2 Miami players arrested for disobeying officers
Miami offensive linemen Trevor Darling and Jahair Jones were arrested for failing to follow the directions of police officers in Miami Beach on Wednesday.
Per the Miami Herald, the two were arrested just after 7:30 after they were allegedly in a roadway and didn’t move when instructed to by police officers. According to a police affidavit, they were asked to move seven times.
“The defendants were arrested and removed from the roadway. Once in custody, the defendant [Jahair Jones] acknowledged he was being asked to move, yet he refused to move’’ after being asked several times.’’
Darling’s arrest affidavit said the sergeant give him “five lawful orders to remove himself from the middle of the roadway. The defendant was impeding traffic and was a safety hazard to himself and others…The defendant also refused to obey two lawful orders… The defendant was arrested without incident. Once in custody the defendant stated that he was in fact ordered by a law enforcement officer to remove himself from the roadway but continued not to follow orders.’’
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Darling was the Hurricanes’ starting left tackle as a sophomore in 2015. He started the preseason as a right tackle but moved to left tackle and ended up as the starter. He was a four-star recruit and the No. 13 offensive tackle in the class of 2014 according to Rivals.
Jones was a redshirt sophomore in 2015 after transferring from a college in New York.
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