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Baby formula racket ‘key player’ sobs as she is released on bail – Daily Mail

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Charged: Former Vietnamese cake shop owner turned alleged baby formula racket player Tram Phan, 41, sobs as she is released from police custody on Wednesday

A shop owner accused of being a key player in an illegal baby formula racket after falling on hard times has burst into tears as she is granted bail after spending a night in the police cells.

Tram Huynh Bao Phan, 41, was arrested by police at her south-west Sydney shopfront on Tuesday morning after police were tipped off by suspicious local business people.

Phan is accused of on-selling tins of formula at her Bankstown shopfront that a drug addict had allegedly stolen from a Coles supermarket.

The alleged thief Curistos Filippopoulos, 45, took up to $965 a day in baby formula from the franchise’s Clemton Park store, court documents said.

At one point he allegedly stole tins from the shop five days in a row.

The pair are accused of having an arrangement where the formula was delivered to Phan in shopping bags who then on-sold them to customers.

Phan was visibly emotional as she was released on bail from the Sydney Police Centre on Wednesday evening and wept as she was reunited with her sister, who posted her $5,000 bail.

Phan – who the court heard had fallen on hard times – was visibly distraught as she was reunited with her sister outside the Sydney Police Centre on Wednesday evening

The accused key player in a baby formula embraced her sister (right) after she posted her bail after spending

Police were tipped off to the alleged offence by suspicious local busines speople. Above, officers outside the ‘MoMs & KiDs’ store on Chapel St, Bankstown

Detectives executed search warrants on Ms Phan’s store on Tuesday (pictured), plus at her home in Chester Hill

Above are dozens of baby formula tins that detectives located at her property yesterday

When Daily Mail Australia approached her for a comment, the clearly distraught accused woman could only muster: ‘No, no, no, that’s all fine, thank you’.

During her bail application, Magistrate George Breton was told Phan had previously run a Vietnamese cake store prior to starting up a shop based around baby formula.

Her business had apparently suffered ‘financial difficulties’ prior to the coronavirus crisis, the court was told.

Magistrate Breton said Phan had made ‘full admissions’ that she had ‘continued to participate in the syndicate’ because of it.

Phan was charged with knowingly receiving stolen goods and six counts of recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime on Tuesday evening.

Phan’s solicitor, Mai Pham, told the court police had told her client had been ‘very compliant and cooperative’ in their investigations.

‘She is previously married and now separated, so a single mother, with three children, 12, nine and two,’ the solicitor said.

‘She previously operated a business making cake and selling cake. She’s recently changed to this particular business.’

You may go: During her bail application on Wednesday, the court heard Phan’s business had ‘financial difficulties’

Phan was arrested in broad daylight on Tuesday morning after opening up her Chapel Rd shop for the day

Investigators examine some of the scores of tins of Aptamil Pro, a formula mix, found at her property

Filippopoulos was charged with 45 offences, including 35 counts of shoplifting, six counts of disposing of stolen property and driving while disqualified.

When Filippopoulos’ lawyer, Veronica Love, applied for him to get bail, Magistrate George Breton marvelled at how the accused pair believed they could get away with the alleged scam.

‘It’s a wonder they weren’t stopped in their tracks a long time before today or yesterday,’ Magistrate Breton said during his matter.

‘They continued to act, naively, probably believing they were never going to be caught.’

He described the offence as ‘unsophisticated’ – involving Filippopoulos ‘loading up and walking out’ of Coles.

Christos Filippopoulos, 45, was charged with stealing tins of baby formula from Coles as often as five days in a row, court documents claimed. He was refused bail

Court documents said on one occasion, Filippopoulos stole as much as $965 worth of baby formula in the one attempt

Mother-of-three Tram Phan – a former cake shop businesswoman turned baby formula saleswoman – was charged with knowingly receiving stolen goods

He said based on the police facts ‘jail is an appropriate penalty’ for such serious offences.

‘She’s determined of her own volition to engage in the criminal syndicate,’ he said.

Phan was granted $5,000 bail on conditions including she report to police weekly and surrender her passport.

The court heard Filippopoulos was a drug addict who was enrolled in a methadone program.

