Rally for Accountability demonstration in Civic Center Park, Fort Collins, CO on June 18, 2020. (Photo: Miles Blumhardt/Fort Collins Coloradoan)

About 50 protesters gathered outside the Larimer County Justice Center Thursday morning during Gudmundsen’s hearing, many with signs saying “Black lives matter” and messages calling for justice.

Gudmundsen reportedly thought the two salesmen were members of antifa when he held them at gunpoint and told them to get on the ground or he’d shoot them, according to arrest documents.

The men were wearing surgical masks and polo shirts with the logo of their employer, and they had clipboards and pamphlets next to them on the ground, police said. They had also identified themselves to Gudmundsen the day before when they went to his house, the men told police.

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Gudmundsen, reportedly armed with two loaded pistols, a tactical vest and additional loaded magazines, allegedly knelt on the neck of the CSU football player and held a gun to his back, telling him “he was not going to kill him, the police would,” according to arrest documents.

About 140 CSU football players, coaches and administrators held a rally and a march at Old Town Square on Wednesday to show support for their teammate.

Gudmundsen’s next court appearance is scheduled for June 25 where the judge will check-in on Gudmundsen’s status with the behavioral health facility.

Sady Swanson covers crime, courts, public safety and more throughout Northern Colorado. You can send your story ideas to her at sswanson@coloradoan.com or on Twitter at @sadyswan. Support our work and local journalism with a digital subscription at Coloradoan.com/subscribe.

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B.C. man faces 8 charges in Surrey car crash that killed student athlete

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:14:38 +0000

A 19-year-old Surrey man is facing eight criminal charges including dangerous driving causing death in connection with a crash that killed a university soccer player and injured three others last year.

Dilpreet Sandhu was formally charged on Monday with offences that also include failing to stop at the scene of a crash and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Simon Fraser University soccer player Brandon Bassi, 19, was fatally injured in a single-vehicle crash in the Newton neighbourhood shortly after midnight on May 18, 2019. At the time of the collision, police reported that four people had been hurt while two had fled the scene.

“This collision had a significant impact on the community due to the tragic loss of a young person’s life,” Surrey RCMP Sgt. Ian MacLellan said in a press release.

“We’re pleased that the hard work of the officers has resulted in charges being approved.”

Bassi was a first-year student in SFU’s faculty of arts and sciences. At the time of his death, the head coach of the school’s soccer team described him as a “tremendous individual” and an “outstanding teammate, student and friend.”

Sandhu is scheduled to make his first appearance on the charges on Aug. 31 in Surrey provincial court.

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College revokes letter of intent after Jasper athlete

admin — Wed, 13 May 2020 18:03:36 +0000

Terrien Collins. Photo from Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.

Terrien Collins. Photo from Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.

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Photo: Hardin County Sheriff’s Office

Terrien Collins. Photo from Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.

Photo: Hardin County Sheriff’s Office

Three days after Jasper football player Terrien Collins was arrested on a child sex charge, his college of choice said Wednesday he won’t be welcomed on campus this fall.

Collins, who is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and unlawful restraint of a person less than 17 years old, will not play for Texas A&M-Commerce football team next season, according to a statement released by the school’s athletic department. In reaction to the “very serious charges,” the school chose to release Collins from his signed letter of intent and distance itself from the 18-year-old.

“Lion Athletics is aware of the very serious charges brought against a young man who had signed a letter of intent to participate in intercollegiate athletics at Texas A&M University-Commerce, the statement read. “In light of the grave nature of these allegations, he has been released from his letter of intent, and the young man will not be a Lion student-athlete nor admitted to the institution this fall.”

Collins was arrested early Sunday morning by the Silbee Police Department, serving a warrant out of Sabine County. He was then placed in the Hardin County Jail without bond.

According to Hardin County Sherrif Mark Davis, Collins released to the Sabine County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday morning.

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RCSD: Former Richland deputy, USC athlete faces new charge of having sex with student

admin — Fri, 08 May 2020 18:41:29 +0000

A former Richland County deputy and University of South Carolina basketball player faces a new allegation that he had sex with a student from the high school he used to patrol.

Jamel Bradley, 40, turned himself in Wednesday evening after being charged with sexual battery with a student aged 16 or 17, a statement from the sheriff’s department said. The statement said Bradley had sex “repeatedly” with a Spring Valley High School student between October 2015 and May 2016.

Bradley worked as a Richland County deputy from December 2007 to October 2019. He was a school resource officer at Spring Valley High School, according to the sheriff’s department.

