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[email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: June 17, 2013, 8:11:17 AM CDT > To: GatorNEWS <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: UF linebacker slugged bouncer, GPD says > Reply-To: [email protected] > > UF linebacker slugged bouncer, GPD says > > > Florida's linebacker Antonio Morrison (3) was arrested on charges of simple > battery after an altercation with a bouncer at the Kava Lounge. > Brad McClenny/Staff photographer/FILE > By Kevin Brockway & Hannah O. Brown > Gainesville SUN Staff writers > Published: Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 12:49 p.m. > Last Modified: Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 12:49 p.m. > > Florida rising sophomore linebacker Antonio Morrison was arrested early > Sunday morning after police say he punched a bouncer at a nightclub who > wouldn't give him a discount. > Morrison, 19, was outside the Kava Bar and Hookah Lounge at 1007 W. > University Ave. at 2:15 a.m. when the incident occurred, according to a > Gainesville Police report. > Morrison was waiting in line with a group of other males when he walked up to > the bouncer and asked about the entrance prices. > He began to argue with the bouncer to get a discount, the report said, > yelling, “Don't you know who I am? I'm a football player! I'm Antonio!” > Morrison then hit the bouncer with a closed fist on top of the left side of > his head, causing visible swelling, the report said. > The bouncer looked up Morrison on the UF website and provided his name and > picture to GPD. > Police arrested Morrison at 5:30 a.m. at his apartment complex. He admitted > that he had gotten into a “scuffle'' with the bouncer but that it wasn't a > big deal. > Morrison added that he didn't remember much about the incident because he was > drunk at the time, according to the report. > He was booked into the Alachua County Jail at 6:03 a.m. Sunday on a > misdemeanor charge of simple battery. He was being held without bond on > Sunday evening. > Morrison, 6-foot-1 and 240 pounds, is a projected starter in 2013. He had 34 > tackles and one sack as a freshman. > UF spokesperson Steve McClain said Florida coach Will Muschamp is aware of > Morrison's arrest and is handling the matter. > Mahmoud Hasna said Sunday that he saw three men, who he said were large in > stature, approach the lounge alongside Morrison. Hasna said one of the men > appeared to be taking a video with his phone as he approached the entrance. > “I saw my friend (the bouncer) getting hit by a big guy,” Hasna said. “The > other three people were hitting him, too.” > Hasna saw the bouncer push the men away using a gate that is used to funnel > the crowd into the bar. After he pushed them, the men ran away, Hasna said. > Hasna said he did not know Morrison was a football player. He said Morrison > told the bouncer that all four men were football players. > None of the others with Morrison had been identified or arrested as of Sunday > night. > Another witness, who did not want to be identified, said he believed the men > were looking for trouble as they approached the club. He said he didn't know > who the men were until Morrison announced himself. > “He basically mentioned who he was. It was probably a mistake on his part,” > the witness said. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
