Football player arrested for assault
By: Samantha Johnson
Issue date: 11/24/09 Section: News
Early Sunday morning Rhontae Laqwan Scales, 19 and a redshirted freshman on Texas A&M University's football team, was arrested for assault following a fight in the Northgate Parking Garage.
"An officer was on a traffic stop in Northgate and heard a loud commotion coming from the parking garage," said Lt. Rodney Sigler of the College Station Police Department. "He looked into the first floor of the garage, and he saw the victim on the ground, and the man, who was later identified as Scales, punching him."
Sigler was not aware of any previous relationship between Scales and the victim, Jamar Dewayne Johnson, 24, who was complaining of pain in his arm following the incident.
Texas A&M Head Coach Mike Sherman said he is still looking into the occurrence.
"I'm still investigating and getting all my facts together, college kids out at night don't make the best decisions sometimes," Sherman said. "I've talked to him; this will be something I take care of."
Scales was released on a $4,000 bond from the Brazos County Jail at 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Scales could face up to one year in county jail and up to a $4,000 fine.
"An officer was on a traffic stop in Northgate and heard a loud commotion coming from the parking garage," said Lt. Rodney Sigler of the College Station Police Department. "He looked into the first floor of the garage, and he saw the victim on the ground, and the man, who was later identified as Scales, punching him."
Sigler was not aware of any previous relationship between Scales and the victim, Jamar Dewayne Johnson, 24, who was complaining of pain in his arm following the incident.
Texas A&M Head Coach Mike Sherman said he is still looking into the occurrence.
"I'm still investigating and getting all my facts together, college kids out at night don't make the best decisions sometimes," Sherman said. "I've talked to him; this will be something I take care of."
Scales was released on a $4,000 bond from the Brazos County Jail at 4:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
Scales could face up to one year in county jail and up to a $4,000 fine.
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