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Police: Florida player used dead girl's credit card
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida football player was kicked off the team
Friday after turning himself in on charges he used the gas credit card of
a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident.
Jamar Hornsby, a 21-year-old junior safety, learned Thursday that a judge
had issued a warrant for his arrest on charges he used the dead woman's
gas card for six months, so he surrendered on charges of credit card theft
and fraudulent use of a credit card, lawyer Huntley Johnson said.
Hornsby was released from jail several hours later on his own
recognizance.
It was not immediately clear how Hornsby got the card. Johnson declined to
comment on the specifics of the case, but said they would cooperate with
authorities.
The credit card belonged to Ashley Slonina, a Florida junior. She was
riding a motorcycle with another football player, redshirt freshman
Michael Guilford, last October that hit a median at a high rate of speed,
police said. The two died at the scene. They were not wearing helmets.
Hornsby started using the gas card the day after Slonina died. The card
was used 33 times in Alachua County and another 37 times in Jacksonville,
where Hornsby is from. The total amount was $3,000, said Alachua County
Sheriff's Office spokesman Stephen Maynard.
"I would love to hear the explanation for utilizing the card of a deceased
person," Maynard said.
The sheriff's office will continue to investigate and forward their
findings to the State Attorney's Office, Maynard said.
Florida coach Urban Meyer said in a statement that Hornsby "is not part of
our program."
Hornsby missed five games last season after being suspended for selling
free football tickets he received as a student. He was also arrested in
April 2007 after a fight in Gainesville, but his lawyer said those charges
were dropped.
State prosecutors did not return phone messages or e-mails seeking
comment.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida football player was kicked off the team
Friday after turning himself in on charges he used the gas credit card of
a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident.
Jamar Hornsby, a 21-year-old junior safety, learned Thursday that a judge
had issued a warrant for his arrest on charges he used the dead woman's
gas card for six months, so he surrendered on charges of credit card theft
and fraudulent use of a credit card, lawyer Huntley Johnson said.
Hornsby was released from jail several hours later on his own
recognizance.
It was not immediately clear how Hornsby got the card. Johnson declined to
comment on the specifics of the case, but said they would cooperate with
authorities.
The credit card belonged to Ashley Slonina, a Florida junior. She was
riding a motorcycle with another football player, redshirt freshman
Michael Guilford, last October that hit a median at a high rate of speed,
police said. The two died at the scene. They were not wearing helmets.
Hornsby started using the gas card the day after Slonina died. The card
was used 33 times in Alachua County and another 37 times in Jacksonville,
where Hornsby is from. The total amount was $3,000, said Alachua County
Sheriff's Office spokesman Stephen Maynard.
"I would love to hear the explanation for utilizing the card of a deceased
person," Maynard said.
The sheriff's office will continue to investigate and forward their
findings to the State Attorney's Office, Maynard said.
Florida coach Urban Meyer said in a statement that Hornsby "is not part of
our program."
Hornsby missed five games last season after being suspended for selling
free football tickets he received as a student. He was also arrested in
April 2007 after a fight in Gainesville, but his lawyer said those charges
were dropped.
State prosecutors did not return phone messages or e-mails seeking
comment.