He sought bail but it was opposed by police prosecutor Jason Burt and he was remanded in custody.

Both matters will return to court later this year.

Police expect to make further arrests, with the court hearing two others were allegedly involved.

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Police arrest suspect in Richmond killing of ex-NFL player Terrell Roberts, but he’s released without charges

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RICHMOND — Days after police arrested a Bay Area man on suspicion of killing former NFL player Terrell Roberts, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s office determined there wasn’t enough evidence to file a case, prosecutors said.

The suspect, who this newspaper is not naming, was released from jail Tuesday morning, authorities said. He was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of fatally shooting Roberts during an altercation in Richmond last September.

The District Attorney’s office didn’t comment on the rationale behind the decision not to file charges, which was made by the homicide unit. Generally, prosecutors are supposed to only file charges when they’re confident the charges can be proved at trial.

There is no statute of limitations on murder charges, so that means prosecutors can reevaluate their decision at any point.

The shooting took place out front, by the garage, at Roberts’ grandmother’s house, which is on the 1200 block of Fascination Circle, police said at the time. Roberts, who played two seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals, died in the backyard with a gunshot wound in his chest.

Before going pro, Roberts played football at El Cerrito High School. He signed with the Bengals in 2003 after going undrafted out of Oregon State. He played 23 games over two seasons, starting once and intercepting a pass. The Bengals released him in 2005.

“He was an outstanding talent, and he wasn’t a selfish player,” former longtime El Cerrito coach Frank Milo, 78, said in an interview last September. “He always worked hard for what he achieved. I can recall when he was a sophomore, I brought him up to varsity about halfway through the season, and he started at cornerback that year. The next two years, he was just tremendous. He started both ways and never came off the field. He also returned punts and kickoffs on special teams.”

Roberts’ family told news station KPIX that her had a “heart of gold” and was “not mixed up in anything bad.”

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Ex-AFL coach Laidley released to rehab

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Dean Laidley lived in an AFL bubble for 30 years, but has confronted longstanding mental health issues since leaving the game.

The 53-year-old former player and coach has been bailed to attend a residential rehabilitation facility, a week after being charged with stalking a woman.

Teammates, coaches and club doctors lined up to support the ex-West Coast and North Melbourne player as he successfully sought bail on Monday.

Former coaches Mark Williams, Guy McKenna and Denis Pagan wrote references for Laidley, as did his former North Melbourne teammates Brent Harvey and Wayne Schwass and ex-club president James Brayshaw.

However, his barrister Phil Dunn QC doesn’t know whether Laidley registers all that support.

“All he knows is that he’s in a bad place,” he told the bail hearing.

“He’s obviously very sorry that it’s all happened. What he wants to do is get some calm and peaceful time to sort himself out.”

Laidley’s mental health had been low for some time as he struggled with gender dysmorphia, substance abuse and thoughts of self harm, he said.

He said Laidley had lived in a structured football bubble for 30 years and issues has crept to the surface since leaving the AFL.

“This man here now is a very different person to those who knew him and knew him well,” Mr Dunn said.

The lawyer said Laidley was ashamed and wanted to become a better person. He and his family were devastated at the release of photos of him in custody wearing a dress and a blonde wig, he added.

Four officers have been suspended and are expected to be charged over what Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton labelled a serious breach of privacy.

Laidley is facing accusations he stalked a woman over a financial dispute.

Mr Dunn told Melbourne Magistrates Court the woman acknowledged late last year Laidley was at “rock bottom”, but within weeks she was living in an apartment he owned.

He said Laidley paid the deposit and mortgage on the apartment, and had sought legal advice over his “onerous” financial position.

It’s alleged he menaced and stalked the woman, calling her 43 times on May 2 before he was arrested.

He also allegedly took photos of her apartment building and contacted her body corporate asking for CCTV footage, which prosecutors argue was to stalk her.

After his arrested, police found 0.43g of crystals in a plastic bag inside an adhesive bra Laidley was wearing, as well as loose crystals believed to be methamphetamine, Senior Constable James Maddock said told the hearing.

Laidley is not charged with drug offences.

