Cal Player and Former Cal Player Arrested on Robbery Charges

I'll let the major media outlets doing the reporting, but here's a quick breakdown:

You can find articles here and here.

The UC Berkeley Police Department arrested current Cal player R.J. Garrett and former player Gary Doxy on suspicion of robbing two male students at Clark Kerr Campus.

The two victims were actually mistaken for white male members of the Cal Crew team who had made racially-offensive comments last month at an off-campus party. The victims were held at gunpoint, actually a BB gun, and gave Garrett and Doxy their laptop and wallet.

Garrett is also charged with possessing an illegal sawed-off shotgun that he allegedly stole.


To quote SF Gate:
"Garrett is a junior fullback from Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, where his father, Robert, is a long-time and well-respected coach. R.J. Garrett is a sixth-string fullback who, in three seasons, has never participated in an offensive play.

Doxy is a senior from Long Beach Poly High who was suspended from the team over the summer for bad grades. He was largely considered a throw-in scholarship in hopes of enticing high school teammate DeSean Jackson to come to Cal.”

"I know that the entire Cal athletics community shares my profound disappointment in the wake of these incidents," said Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour, referring to the robbery. "They are contrary to everything we stand for."

I’m disappointed too Sandy. What stupid, stupid things to do. Man. *Shakes head.*