FSU All-Star QB Possibly Arrested for Stealing

FSU, or also known as Florida State University, home to one if the top 25 football schools in the nation with their leading QB were on fire last year.  Jamies Winston, a returning starting QB for Florida State University caught himself in a bit of a snag just the other night.  Jamies was in Tallahassee, Florida just this last Tuesday and picked up some crab legs from the local grocery store.  Jamies had walked out of the store without paying for the crab legs and was later issued a civil citation.

Jamies Winston was the Heisman trophy winner of the 2013 football season, meaning he was one of the best players in the whole NCAA college football league.  Winston was reported to have walked out of a local convenient store in Tallahassee, Florida without paying for his $32.74 worth of crab legs Tuesday night.  It wasn’t known at the time that the suspect was football Star Jamies Winston, however, after police were called, it was made known that the suspect was indeed Winston.  Winston was contacted by authorities and cooperated, therefore authorities decided not to arrest the subject.  Winston claims to have forgotten to pay for the crab legs, along with some crawfish that he had gone to the store to buy.

Winston was issued a civil citation by authorities at that time, and was not arrested because he cooperated with authorities.  Winston then agreed with the store and authorities at the scene that he would do community service as well as pay for the crab legs that were stolen from the store.  Jamies must do at least 20 hours worth of community service work as a result of the incident.  Later, Jamies released a statement claiming he was incredibly sorry for the incident and that he takes full responsibility for his ignorance.

As well as being an all-star on the football field, Winston also plays baseball for Florida State University, a rarity for most collage athletes.  As a result of the incident occurring Tuesday night, Winston’s baseball coach Mike Martin has suspended Winston from the baseball team but did release a statement saying that he was sure that Winston would comply and take care of his 20 hours of community service here soon.  Although Winston is not near the baseball star as he is on the football field, this was still a bummer for Winston.

In the end, all that matters is that Winston apologized and admitted that it was a mistake that he stole the crab legs and took full resposibilty for his actions.  People were even starting to joke about the matter just soon after hearing about the incident late Tuesday.  Thankfully Winston complied with the store and authorities and wasn’t to crabby.

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