We Now Take You to Rutgers

[cmgoods]

Rutgers star wide receiver Leonte Q. Carroo slammed a woman with whom he had been romantically involved into the concrete outside the football training center Saturday night, according to a complaint filed in Piscataway municipal court and obtained by The Record on Tuesday.

He is accused of “picking her up and slamming her down on a concrete surface, injuring her left hip, both palms, left elbow and left side of the head,” according to the complaint.

The confrontation outside the Hale Center happened after Rutgers’ loss to Washington State on Saturday. Carroo was charged with domestic violence and a disorderly persons’ offense and released on $1,000 bail, according to the complaint. He has been suspended from the team. A fight between two women sparked the confrontation, two sources told The Record over the weekend.

The fourth-year head coach and his team have been mired in controversy over the last three weeks beginning with an NJ Advance Media report by Keith Sargeant that revealed the University had launched an investigation into possible impermissible contact between Flood and a faculty member regarding the academic eligibility of former junior cornerback Nadir Barnwell.

Following the email investigation, the New Jersey chapter of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers released a resolution to the press urging Rutgers to pursue the investigation against Flood, citing concerns of faculty bullying and intimidation.

On Aug. 25, the day NJ Advance Media released details on the investigation involving the head coach, Flood announced the suspension of five players for the first half of the the Scarlet Knights' first game, which occurred on Sept. 5 against Norfolk State.

Senior punter Tim Gleeson, junior cornerback Ruhann Peele, junior linebacker Kevin Marquez and Carroo were all suspended for a curfew violation. Sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano was reprimanded for use of a fake I.D. card, Flood said.

On Sept. 3, two days before Rutgers was set to take the field in the 2015 opener, five players, junior defensive back Delon Stephenson, sophomores Andre Boggs and fullback Razohnn Gross, along with Barnwell and Peele, were arrested on multiple charges pertaining to a string of home invasions and an assault that left an alleged victim and 19-year-old University student with a broken jaw.

Those players were dismissed 10 minutes prior to the Knights' first game.

On Sept. 10, another Rutgers football player, sophomore fullback Lloyd Terry, was arrested in connection to the home invasions allegedly perpetrated by Boggs and another former Rutgers football player, Tejay Johnson.

 

[sackman]

Don't take me to Rutgers. Piscataway sucks.

 

[MtnBuff]

Don't take me to Rutgers. Piscataway sucks.

But they have a Dillard's.

 

[Jeric]

I heard there was a lot more to Leonte's story, like she was his side chick or something and he was protecting his girl. Odd story.

 

[CUBUFF80]

Big Ten has to be proud!

 

[MtnBuff]

Big Ten has to be proud!

Rutgers to the east, Nebraska to the west, B1G covers it all.

 

[cmgoods]

 

[BuffNut99]

The report.

http://president.rutgers.edu/sites/president/files/Final Report.pdf

 

[89BUFF89]

Ridiculous head coach this involved at that level must be on the hot seat.