A Gamecocks linebacker was arrested Sunday on burglary charges.
John “Angelo” Watley is charged with grand larceny, credit card theft and second-degree burglary, according to booking reports. He is being held at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on a $50,000 surety bond.
Columbia Police spokesperson Jennifer Timmons said that they arrested Watley after responding to a home on Senate Street in reference to a burglary about 7 a.m. Sunday. When they got there, the home’s two occupants said they woke up, seeing a man in the home. Watley was arrested at the home, Timmons said. .
He’s accused of stealing more than $2,700 in goods, including cash, a laptop and an Apple iPad. All of the items were recovered.
Watley, originally of Suwanee, Ga., is a freshman linebacker and hasn’t played a snap. He was a three-star prospect in 2010 according to the University of South Carolina’s athletics site.
He was also arrested in Gwinnett County, Ga., in July on six charges of terrorist acts and threats.
According to university policy, once the school is aware of the arrest of a player, that player is suspended from all athletic activities.
John “Angelo” Watley is charged with grand larceny, credit card theft and second-degree burglary, according to booking reports. He is being held at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on a $50,000 surety bond.
Columbia Police spokesperson Jennifer Timmons said that they arrested Watley after responding to a home on Senate Street in reference to a burglary about 7 a.m. Sunday. When they got there, the home’s two occupants said they woke up, seeing a man in the home. Watley was arrested at the home, Timmons said. .
He’s accused of stealing more than $2,700 in goods, including cash, a laptop and an Apple iPad. All of the items were recovered.
Watley, originally of Suwanee, Ga., is a freshman linebacker and hasn’t played a snap. He was a three-star prospect in 2010 according to the University of South Carolina’s athletics site.
He was also arrested in Gwinnett County, Ga., in July on six charges of terrorist acts and threats.
According to university policy, once the school is aware of the arrest of a player, that player is suspended from all athletic activities.
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