Penn State Football Players Were Suspended for Marijuana in their Apartments

Police found drugs while investigating to a noise complaint.

By Derek Levarse dlevarse@timesleader.com

Sports Reporter

It has appeared that university police managed to find marijuana during an investigation of an on-campus chamber pertaining to Penn State football players on the night of April 25, following the Blue-White Game.

Only after court papers were made available Monday, the Centre Daily Times first announced the happening. Anyway, the Penn State football players were not charged because the police are still carrying detailed investigation and preparing a report detailing the full results of the search warrant.

As it was stipulated in the report, campus police were responding to a noise complaint at Nittany Apartments. When they came to the complex, the apartment's fire alarm signal was sounding and police penetrated after getting no response from inside. Even without carrying a research, police could smell strong flavour of marijuana in the apartment Completely the same situation has happened to one from September where police discovered marijuana in the apartment of Maurice Evans, Abe Koroma, Andrew Quarless and A.J. Wallace. Approximately two weeks later, dispossess incriminations were proposed against Evans and Koroma. Each of them was put on probation and they were estranged for three games in the meantime by Coach Joe Paterno. Evans was since left Penn State for the NFL.

Last month, half-back Navorro Bowman had his probationary appointment prolonged after settlement to use marijuana in the past year. According to Paterno Bowman had examined positive twice in unwarranted examinations performed by the program.

Recruiting news bulletin

It is reported that Penn State obtained its fifth verbal apprehension for the Class of 2010 on Monday and third of the past week. Pittsburgh district insulting lineman Luke Graham carried out pledge to the Nittany Lions, supporting Maryland wide receiver Adrian Coxson and Connecticut running back Silas Redd.

Among others there were Graham, a 6-foot-5 guard from Penn Trafford High School, chose Penn State over Florida State, Maryland, Pitt, Stanford and Virginia.

Coxson, Redd, quarterback Paul Jones and linebacker Mike Hull are four of the Lions' first five commitments which are reckoned in the top 200 overall recruits in the nation by both Scout.com and Rivals.com. Defensive responsible officer Tom Bradley engaged Jones, Hull and Graham all hail from the WPIAL .