Mr Dunn said his client was fighting allegations he had been involved in aggressive confrontations with the woman at the apartment complex and suggested CCTV footage could be used as evidence she was not telling the truth about their interactions.

Magistrate Kieran Gilligan agreed Laidley should be released to the 28-day rehabilitation program and a follow-up transitional program.

The AFL Players Association will fund Laidley’s in-house care at the facility, which offers 24-hour supervision, drug testing and treatment.

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Ronaldinho is RELEASED from prison in Paraguay after serving just 32 days – Daily Mail

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Ronaldinho is RELEASED from prison in Paraguay after serving just 32 days despite facing six-month sentence over fake passport with Brazil legend set to be placed on house arrest

Ronaldinho has been released from prison in Paraguay after paying £1.3m bond
He was behind bars for 32 days after being faced with six months behind bars
The ex-Barcelona star and his brother were both charged with attempting to enter the country with fake passports last month
He is now set to be placed under house arrest at a hotel in the capital Asuncion

By Oli Gamp For Mailonline

Published: 16:49 EDT, 7 April 2020 | Updated: 04:43 EDT, 8 April 2020

Former Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho has been released from a Paraguayan prison after just 32 days over forged documentation.

The 40-year-old is set to be put on house arrest at a hotel in the country’s capital of Asuncion after reportedly paying a £1.3million bond.

Both he and his brother Roberto were charged with attempting to enter the country with fake passports last month, and had been faced with six months jail time.

Ronaldinho (C) and his brother Roberto (r have been released from a Paraguayan prison

The former Barcelona star spent 32 days in jail over accusations he used a forged passport

Ronaldinho and his brother allegedly attempted to get into Paraguay using this documentation

But judge Gustavo Amarilla has permitted them both to stay at a hotel for the mean time, with the case still being decided and the player’s lawyers attempting to appeal the decision to jail him.

It had been argued that he should be spared from facing prison due to his high-profile status as a former footballer, with his legal team saying his detention was ‘arbitrary, abusive and illegal’.

Ronaldinho, who last played for Brazilian outfit Fluminense in 2015, was arrested along with Roberto on March 6, but denied using a forged passport, with the former World Cup winner insisting he didn’t know he had committed an offence.

At the height of his career, Ronaldinho was one of the most gifted players in world football

His own lawyer Adolfo Marin said the former player had been ‘stupid’ and criticised the courts for not taking into account his mistake.

‘The courts have not taken into account the fact that Ronaldinho didn’t know he was committing a crime, because he didn’t understand he had been given false documents. He is stupid.’

Despite his fall from grace, Ronaldinho has been making the most of his time behind bars and was seen taking part in a game of foot volleyball with his fellow inmates on the prison grounds.

His jailing was a huge fall from grace for the Brazil legend, who won the World Cup in 2002

He also utilised his skills on the pitch by taking part in a football competition and helped his side win. He recently turned 40 and had to spend his birthday in prison, but the prisoners ensured he still had a smile on his face as they baked him a cake and prepared him a barbecue.

Ronaldinho, who also played for Paris Saint Germain and AC Milan, is often seen in good spirits and he posted a video for his family to update them on his life in prison as he recorded a clip with an inmate he had befriended.

He has struggled to stay away from the limelight as his career began to wind down – and mostly for the wrong reasons.

Ronaldinho has failed to stay away from controversy after calling time on his football career

In 2015, the year he retired from football, he and his brother were convicted of illegally building a fishing trap at Lake Guaiba without proper licensing in a permanent preservation area.

The pair were handed a £6.9m fine in 2018 which so far remains unpaid, leading Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice to seize Ronaldinho’s passport. And financial worries came to light after he was stopped from selling 57 of his properties due to the outstanding debts.

And in 2018 he was dubbed sexist by some after he reportedly married two wives, with one of them leaving the former star, citing aggression and opened a legal case to take one third of his earnings from 2012 to 2018 after the pair failed to reach a separation agreement in private.

At the height of his football career he won one Ballon D’or and two FIFA World Player of the Year awards, clinching two LaLiga titles and a Champions League crown with Barcelona, and also lifted the World Cup with Brazil in 2002.

