LUBBOCK – Four Texas Tech University football players were arrested Sunday morning by Lubbock police outside of Bash Riprocks, including Jett Duffey. Christian Taylor, Furquan Shorts and Desmon Smith-Williams were also arrested.
Duffey is competing to be a starting quarterback, according to Lubbock-Online, while Shorts and Smith are both first-teamers and Taylor was a backup player.
The Tech football team had been in Midland part of Saturday for a scrimmage match.
The following summary was released by the Lubbock police:
Officers were dispatched to Bash Riprocks Nightclub (2419 Main Street) at 1:54 a.m., following reports of a disturbance where a suspect was possibly armed.
Upon arrival to the scene, officers located a large group of people in front of the nightclub who were impeding traffic.
After attempting to locate [the] armed suspect, an officer observed an individual intentionally cause damage to a vehicle by smashing the windshield. When officers tried to arrest the suspect, the crowd became aggressive toward the responding officers.
In all, 10 suspects were arrested, eight for disorderly conduct, and two for Criminal Mischief. One of the arrestees (20-year-old) Desmon Smith Williams was taken to UMC for a dog bite from one of the responding K-9 units. He was treated, released, and later booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center. No officers were injured in the incident.
Taylor smashed a car windshield in front of one of the responding officers and Jett Duffey damaged property at ULOFTS in front of officers while we were trying to disperse the crowd.
Taylor and Duffey were charged with criminal mischief, according to Lubbock-Online, while Smith and Shorts were charged with disorderly conduct.
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