The alleged sexual battery did not involve “aggravated force or coercion,” according to court records.

“I am mad as hell that this monster hid behind the badge and my name for all this time,” Sheriff Leon Lott said. “This is beyond unacceptable behavior by anyone.”

The sheriff’s department charged Bradley after investigators discovered evidence of Bradley having sex with the teen from a deposition in a pending federal lawsuit, a department spokesperson said. Earlier this week, the sheriff’s department was notified that a confidentiality agreement was lifted, allowing investigators to use the information obtained during the deposition to file the latest charge.

Deputies jailed Bradley at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center where he was released on bond.

This is the second criminal charge against Bradley on allegations of having sex with a student.

In November, the sheriff’s department charged Bradley with third degree criminal sexual conduct. He was accused of using “force or coercion to accomplish sexual battery” against a different 17-year-old Spring Valley student, according to authorities.

If found guilty on both charges, Bradley could be punished with 15 years imprisonment.

Bradley was a record-setting point guard for the Gamecocks men’s basketball team in the early 2000s. He attempted to have a professional basketball career before becoming a deputy.

Beyond the criminal charges, Bradley also is embroiled in a civil lawsuit in which he is accused of sexually assaulting a third female Spring Valley student. The suit was filed in 2018.

In that lawsuit, it’s claimed that Bradley assaulted the student between March and April 2018. The lawsuit also says school officials knew about the assault and didn’t report it to police.

The sheriff’s department and Bradley denied the allegations in an answer to the lawsuit. The school district also denied any wrongdoing.

The sheriff’s department fired Bradley in October after the federal lawsuit was filed.

The lawsuit is still pending.

Bradley was accused of inappropriate relationships with students before 2018, according to department records.

In 2011, he was accused of acting in a “flirting” manner habitually with a cheerleader, the records show. A department internal investigation found Bradley hadn’t violated any rules of conduct.

In 2016, a parent told school officials Bradley was having a relationship with a female student and had sent her photos, according department filings. The photos were not described.

An investigation into the accusation by the department found that Bradley met with a female student behind a Target to give her advice on asking a boy to a dance. The sheriff warned Bradley about meeting with students privately and told him to always have another deputy with him.

David Travis Bland won the South Carolina Press Association’s 2017 Judson Chapman Award for community journalism. As The State’s crime, police and public safety reporter, he strives to inform communities about crimes that affect them and give deeper insight into victims, the accused and law enforcement. He studied history with a focus on the American South at the University of South Carolina.

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Tulane athlete sidelined before season is accused of rape and banned from team

admin — Thu, 07 May 2020 23:10:59 +0000

A Tulane University basketball player who was sidelined before the season has been arrested and barred from team activities after a woman accused him of raping her.

Bul Ajang, a 6-foot-10 native of South Sudan who came to Tulane on a basketball scholarship but played sparingly because of an injury, was booked Monday with third-degree rape after he was accused of forcing himself on a woman after a night on the town. He is out of jail on a $10,000 bond.

The alleged victim told investigators that she, Ajang and others went to a bar on Sunday to drink and dance, according to a police account of the case filed in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. She said the next thing she remembered was waking up to find Ajang forcing her into sex in a strange bedroom.

The woman said she rejected Ajang and told him she wanted to go home, police said. She said the 22-year-old player then “hit her to the right part of her forehead and continued having sex with her.”

Eventually, Ajang called a ride-share service, which brought the pair to the woman’s home in the Florida neighborhood, police said.

The woman said she was dropped off, ran into her home and told her live-in boyfriend that Ajang had assaulted her. She called 911 to report that she had been raped, then went to University Medical Center and underwent a sexual assault examination, police said.

Without elaborating, police said they didn’t see any visible facial injuries on the woman.

Police said they interviewed Ajang at Tulane Medical Center, where he was receiving treatment for injuries that he claimed he suffered after being attacked by the woman’s boyfriend when he dropped her off.

In his interview, Ajang offered a different version of events.

He said he and his roommate had gone to visit one of the woman’s roommates, according to police. From there, Ajang said his accuser accompanied him and his roommate to a party before Ajang and the woman went alone to a bar to continue drinking, which they had been doing throughout the evening.

According to police, Ajang said the two were “(messed) up” when they went to his Uptown home and began having sex. He said they stopped when the woman asked to go home, and he called a ride-share service.

Ajang said her boyfriend attacked him as he was dropping her off.

An attorney for Ajang couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. Tulane sports information director Tom Symonds said Ajang no longer has any association with the program. He remains a student at the university.

