TAMPA - The state attorney's office has opted not to pursue criminal charges against three USF freshman football players who were accused of removing nearly $4,000 in property from a former teammate's dormitory room in August.
Linebackers Brouce Mompremier and C.J. Hunnicutt and defensive end Josh Julmiste were suspended from the team and withdrew from school because of the incident, which involved former Bulls player Randy Jackson.
University police sought felony grand theft charges against Mompremier and Julmiste and a misdemeanor petit theft charge against Hunnicutt, but the state attorney's office announced Thursday they weren't filing charges because they had been unable to contact the alleged victim.
Mompremier and Julmiste, contacted by the Times on Thursday, said they plan on re-enrolling at USF in January. Hunnicutt, who could not be reached for comment, is believed to be doing the same. The players would have to complete 24 credit hours during the spring and summer to be eligible to play next fall.
Coach Jim Leavitt said his focus is on Saturday's game at Cincinnati, and that he hasn't thought about the three at all.
"I'm not thinking about those guys. I'll sit down with them at the end of the season," Leavitt said. "All I'm thinking about is Cincinnati."
The three players, who were among the highest-touted members of USF's 2004 recruiting class, were accused of nearly emptying Jackson's abandoned dormitory room in the two weeks after he quit the football team in August. When Jackson returned and found his property missing, he called campus police, and Hunnicutt, who was a roommate of Jackson's, was questioned, along with Mompremier and Julmiste, who is the younger brother of Pat Julmiste, USF's starting quarterback.
The three players were accused of taking Jackson's TV, computer, VCR, PlayStation2, DVDs, tapes and other items, and while much was returned immediately to Jackson, he told police that $1,900 in property was unaccounted for.
Prosecutors were unable to follow up with Jackson, and even hired a private investigator to try to track him down. Jackson, who could not be reached by the Times, may have other reasons to not be found.
Three times in the past 13 months, police have received 911 calls from women complaining about violent acts from the 18-year-old from Lake Mary. In July, Jackson was accused of using a brick to smash in a window of a woman's car, and while police sought criminal mischief charges, the Seminole County state attorney's office has not taken any action. On two other occasions, his girlfriend, Morgan Mallori of Sanford, has called police, including an incident Oct.22 in which she was slapped in the face, leaving her with a bloody nose. In both instances, she declined to press charges.
