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Dominguez High Football Star, USC Recruit Arrested for Robbery
LOS
ANGELES – A University of Southern California football recruit
was charged Friday in connection with the robbery of a man on a Compton
street.
Maurice Simmons, 18, and another man, 19-year-old Lamont Hall, were
charged with second-degree robbery and assault with a firearm. Both pleaded
not guilty in court.
Simmons is a 6-foot-1, 210-pound linebacker from Dominguez High School.
He signed a letter of intent last month to accept a USC scholarship for
this fall.
On the night of March 5, gang enforcement deputies in Compton were
flagged down by a person who reported being robbed, Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
“Moments after that, the alleged suspects were discovered in a vehicle
leaving the scene,” he said.
The victim and witnesses identified two men inside as the robbers,
he said.
Simmons, who was driving, and Hall were arrested and a handgun and
the victim’s stolen property were found in the car, Whitmore said.
Other details were not immediately provided.
“We’re aware of it and we’re going to monitor the situation,” USC
sports information director Tim Tessalone said.
Simmons is the younger brother of Melvin “Champ” Simmons, who
was a USC linebacker during the 2002-03 seasons. Another brother, Marvin,
also intended to play at USC but did not qualify for entrance. He later
played at Kansas State.
A Superior Court judge set Simmons’ bail at $85,000, and Hall’s
at $215,000. The two were scheduled to return to court March 26 for
a preliminary hearing.
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