Third-degree rape in Louisiana can carry up to 25 years in prison but has no mandatory minimum punishment. Authorities can pursue that charge against anyone they suspect knowingly had sex with a person whose ability to consent was incapacitated by alcohol or some other substance.

Ajang played only occasionally for two years at Tulane under former coach Mike Dunleavy Sr.

After scoring a career-high five points in the Green Wave’s American Athletic Conference opener at Cincinnati last season, he played in just three more games before a chronic knee problem sidelined him last January for the rest of the season.

New coach Ron Hunter said in August that Ajang had undergone knee surgery and would get a medical hardship from the NCAA, ending his playing career.

With 11 of his 13 scholarship players never having stepped on the court for Tulane last year, he is not worried about inheriting a 4-27 team.

“He’s going to stay on scholarship and be my personal assistant coach,” Hunter said at the time. “I just don’t think you should run kids off because of an illness or something like that. He’s going to be with us until he graduates here and, if he wants to stay with us, after he graduates.”

Ajang, a business major, signed with Tulane in November 2016 out of the Patrick School in New Jersey.

In April 2014, New Orleans police booked a Tulane football player on an allegation that he raped a woman on campus who was too intoxicated to consent to sex, but prosecutors later dropped the case. The woman from that case also filed a lawsuit against that player, a teammate and the university, which Tulane ultimately settled.

A student survey Tulane conducted a few years ago found that four in 10 undergraduate women said they had been subjected to unwanted sexual contact. That survey prompted the university to adopt a number of measures aimed at preventing sexual violence, including a faculty guide on how to talk with students about sexual violence and a standardized training guide educating students on healthy relationships.

This story has been updated since it was first published.

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New Castle athlete facing charges

admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 02:18:45 +0000

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A standout football player from New Castle faces DUI and other charges after being pulled over in Neshannock Township by police on Monday.

Marcus Hooker, 18, who graduated this year, faces eight charges in all, three DUI violations, careless driving, disregarding traffic lanes, not having rear lights, purchasing alcohol as a minor and being a minor while operating a car under the influence of alcohol.

Hooker is scheduled to appear in court next Thursday.

Set to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes this upcoming fall, Hooker also played basketball and baseball while attending New Castle High School.

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Brother of NFL player charged after friend found dead at athlete

admin — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:51:17 +0000

The brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins has been arrested after a family friend was found dead at the NFL player’s New Jersey home, authorities said on Wednesday.

William Jenkins Jr. of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, was charged with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of Roosevelt Rene, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Fair Lawn police.

Rene, 25, was found dead at Janoris Jenkins’ Fair Lawn home on Tuesday, according to prosecutors, who said that Rene had been living at the home for an undisclosed amount of time.

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Roosevelt Rene, 25, is pictured in an undated photo released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s office.

The discovery of the body stunned the leafy suburban community.

“We’re all a little freaked out,” neighbor Barry Carenza told WABC. “It’s a quiet neighborhood.”

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Bergen County Prosecutors Office and Sheriff’s Department investigate a body found in the home of Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins in Fair Lawn, N.J., on June 26, 2018.

Janoris Jenkins was in Florida at the time, neighbors told ABC-owned station WABC in New York.

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New York Giants’ Janoris Jenkins speaks to reporters before an NFL football training camp in East Rutherford, N.J., April 24, 2018.

William Jenkins, 34, had been taken into custody in Ontario County, New York, eight hours before Rene’s body was found for violating the conditions of his parole, according to the Ontario County District Attorney’s Office. He was previously convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance.

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Police investigators visit the home of New York Giant Janoris Jenkins after reports that a dead body was found in the home in Fair Lawn, N.J., June 26, 2018.

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Police investigators visit the home of New York Giant Janoris Jenkins after reports that a dead body was found in the home in Fair Lawn, N.J., June 26, 2018.

Bergen County Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced a “formal press release” would be issued on Thursday with further details of the case. The investigating in being carried out by Calo’s office and Fair Lawn Police Department.

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Former Montana football player charged for assault on WSU track athlete

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:48:01 +0000

Strong could face up to a year in prison, thousands in fines

IAN SMAY, Evergreen news editor
June 20, 2018

The Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a former University of Montana football player with second-degree assault after he allegedly beat a WSU track and field athlete last October.

Justin Strong, a 22-year-old defensive back who just completed his final season with the Grizzlies, will appear in Whitman County Superior Court on July 13, according to Pullman Radio News.

Strong allegedly beat 23-year-old Bradley “Wyatt”” Meyring after an altercation at a party, leaving him with a fractured skull and hematoma. While three men allegedly took part in the attack, Strong was the only suspect publicly identified.

