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A current LSU football player was shopping Thursday afternoon here at Sneaker Politics, an athletic shoes and apparel store with branches in Lafayette and New Orleans as well, so consider store loyalty intact for the Tigers.
Sneaker Politics store manager Fletcher Sanders was at the cash register Thursday, but he said he had no comment concerning his arrest on Monday on misdemeanor charges of principle to theft and illegal possession of two stolen items cleats and wholesale jerseys gloves of an LSU football player worn in the Tigers' biggest win of the 2014 season. Sanders, 25, told LSU Police officer Timothy Shows on Jan. 9 at his store that an LSU football player gave him the shoes and gloves to sell, according to the arrest warrant. Since the cleats and gloves are LSU property and not the player's, Shows asked Sanders which player. When Sanders said he would Dt5FW6a9x not divulge that, Shows told him he could be arrested. "Do what you have to do," Sanders told the officer. "I am not going to be responsible for ruining someone's career." The next Monday, Jan. 12, Sanders was arrested and jailed. LSU police were acting on a complaint filed on Dec. 22 by LSU equipment manager Greg Stringfellow, who said the LSU cleats and gloves were sold on eBay on Dec. 2. Sanders had the equipment since Nov. 25, according to the arrest warrant. "They brought the post on eBay to our attention," Capt. Cory Lalonde of LSU Police said Thursday. "Our investigation was able to identify the account that was selling the items." "Shoejunky85" is the name of that account on the eBay sale. Stringfellow did not return a call to Gannett Louisiana. College athletes selling their equipment or uniforms is against NCAA rules. There have been two major scandals in recent years at Ohio State and at Georgia involving Cheap With Top Quality & Fastest Shippment football players selling jerseys. "We're cooperating and assisting with the investigation," LSU sports information director Michael Bonnette said Thursday afternoon. The size 12 cleats and XL sized gloves, which went for $100.99 and $99.99 on e Bay, may have played a critical part in the No. 24 Tigers' 10 7 victory over No. 3 Ole Miss on Oct. 25 in front of a record tying Tiger Stadium crowd of 102,321. A 3 yard touchdown pass by quarterback Anthony Jennings to tight end Logan Stokes with 5:07 to go put LSU up 10 7, and an interception by senior safety Ronald Martin in the end zone with two seconds left preserved the win in thrilling fashion. "You can contact my lawyer," said Sanders, who spent Monday night at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison before being bailed out on Tuesday for $3,000. He also asked that no pictures be taken of his store. An equipment salesman familiar with LSU said Thursday that probably about half of the players on the LSU football team, which has a maximum of 95 scholarship players a season, wear size 12 cleats and extra large gloves. "We believe this is a misunderstanding and expect all charges to be dropped," said Kris Perret, an attorney with the Ossie Brown firm in Baton Rouge who is representing Sanders. "We do not believe Mr. Sanders engaged in any criminal activity. Other than that, we have no additional comment at this time." http://social.entire-web.net/blogs/post/11765
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