Two USM Football Players Arrested

marcmc99 · Oct 12, 2006

and kicked off the team for pulling a drive by......with a BB gun. I guess CUSA does everything on a smaller scale.

USM players allegedy shot student with BB gun

HATTIESBURG — The players dismissed from the Southern Miss football team wounded a student with an air-powered BB gun fired from a players’ car, police said.

C.J. Bailey and Cornelius McGee were arrested and charged with aggravated assault early Wednesday morning. USM coach Jeff Bower said he dismissed both Wednesday, and that they won’t be permitted back on the team regardless of any appeal process the two pursue.

The players were suspended from the university, pending an appeal.

They will not be permitted to return to campus or ask for an appeal until they meet with Eddie Hollaway, USM dean of students.

“They would have to be cleared through the dean of students office before anything else,” Holloway said. “Then, we would go from there.”

According to USM Police, Robert Lee of Clinton reported being hit by a pellet near his right eye while walking on campus. Lee gave a description of a car that Lee said the shot came from, and USM Police chief Bob Hopkins said the description fit a red Nissan Altima registered to Bailey’s parents in Moss Point.

A BB gun and ammunition for the gun were found in the car, and the pellet taken from Lee matched the type found in the car, said Hopkins.

Bailey, a 19-year-old freshman, was charged with felony aggravated assault and possession of a firearm on state property, a misdemeanor. He was released on a $51,000 bond.

McGee, a 19-year-old sophomore from Clarksdale, was charged with felony aggravated assault and released on a $50,000 bond. A court date has not been set. The aggravated assault charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.

McGee was a back-up cornerback and special teams player. Bailey was being redshirted this season.
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Tiger Dabbs · Oct 12, 2006

Helluva note, losing a scholly for a drive-by with a bb gun. I'd say they're not the sharpest tools in the shed.

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