March 07, 2019 at 05:34AM
Three former Oklahoma State basketball players dismissed from the team in January following a vandalism incident have been charged with nine counts of malicious injury to property.
Charges were filed against Michael Weathers, Maurice Calloo and Kentrevious Jones in Payne County Court on Wednesday. Each was charged with two felony counts of malicious injury to property for damage exceeding $1,000 and seven misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property for damage below $1,000 for an incident that occurred Jan. 1 when they reportedly fired an air rifle at cars in a Stillwater neighborhood. Imani Patterson, a former OSU cheerleader, is facing the same charges.
The felonies are punishable with up to two years in prison and a fine of $1,000. The misdemeanors are punishable with up to a year in prison and a fine of $500.
The four are accused of causing $4,500 in damage to a 2015 Toyota Rav-4 and $3,093.01 in damage to a 2007 Ford Edge. They also reportedly caused damage of less than $1,000 to a Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Escape, Ford Thunderbird, 2016 Jeep, 2010 Nissan, the rear door window of an OSU student's apartment and a window pane in the Monroe Street Parking Garage, which OSU owns.
OSU basketball coach Mike Boynton dismissed the three players from the team Jan. 16, 15 days after the reported incident.
"These days aren't fun," Boynton said then. "Certainly I care a great deal about these young men and I want to see them all have success. We try to push them and we try to talk about things that are really relevant to life and give them a chance. They don't always necessarily make great decisions. When they don't, there's consequences to that."
Weathers, a redshirt sophomore, missed the first game of the Cowboys' season after returning from a two-month suspension after stealing a woman's wallet at a Stillwater bar in September. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of knowingly concealing stolen property Nov. 6.
Jones and Calloo were both freshmen. Although Calloo had no prior publicly known issues, Jones had been suspended from nine of the previous 10 games before his suspension.
Three former Oklahoma State basketball players dismissed from the team in January following a vandalism incident have been charged with nine counts of malicious injury to property.
Charges were filed against Michael Weathers, Maurice Calloo and Kentrevious Jones in Payne County Court on Wednesday. Each was charged with two felony counts of malicious injury to property for damage exceeding $1,000 and seven misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property for damage below $1,000 for an incident that occurred Jan. 1 when they reportedly fired an air rifle at cars in a Stillwater neighborhood. Imani Patterson, a former OSU cheerleader, is facing the same charges.
The felonies are punishable with up to two years in prison and a fine of $1,000. The misdemeanors are punishable with up to a year in prison and a fine of $500.
The four are accused of causing $4,500 in damage to a 2015 Toyota Rav-4 and $3,093.01 in damage to a 2007 Ford Edge. They also reportedly caused damage of less than $1,000 to a Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Escape, Ford Thunderbird, 2016 Jeep, 2010 Nissan, the rear door window of an OSU student's apartment and a window pane in the Monroe Street Parking Garage, which OSU owns.
OSU basketball coach Mike Boynton dismissed the three players from the team Jan. 16, 15 days after the reported incident.
"These days aren't fun," Boynton said then. "Certainly I care a great deal about these young men and I want to see them all have success. We try to push them and we try to talk about things that are really relevant to life and give them a chance. They don't always necessarily make great decisions. When they don't, there's consequences to that."
Weathers, a redshirt sophomore, missed the first game of the Cowboys' season after returning from a two-month suspension after stealing a woman's wallet at a Stillwater bar in September. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of knowingly concealing stolen property Nov. 6.
Jones and Calloo were both freshmen. Although Calloo had no prior publicly known issues, Jones had been suspended from nine of the previous 10 games before his suspension.