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Man charged in wreck that killed former University of Oregon football player Fotu Leiato released from jail

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A 22-year-old man charged with being intoxicated and causing a crash that killed former University of Oregon football player Fotu Leiato has been released from jail.

Court officials said Pedro Chavarin Jr. left the Lane County Jail on Friday, after a judge reduced his bail from $250,000 to $100,000.

Conditions of Chavarin’s release were not made available by court or jail officials.

Chavarin’s lawyer said Friday in Lane County Circuit Court that his parents had hoped to bail him out of jail and take him back to their home in Southern California while the criminal case is pending.

Oregon requires a 10 percent deposit for bail, meaning it would cost $10,000 to secure Chavarin’s release.

Prosecutors have charged Chavarin with intoxicated driving, reckless driving and second-degree manslaughter in connection with a June 15 crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Eugene.

Authorities allege that Chavarin, who had been attending the UO before the wreck, was intoxicated when he rolled his car. He allegedly told police that he had no passengers with him. A pedestrian later found Leiato’s body near the crash scene.

Leaito was 21. He had been dismissed from the football team in April after an arrest in a misdemeanor case.

Leaito’s mother on Friday objected in court to Chavarin’s bail-reduction request.

Chavarin’s attorney, meanwhile, said her client and Leiato had been best friends. She added that Chavarin has no criminal record.

Lane County Circuit Judge Charles Zennaché agreed to lower Chavarin’s bail but expressed concern about him leaving Oregon while the case remains open. He mentioned during Friday’s hearing that court officials consider Chavarin a low risk of failing to appear at future court appearances.

A prosecutor said during the hearing that the charges against Chavarin could change. A grand jury has not completed an investigation in the case. If an indictment is returned that contains charges different from those filed by prosecutors, it’s possible that Chavarin’s bail amount would be adjusted.

Leiato came to the UO in 2015 from Steilacoom, Wash. He played three seasons for the Ducks but was dismissed from the team in April when he was charged with theft after UO police alleged he had removed a parking boot from his vehicle.

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Man charged in wreck that killed former University of Oregon football player Fotu Leiato is released from jail

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A 22-year-old man charged with causing a drunken-driving crash that killed former University of Oregon football player Fotu Leiato has been released from jail.

Court officials said Pedro Chavarin Jr. left the Lane County Jail on Friday, after a judge reduced his bail from $250,000 to $100,000.

Conditions of Chavarin’s release were not made available by court or jail officials.

Oregon requires a 10 percent deposit for bail, meaning it would cost $10,000 to secure Chavarin’s release.

Prosecutors have charged Chavarin with intoxicated driving, reckless driving and second-degree manslaughter, in connection with a June 15 crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Eugene.

Authorities allege Chavarin, who had been attending the UO before the wreck, was intoxicated when he rolled his car. He allegedly told police that he had no passengers with him, but a pedestrian later found Leiato’s body near the crash scene.

Leaito was 21. He had been dismissed from the football team in April after an arrest in a misdemeanor case.

Leaito’s mother on Friday objected in court to Chavarin’s bail-reduction request.

Chavarin’s attorney, meanwhile, said her client and Leiato had been best friends. She added that Chavarin has no criminal record.

A prosecutor said during the hearing that the charges against Chavarin could change at some point. A grand jury has not completed an investigation in the case. If an indictment is returned that contains charges different from those filed by prosecutors, it’s possible that Chavarin’s bail amount would be adjusted.

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Rugby players accused of rape released on bond

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By Faith Karanja:
Monday, April 23rd 2018 at 14:14 GMT +3
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Kenya harlequins players Alex Olaba (R) and Frank Wanyama (L) in Milimani Magistrate Court. [Photo: Courtesy]

Two rugby players Lawrence Frank Wanyama and Alex Mahaga Olaba were arraigned in Milimani Magistrate Court where they were charged with gang-rape on Monday morning.

The duo were accused of intentionally and jointly raping a local singer on February 11 at Seefa apartments in Highrise in Nairobi.

While appearing before the Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi the two denied charges which contravenes section 10 of the Sexual offenses Act.

Wanyama and Olaba were then freed 1million shillings bond with a surety of the same amount or a cash bail of 500,000 shillings.

