May 31, 200620 yr TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ? (AP) ? Two former Florida State football players are charged with breaking into the apartment of Seminoles running back Lorenzo Booker and stealing about $1,700 in electronic equipment, Tallahassee police said Wednesday. Fred Rouse, 20, a wide receiver who was kicked off the team in January after his freshman season, was arrested Saturday in his hometown of Tallahassee and Cincinnati Bengals linebacker A.J. Nicholson, 21, was being sought in Ohio, said police spokesman John T. Newland. The apartment Booker shares with three roommates, none believed to be football players, was broken into while they were out of town May 20-21, Newland said. Both suspects are charged with burglary and grand theft, both felonies. Nicholson also is charged with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, for damage to the apartment. Rouse also faces an unrelated felony charge of illegal possession of a prescription drug. Nicholson, who has a history of off-field problems, was taken by the Bengals in the fifth round of the NFL draft and recently participated in the team's voluntary workouts. "It is our policy that it is not appropriate for us to comment on a player's legal situation until or unless it is resolved in the courts,'' said Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan. Nicholson's agent did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Rouse, who was released under a $6,000 bond, did not have a Tallahassee telephone listing. Leon County Jail records did not indicate that he had a lawyer. Florida State suspended Nicholson for the Orange Bowl in January after he took a woman to the team's Miami hotel, a violation of team policy, and she accused him of sexual assault. Nicholson has not been charged in that case. While at Florida State, Nicholson also was charged with drunken driving, pleaded no contest and received probation. In a separate case, he was Tasered by police after a bar dispute but a resisting arrest charge was dropped. Rouse was one of the nation's most widely acclaimed prep stars when he signed with Florida State last year. Coach Bobby Bowden dismissed him nearly three weeks after the Orange Bowl for what he called "conduct detrimental to the welfare of the football team.'' Police solved the break-in by tracing a receiver's glove found under a television set to Rouse, who was questioned and then confessed, Newland said. He said Rouse implicated Nicholson, a former roommate of Booker's, as the instigator. "When A.J. broke into the rear window he cut his finger,'' Newland said. Nicholson is the second Bengals player arrested in the last five months. Receiver Chris Henry, a rookie last season, is awaiting an August trial on a gun charge in Orlando.
May 31, 200620 yr They're idiots. Bengals have drafted Chris Henry and AJ Nicholson the last couple years. They have some serious gankstaness.
June 1, 200620 yr typical FSU....any chance they shop at the same Dillards that Peter Warrick did? Don't make me bring up UM's problems.
June 1, 200620 yr typical FSU....any chance they shop at the same Dillards that Peter Warrick did? Considering both were booted off the team before this incident?
June 1, 200620 yr typical FSU....any chance they shop at the same Dillards that Peter Warrick did? Don't make me bring up UM's problems. Feel free....what the heck do i care?? Michigan and Temple football are pretty damn clean programs
June 1, 200620 yr typical FSU....any chance they shop at the same Dillards that Peter Warrick did? Don't make me bring up UM's problems. Feel free....what the heck do i care?? Michigan and Temple football are pretty damn clean programs Yes, in this world we tend to generalize a 40,000 person student body.
June 1, 200620 yr Rouse was trouble from day one. A big portion of recruiting should be character. The boat was missed big time on that guy.
June 2, 200620 yr Rouse was trouble from day one. A big portion of recruiting should be character. The boat was missed big time on that guy. Should be, yes. Will be, HELL ****ING NO.
June 2, 200620 yr Rouse was trouble from day one. A big portion of recruiting should be character. The boat was missed big time on that guy. Should be, yes. Will be, HELL ****ING NO. Of course not. They're trying to win. Either way, Jail House Rouse is a disgrace.
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