LSU freshman operating again JT Lindsey turned himself in on an arrest warrant Friday afternoon after being accused of harboring two homicide suspects in his dorm room, in keeping with WAFB’s Chris Nakamato.
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Lindsey reportedly faces two felony counts of accent after the very fact to second-degree homicide and was launched from East Baton Rouge Parish Jail on $5,000 bond. LSU has reportedly suspended him from all soccer actions till the fees are resolved.
The 2 homicide suspects Lindsey is accused of harboring are 17-year-old Shemell Jacobs and 18-year-old Keldrick Jordan, who’re reportedly buddies of his and from the identical hometown of Alexandria, Louisiana. They had been arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service on Monday at LSU’s Nicholson Gateway dorms.
Jacobs and Jordan had been reportedly needed on second-degree homicide prices, in connection to the taking pictures loss of life of 17-year-old Corey Brooks in Alexandria in Could. It is apparently believed they’ve been staying for practically two weeks at Lindsey’s on-campus, apartment-style dorm, the place marshals allegedly discovered a number of weapons, together with two AR-15 rifles.
Lindsey’s lawyer Kris Perret claimed that his shopper was unaware of his buddies being needed for homicide and was at soccer camp because the scenario performed out. By way of WAFB:
JT Lindsey is adamant that he’s harmless of any alleged felony misconduct and any allegations of wrongdoing towards him. He’s totally cooperating with authorities and appears ahead to clearing his identify as rapidly as potential.
He was unaware that the people arrested had dedicated any crimes or that they’d been accused of any crimes, or that they had been needed by the police for questioning when he allowed them to remain at his house.
Had he recognized that the people had been accused of any crimes or needed by the police, he wouldn’t have allowed them into his house or related to them in any method.
Nonetheless, the arrest warrant claims it’s “extremely unlikely” Lindsey did not know what his buddies had been accused of, claiming that one in all his associates informed investigators he was conscious they had been needed:
“Given the scale of Alexandria and the shut ties Lindsey needed to each the victims and suspects within the case it’s extremely unlikely that he wouldn’t have been conscious of those media experiences. Investigators additionally interviewed an affiliate of Lindsey, who suggested that Lindsey had informed the affiliate, previous to their apprehension, that Jacobs and Jordan had been needed for homicide.”
Jacobs and Jordan have been needed since Could, with the Alexandria Police placing out a public plea for assist in finding them. Police chief Chad Gremillion particularly stated, “Let me be clear, anybody discovered defending or harboring these violent people will likely be held accountable and arrested” in a press release to the media.
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LSU athletics communications director Michael Bonnette issued a quick assertion to WAFB, saying, “We’re conscious and gained’t have any remark out of respect for the authorized course of.”
Rivals rated Lindsey as a four-star recruit and the No. 75 prospect within the nation for the Class of 2025, a part of a recruiting class ranked ninth nationally. In 2024, he rushed for two,476 yards and 33 touchdowns on 324 carries for Alexandria and earned the Warrick Dunn Award, the Louisiana Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation’s annual honor recognizing the highest junior or senior soccer participant within the state.