Defence counsels Wafula simiyu and Ombui Ratemo pleaded for lenient bond terms saying the two are contracted players of the National Rugby team hence they are not a flight risk.

Lawyers further persuaded the court for the duo to have their passports returned since they underwent DNA tests already, and they will be required to represent the country in the fourth coming rugby games.

The two, who play for Kenya Harlequin FC were arrested after a woman identified in court as W. A. claimed that one of the players who was her friend raped her after she had agreed to go to his house for her birthday on February 10.

But while talking about the incident on the social media, the complainant took to her twitter page to narrate her experience in more profound way but put in another dimension to the story.

She alleged player drugged her and then raped her with his friend, whom she did not know. What would ensue would be another claim that she was pregnant she wanted the players charged.

She said:

“I was slipping in and out of consciousness maybe due to shock but I was helpless. I couldn’t fight two men who play rugby professionally, obviously they were stronger hence I let them do whatever they wanted to do the whole night.”

“I could’ve reported the case to police but I was in denial, shock, pain and exhausted! I didn’t want to report also because of the profile of one of these rugby players,” she added.?

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911 call released in connection to armed robbery in which former Clemson players charged

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Charlie Bernard Fuller, left, Jadar Kentrell Johnson, middle, former Clemson football players and Quaven Maurice Ferguson, former Duke football, appear in Clemson Municipal Court in Clemson on Thursday. Each persons bond was set at $25,000, with stipulations they could not make contact with the victims, leave the state, and wear GPS monitoring.(Photo: Ken Ruinard/Independent Mail)

The Clemson Police Department has released the 911 call in connection to the March armed robbery in which two former Clemson University football players were charged.

Jadar Kentrell Johnson, 22, and Charlie Bernard Fuller, 22, both part of Clemson’s 2016 national championship team, were charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Co-defendant Quaven Maurice Ferguson, 22, also faces the same charges.

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A distressed caller can be heard on the line with the dispatcher, reporting the armed robbery at her boyfriend’s apartment.

“I’m pretty sure they’re on the football team,” she said, telling the dispatcher that she thinks the robbers know her boyfriend, who she said is also a football player, but wasn’t home at the time.

The victim said two men in hoods entered the apartment, holding a gun in her face, while she believed a third person served as the lookout. She said they stole her phone and cash from the apartment.

You can listen to the full 911 call below.

Police were called to the reported armed robbery at an apartment on Sloan Street in Clemson around 4 p.m. March 28.

They held the victim at gunpoint, took a cellphone, and an undisclosed amount of cash from a kitchen cabinet and a nightstand in the back bedroom, according to police and arrest warrants.

The victims were a 21-year-old male who lived at the apartment and a 20-year-old female who lived at a separate address, according to an incident report.

Police identified Johnson, Fuller and Ferguson through surveillance video from the City of Clemson Parking Deck, according to warrants. The men were seen returning to a white, four-door Mercedes-Benz that is registered to a family member of one of the men, according to warrants.

A Clemson municipal court judge on March 29 set each of their bond amounts at $25,000. They were released on bond by the end of the day, Clemson city officials said. The defendants, as part of conditions of their bond, are under electronic monitoring and prohibited from leaving South Carolina or contacting the victims.

The three men are due back in court at 8:30 a.m. May 17 in Pickens County.

Fuller and Ferguson graduated from Easley High School, and Ferguson played football at Duke University.

Johnson, originally from Orangeburg, started 17 games at safety for the Tigers and went undrafted in the 2017 NFL Draft. He signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent but announced his retirement from football before the season began.

In February, head football coach Dabo Swinney announced Fuller’s plan to transfer out of the program for the 2018 season. He rushed for a combined 599 yards and four touchdowns in his three years at Clemson.

Check back for updates.

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Surveillance video released of former Clemson football players in armed robbery case

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Clemson robbery parking lot surveillance video
Video provided by Clemson Police Department

Provided by the Clemson Police Department(Photo: Provided/Clemson Police Department)

A surveillance video that led to the arrest of three suspects, including two former Clemson football players, shows the moments before an alleged armed robbery.

