AggieWill
04-26-2005, 04:15 PM
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/042605/col_042605012.shtml
EL PASO - Texas Tech football signee Edward Britton was arrested Wednesday in connection with an alleged shoplifting at a Wal-Mart, The El Paso Times reported in today's editions.
Britton, a two-time 2,000-yard rusher at El Paso Montwood, was arrested for taking a pair of MP3 players, the newspaper said. Britton was stopped by police at 10:45 a.m. near the store and was found with two audio players worth $157 each, police said.
The store gave police a description of the alleged thief, and officers checking the area saw Britton, approached him and detained him in a parking lot, police spokesman Javier Sambrano said.
Britton was charged with theft over $50 and under $500 and booked into jail. The theft is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in the county jail and a fine up to $2,000.
Britton declined to comment to the El Paso Times. His father, Edward Sr., said he "deeply regrets'' the incident and called it a "slip in character.''
"It speaks for itself,'' Britton Sr. told the Times. "But if you look at today's landscape - the kids today and the trouble they're getting into - it's unfortunate, but you always have to look at the bright side. It could be worse. ... My son doesn't go out and drink. He doesn't have a record. In school, he was never suspended for fighting, was never truant, so this definitely was a shock.''
EL PASO - Texas Tech football signee Edward Britton was arrested Wednesday in connection with an alleged shoplifting at a Wal-Mart, The El Paso Times reported in today's editions.
Britton, a two-time 2,000-yard rusher at El Paso Montwood, was arrested for taking a pair of MP3 players, the newspaper said. Britton was stopped by police at 10:45 a.m. near the store and was found with two audio players worth $157 each, police said.
The store gave police a description of the alleged thief, and officers checking the area saw Britton, approached him and detained him in a parking lot, police spokesman Javier Sambrano said.
Britton was charged with theft over $50 and under $500 and booked into jail. The theft is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in the county jail and a fine up to $2,000.
Britton declined to comment to the El Paso Times. His father, Edward Sr., said he "deeply regrets'' the incident and called it a "slip in character.''
"It speaks for itself,'' Britton Sr. told the Times. "But if you look at today's landscape - the kids today and the trouble they're getting into - it's unfortunate, but you always have to look at the bright side. It could be worse. ... My son doesn't go out and drink. He doesn't have a record. In school, he was never suspended for fighting, was never truant, so this definitely was a shock.''