Is it just us here at the LOHD that thinks this is past being funny….
“A South Carolina football player was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Saturday following an incident during the rain-shortened St. Pat’s in Five Points festival.
Mike Newton, a walk-on defensive back from Lexington, spent a night at the Richland County jail before being released Sunday on a personal recognizance bond of $275.50. Richland County sheriff’s deputies, who were assisting with alcohol enforcement at the festival, responded to a report of a fight in the 2200 block of Blossom Street around 5:45 p.m., according to sheriff’s department spokeswoman Kim Myers.
Instead, Myers said deputies found Newton and at least two other men throwing chairs and engaging in “horseplay.” Myers said the men “totally disregarded” deputies’ commands to stop, and used profanity toward the deputies.
Newton, 21, is the fourth USC player to be arrested since Dec. 31. He is automatically suspended under athletic department policy. Newton, a senior who sat out the 2006 season after transferring from Newberry, played five games on special teams last season.”
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