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Second Purdue athlete faces
charges within a week
By Keith Thomas
Editor
in Chief
Becoming the second athlete in less than a week
to have a run-in with law enforcement, women's basketball forward Shalicia
Hurns was issued two citations early Saturday morning.
Hurns, who recently completed her freshman year
of eligibility, was cited on charges of illegal consumption of an alcoholic
beverage and for being a minor in a tavern at 1:37 a.m. According to
police, a West Lafayette Police officer witnessed Hurns, 19, enter a
tavern.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Purdue football senior
tight end Tim Stratton was arrested on charges of battery following
an altercation outside an off-campus bar.
In a statement released by the Purdue athletic
department on Friday, football coach Joe Tiller would not address Stratton's
charges until after he waits for the "judicial system to run its course."
According to the statement, Tiller said, "That
approach to these kinds of cases has been, and always will be, my policy."
Stratton, 21, was arrested on charges of battery
after witnesses told police he punched a 22-year-old, sending him to
the hospital. Stratton was released from the Tippecanoe County Jail
hours later on his own recognizance.
The altercation took place in a parking lot off
of State Street where, according to witnesses, Stratton was driving
out of the lot when the other man made a comment directed toward Stratton.
Following a brief exchange of words, police believe
Stratton hit the other person once in the face. The man was treated
for a head injury at Home Hospital and released.
Stratton, who caught 58 passes for 608 yards last
season for the Big Ten Tri-Champion Boilermakers, won the John Mackey
Award last season as the nation's top tight end.
Stratton was the second Purdue football player
charged with battery within the last year.
Former Purdue running back Steve Ennis, 21, was
arrested on charges of battery following an altercation with a student
outside an off-campus bar. Ennis, who was suspended indefinitely from
the team before its first appearance in the Rose Bowl in 34 years, awaits
trial later this month for the fight that left a student with a fractured
skull. Ennis, according Gold and Black Illustrated's Web site, is transferring
to Southwest Missouri State once his legal issues are settled.
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