Strong claimed he had been breaking up a fight when Meyring hit him at the party earlier in the night. Witnesses of the attack said Meyring put his hands up in an attempt to show the perpetrators he did not want to fight. Strong also claimed the attack was in self-defense.

Montana released a statement in the days following the attack, which said Strong was suspended for two games for code of conduct violations.

If convicted, Strong could face three to 12 months in prison and fines of up to $20,000 for his first offense, with the sentence jumping to a possible maximum of 10 years for any future offenses of the same nature.

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A college athlete was arrested for rape, but it's his accuser who is in trouble, SC police say

admin — Sun, 06 May 2018 23:27:48 +0000

A student-athlete at a South Carolina college was arrested and charged with rape, but it is his accuser who is in trouble now, according to the police.

Lauren Emily Pearson, 18, has been arrested and charged with filing a false police report regarding the rape accusation, wmbfnews.com reported.

Pearson accused fellow Coker College student Cesar Antonio Lopez of sexually assaulting her in the bathroom of a dorm where a party was held in the early morning hours of April 29, according to wpde.com.

Later that morning, Pearson called the Hartsville Police Department, and after telling her account of the incident, was taken to an area hospital where a sexual assault exam was conducted, wbtw.com reported. The results of that examination have not been shared publicly.

Police located Lopez, a 19-year-old soccer player, in his dorm room, and he was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping, according to wmbfnews.com, adding he was taken to Darlington County’s W. Glenn Campbell Detention Center, where his bond was set at $100,000.

Lauren Emily Pearson

W. Glen Campbell Detention Center

Lopez, who had been suspended by Coker and banned from the campus, was released from jail on bond Wednesday, scnow.com reported.

On Thursday evening, Lt. Mark Blair said it was Pearson who was booked and behind bars at the W. Glenn Campbell Detention Center, according to wpde.com.

When asked if Pearson made up the story about the rape, Blair said “Essentially that’s it,” wbtw.com reported.

Lopez’s attorney, Paul V. Cannarella, said his client and Pearson had consensual sex, according to a wmbfnews.com report, before providing a brief timeline of how the official investigation changed.

“By mid-day Thursday, we were investigating things … that we believe are relevant to discrediting the allegations against Mr. Lopez,” Cannarella said, according to a news release. “By late afternoon, the statements made by the alleged victim and her friends when interviewed by police simply weren’t adding up. Several of Mr. Lopez’s friends and acquaintances were interviewed and provided differing versions of events.”

Blair said the office of 4^th Circuit Solicitor Will Rogers will decide if Lopez’s charges are going to be dropped, wmbfnews.com reported.

Hartsville City Manager Natalie Zeigler confirmed the criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping charges against Lopez have been dropped, according to wbtw.com.

Pearson is no longer listed in the W. Glen Campbell Detention Center’s records, but no word has been given on her bond situation.

Cannarella said “it appears that justice may swiftly be served in this case,” but later added “its hard to un-ring the ‘charged with rape and kidnapping’ bell,” according to a news release.

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Korean athlete accused of sex assault allowed to leave Guam

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 20:10:14 +0000

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — A Superior Court of Guam judge has allowed a South Korean soccer player charged with sexual assault to return home for military service, pending his trial.

Byong Oh Kim is accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Jan. 22 at a Guam resort, the Pacific Daily News reported Monday.

Kim was indicted on three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and four counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Kim was on Guam with the Sangju Sangmu soccer team for training in January.

The 22-year-old woman who accused Kim told police that she woke up in a hotel room to Kim rubbing her stomach and breast. She told police that Kim also took off her underwear and raped her.

The woman said she ran out of the hotel room and found a security guard who called police.

Kim’s attorney, F. Randall Cunliffe, has said there’s video evidence from the hotel disputing the allegations made against his client.

Kim, an active duty member of the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps, was deemed AWOL because he couldn’t leave Guam and return to his unit after he was charged, Cunliffe said.

Cunliffe filed a motion, asking the court to allow Kim to leave Guam and return to his military unit. Kim was then ordered to be released to Lt. Col. Hyeon Chul Park.

Kim will have to check in with probation through phone or email once a week and must stay away from the woman who accused him of sexual assault. Prosecutors have said the woman accusing Kim lives in Korea, but Cunliffe said Kim’s military base is far from where the woman attends college.

Kim is also restricted to his military base.

Kim will have to return to Guam on July 18 for a court hearing.

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