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Former Spartan Auston Robertson has bond revoked after robbery arrest in Kansas

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Former Michigan State University football player Auston Robertson was arrested April 17, 2018 in Garden City, Kansas.(Photo: Courtesy Finney County, Kansas Sheriff’s Office)

LANSING – Auston Robertson, a former Michigan State University football player awaiting trial on sex assault charges, had his bond in Ingham County revoked Thursday due to an alleged robbery in Kansas.

He was arrested Tuesday by Garden City, Kansas police on suspicion of four charges: aggravated robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery, distribution of marijuana, and interfering with law enforcement officers, Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Nicole Matusko said during a bond hearing Thursday in Ingham County Circuit Court.

Robertson, 20, faces two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in an Ingham County case that dates to April 2017, when he allegedly assaulted a woman in her Meridian Township apartment.

More: Auston Robertson to face trial on two sexual assault charges

Judge Clinton Canady III last summer agreed to modify Robertson’s bond so he could move from Ohio to attend school and play football in Kansas. He was required to wear a GPS tether as part of Canady’s conditions.

On Thursday, Canady revoked Robertson’s bond in the local case.

Robertson is currently being held on a $300,000 bond in Kansas and is expected to be formally charged there next week, Matusko said.

Robertson’s trial had been scheduled to begin in May. It’s unclear whether his Kansas case will affect the start date.

“Our office previously objected to the bond conditions that allowed the defendant to travel out of state,” Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon said in a statement released after the hearing.

“While hindsight is of course 20-20, we believed at the time that continued placement here in Ingham County would allow the court to properly supervise this defendant during the pre-trial phase. It is always disconcerting when a criminal defendant fails the conditions of their bond and we believe the courts have now taken the proper action.”

Robertson fled Michigan after the incident last April, and was arrested in Fort Wayne, Indiana before being extradited back to Michigan.

More: Judge allows former Spartan Auston Robertson to play football in Kansas

Garden City Community College won the 2016 National Junior College Athletic Association football championship. Last fall, Robertson played defensive end in all 12 games for the Broncos, logging 73 tackles. The team finished the season 8-4.

MSU head coach Mark Dantonio removed Robertson from the team the same day charges were announced last April.

Robertson also had legal problems before joining the Spartans.

He was arrested in January 2016 on a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an October 2015 incident at his high school, Wayne High. Robertson was accused of improperly touching a female classmate, according to court records.

Those charges were later cleared from Robertson’s record after he fulfilled the terms of his diversionary program, the records say.

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Ex-MSU football player Auston Robertson arrested in Kansas on 4 charges

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Former MSU football player Auston Robertson has been arrested in Garden City, Kansas.

Robertson is facing two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct after allegedly raping a woman in her apartment in April 2017. He faces those charges in Ingham County. In late March, he requested a venue change during a pretrial conference.

His bond was revoked by the court in a hearing Thursday morning, according to a release from Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon’s office.

Robertson was arrested by the Garden City Police Department on Tuesday and is being held at the Finney County Jail in Garden City, according to a release from Siemon’s office.

Robertson is accused of multiple felonies in Kansas, including aggravated robbery armed with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery and distribution of marijuana, according to releases from Siemon’s office. He is expected to be formally charged next week.

“The defendant, Mr. Robertson, allegedly engaged in further criminal conduct while awaiting trial for a sexual assault committed in an off-campus apartment near MSU,” a release from Siemon’s office reads. “The bond conditions issued by the Court state that the defendant was to refrain from criminal activity.”

Judges allowed Robertson to attend Garden City Community College to play football after leaving MSU in 2017. The release mentions Siemon’s office previously objected to bond conditions that allowed Robertson to travel out of state.

Stay with The State News for more details as they become available.

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Ex-MSU football player Auston Robertson

admin — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:13:38 +0000

LANSING – If former Michigan State football player Auston Robertson goes to trial on sexual assault charges, his defense team has asked for it to be moved.

Robertson’s lawyers filed a change of venue motion on Tuesday afternoon during a pretrial conference in front of judge Clinton Canady III in Ingham County Circuit Court in Lansing.

“It’s just a matter to make a determination and assurances that Auston gets a fair and unbiased jury pool,” said Brent Leder, one of Robertson’s attorneys.

Police: Michigan State’s Auston Robertson sexually assaulted woman in her apartment

A motion hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on May 2 and a final pretrial conference is set for the same day. A trial date is scheduled for May 14.

Robertson, 20, is charged with two counts of third-degree sexual assault – punishable by up to 15 years in prison – stemming from an alleged incident on April 9, 2017 in Meridian Township. He appeared in court on Tuesday wearing a black shirt with a tie and grey pants.

Nicole Matusko, an Ingham County assistant prosecuting attorney, said an initial plea offer was made to drop one of the two criminal sexual conduct charges. Canady will not accept any plea deals or sentencing agreements after the May 2 court date.

“Plea negotiations are always ongoing,” Leder said. “We’re still in deep discussions related to all of that. I have no comment really as to ongoing discussions.”

Ex-MSU player Auston Robertson to play at Kansas school despite pending sexual assault charges

Robertson has been out on bail and wearing an electronic tether while attending classes and playing football at Garden City Community College in Kansas. Following the pretrial hearing on Tuesday, Robertson said he is still in school there but will finish this summer and not return to Garden City next season. He said he doesn’t know what his next school will be.

A former four-star defensive end recruit from Wayne High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., Robertson appeared in seven games for Michigan State as a true freshman in 2016. He was suspended from the football team during the start of a criminal investigation and dismissed on April 21, 2017 when charges were announced.

Robertson was one of four players in Michigan State’s 2016 signing class who were kicked off the team after being charged with sexual assault. Defensive end Josh King, wide receiver Donnie Corley and defensive back Demetric Vance are also facing criminal sexual conduct charges in Ingham County Circuit Court stemming from an alleged incident on Jan. 16, 2017 on campus. The three are scheduled to appear in court for a pretrial conference on April 4.

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