Four current and two former Rutgers students were arrested for their involvement in an assault that broke another students’ jaw. Five of those students were Rutgers football players.
According to NJ.com the students were arrested for a fight that left another student with a broken jaw.
A total of nine out of ten defendents in the incident were arrested. They were arrested on charges of robbery, burglary while armed, and conspiracy to commit an armed robbery.
NJ.com reported more on the situation:
The investigation began last spring when police were called to a home invasion on Prosper Street in New Brunswick on April 26, 2015 at 11:29 p.m., after three masked men forced their way into the home and stole an undisclosed amount of cash and marijuana from five students at gunpoint.
During an intensive investigation, police arrested Tejay Johnson, 23, of Egg Harbor. The former student was charged with robbery, criminal restraint, theft, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
As the investigation continued, police linked Johnson to a home invasion on Hartwell Street in New Brunswick on April 27, 2015.
Police determined that Johnson and Andre Boggs, 20, of Coatesville, Pa., forced their way into the home and, armed with a bat and a knife, robbed a student of approximately $900 and an undisclosed amount of marijuana.
There is no word on whether or not this will affect the current players’ status for Saturday’s game against Norfolk State.
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