Florida State University quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston was cited for allegedly taking seafood from a Tallahassee grocery store without paying, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
Winston, a two-sport athlete, was suspended from FSU’s baseball team on Wednesday.
Winston, only the second freshman to win college football’s most coveted award, allegedly walked into a Publix near the FSU campus Tuesday night, ordered about $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish, and walked out of the store without paying, sheriff’s Maj. Michael Wood told reporters.
After deputies contacted him about three hours later, Winston told them that he forgot to pay, Wood said.
“He was very cooperative,” Wood said. “Seemed fairly honest in the fact that he did not pay for the items, so it was not a huge mystery to solve.”
As part of the civil citation for alleged shoplifting — an alternative to criminal prosecution for first-time, nonviolent offenses in the county — Winston was not arrested but has been ordered to serve at least 20 hours of community service, Wood said.
CNN’s call to the university’s athletic department was not immediately returned.
“I am confident he will complete his community service obligation and the situation will be resolved soon,” FSU baseball coach Mike Martin said in a news release.
The school’s football coach, Jimbo Fisher, said, “I fully support Coach Martin’s decision and will also make sure that Jameis meets all obligations, which I know he will.”
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SOURCE: CNN
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