The video, obtained Thursday by The Greenville News and the Anderson Independent Mail through a Freedom of Information Act request, only shows three men getting out of a white Mercedes-Benz after backing into a parking space on the first floor of a parking garage in Clemson. The men are seen putting on jackets and hoods and standing by the car for about 60 seconds before walking off screen.

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Authorities with the Clemson Police Department have said the surveillance video from a city of Clemson parking deck helped lead to the three arrests. The portion of surveillance video released Thursday only shows the suspects getting out of the vehicle and walking toward the apartment. It does not show them leaving the parking lot.

Capt. Matt Culbreath said the entire video shows other individuals not involved in the incident that the agency would have had to blur out for privacy concerns.

“It would take quite some time to cut those folks out,” Culbreath said. “It’s about eight to nine minutes and has a lot of other people in it going by and other cars. This is probably the clearest shot that’s representing the incident. The rest of the video, all it shows is them running off and driving away.”

He said the initial portion of the video was the most valuable to law enforcement since it depicts the clothing worn and suspect descriptions.

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Police were called to the reported armed robbery at an apartment on Sloan Street in Clemson around 4 p.m. March 28. The victim told police that three males knocked on the door and forced their way inside.

More: Former Clemson football players charged in armed robbery released on bond

They held the victim at gunpoint, took a cellphone, and an undisclosed amount of cash from a kitchen cabinet and nightstand in a back bedroom, according to police and arrest warrants.

A Clemson municipal court judge on March 29 set each of their bond amounts at $25,000. They were released on bond by the end of the day, Clemson city officials said.

It was not immediately clear in court documents whether any of the defendants had retained lawyers as of Thursday.

Fuller and Ferguson graduated from Easley High School, and Ferguson played football at Duke University.

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Former Clemson football players charged in armed robbery released on bond

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Charlie Bernard Fuller, left, Jadar Kentrell Johnson, middle, former Clemson football players,and Quaven Maurice Ferguson, former Duke football player, appear in Clemson Municipal Court in Clemson on Thursday.
Ken Ruinard/Independent Mail

Jadar Kentrell Johnson, 22(Photo: Clemson Police)

Two former Clemson football players appeared in court Thursday morning on charges connected to an armed robbery case.

Jadar Kentrell Johnson, 22, and Charlie Bernard Fuller, 22, were among three men charged with armed robbery and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. They made a court appearance along with 22-year-old co-defendant Quaven Maurice Ferguson, who faces the same charges.

Johnson and Fuller were part of Clemson’s 2016 national championship team. Fuller and Ferguson graduated from Easley High School, and Ferguson played football at Duke University.

The judge on Thursday set the bond for each defendant at $25,000. All three were released on bond by the end of the day, according to city of Clemson officials.

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Police received a call about 4 p.m. Wednesday from someone reporting an armed robbery at an apartment on Sloan Street in Clemson. The victim told police three black males knocked on his door and forced their way inside.

They held the victim at gunpoint, took a cellphone, and an undisclosed amount of cash from a kitchen cabinet and a nightstand in the back bedroom, according to police and arrest warrants.

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The victims were a 21-year-old male who lived at the apartment and a 20-year-old female who lived at a separate address, according to an incident report. In court, the victims’ advocate said both victims in the case were too traumatized attend the hearing Thursday.

The defendants, as part of conditions of their bond, are under electronic monitoring and prohibited from leaving South Carolina or contacting the victims.

The three men are due back in court at 8:30 a.m. May 17 in Pickens County.

Reporters Haley Walters and Marcel Louis-Jacques contributed to this report.

Praying for my brothers. Hurts me to see great young men make bad decisions.

— Eric Mac Lain (@Mr_Clemson) March 29, 2018

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Baby formula racket ‘key player’ sobs as she is released on bail – Daily Mail

Police arrest suspect in Richmond killing of ex-NFL player Terrell Roberts, but he’s released without charges

Ex-AFL coach Laidley released to rehab

Ronaldinho is RELEASED from prison in Paraguay after serving just 32 days – Daily Mail

Ronaldinho is RELEASED from prison in Paraguay after serving just 32 days despite facing six-month sentence over fake passport with Brazil legend set to be placed on house arrest

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Former Clemson football players charged in armed robbery released on bond