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Dogs DL Taylor implicated in brawl
Charged with taking part in fight at Lake Allatoona
By S.A. REID, SAEED AHMED
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/16/07
For almost two long months, Charles Rogers says he's had to grit his teeth and wait for authorities to file charges against a University of Georgia football player who, along with several other college kids, allegedly stripped him of his clothes, beat him and then urinated on him during a Memorial Day weekend attack at Lake Allatoona.
On Monday, Cherokee County sheriff's deputies charged Paul "Tripp" Taylor, 20, of Woodstock for his role in the May 25 fight. In the same fight, a group of men allegedly hit Rogers' friend in the face with a baseball bat.
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Taylor, a walk-on, is currently listed as a second string defensive lineman on the UGA roster.
A second football player, Shane McCleskey, a wide receiver last season for Kentucky's Murray State University, has also been charged. McCleskey, 19, from Woodstock.
McCleskey, authorities say, is thought to have caused the major injuries to the victims.
Taylor allegedly made verbal threats. He has been charged with misdemeanor simple assault. His lawyer has set up a meeting with the Cherokee County District Attorney today before bringing him in, Sheriff's Sgt. Jay Baker said.
"I was kind of mad," said Rogers, 17, also of Woodstock. "I knew who they were; they live just across town. But we waited because the detectives told us they wanted to go about it the right way."
As many as 25 people had been camping at the lake site off Wooten Drive when the attack occurred about 11:30 p.m. Alcohol may have contributed; a large number of beer cans were found at the scene, Baker said.
According to authorities and Rogers, he and another friend from Etowah High School were celebrating the end of the school year at the campground when two men approached them. Rogers is a rising senior.
The friend a 16-year-old who is not being identified bcause he is a juvenile was cutting a piece of wood with a pocket knife when one of the men asked what he was doing. The teen told him it wasn't any of his business, prompting the man to take the knife from him and press it to his throat, authorities said.
When Rogers told the men to leave his friend alone, they punched him in the face. The two teens were able to pull themselves away and were walking to their car, when a group of eight men confronted them.
The 16-year-old was hit in the face with a baseball bat and kicked and punched, authorities said.
Rogers tried to run into some nearby woods. Several men dragged him out, stripped him of his shorts, and severely beat him before urinating on him.
"I thought it would never stop," Rogers said Monday.
The men finally let him go but with a warning: "Keep your mouth shut, or else," Rogers recounted.
Rogers' left eye was swollen shut. The 16-year-old suffered an orbital fracture.
Georgia coach Mark Richt had no comment on the incident Monday. Sheriff's officials said no other Georgia player was involved.
Charged with taking part in fight at Lake Allatoona
By S.A. REID, SAEED AHMED
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/16/07
For almost two long months, Charles Rogers says he's had to grit his teeth and wait for authorities to file charges against a University of Georgia football player who, along with several other college kids, allegedly stripped him of his clothes, beat him and then urinated on him during a Memorial Day weekend attack at Lake Allatoona.
On Monday, Cherokee County sheriff's deputies charged Paul "Tripp" Taylor, 20, of Woodstock for his role in the May 25 fight. In the same fight, a group of men allegedly hit Rogers' friend in the face with a baseball bat.
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Taylor, a walk-on, is currently listed as a second string defensive lineman on the UGA roster.
A second football player, Shane McCleskey, a wide receiver last season for Kentucky's Murray State University, has also been charged. McCleskey, 19, from Woodstock.
McCleskey, authorities say, is thought to have caused the major injuries to the victims.
Taylor allegedly made verbal threats. He has been charged with misdemeanor simple assault. His lawyer has set up a meeting with the Cherokee County District Attorney today before bringing him in, Sheriff's Sgt. Jay Baker said.
"I was kind of mad," said Rogers, 17, also of Woodstock. "I knew who they were; they live just across town. But we waited because the detectives told us they wanted to go about it the right way."
As many as 25 people had been camping at the lake site off Wooten Drive when the attack occurred about 11:30 p.m. Alcohol may have contributed; a large number of beer cans were found at the scene, Baker said.
According to authorities and Rogers, he and another friend from Etowah High School were celebrating the end of the school year at the campground when two men approached them. Rogers is a rising senior.
The friend a 16-year-old who is not being identified bcause he is a juvenile was cutting a piece of wood with a pocket knife when one of the men asked what he was doing. The teen told him it wasn't any of his business, prompting the man to take the knife from him and press it to his throat, authorities said.
When Rogers told the men to leave his friend alone, they punched him in the face. The two teens were able to pull themselves away and were walking to their car, when a group of eight men confronted them.
The 16-year-old was hit in the face with a baseball bat and kicked and punched, authorities said.
Rogers tried to run into some nearby woods. Several men dragged him out, stripped him of his shorts, and severely beat him before urinating on him.
"I thought it would never stop," Rogers said Monday.
The men finally let him go but with a warning: "Keep your mouth shut, or else," Rogers recounted.
Rogers' left eye was swollen shut. The 16-year-old suffered an orbital fracture.
Georgia coach Mark Richt had no comment on the incident Monday. Sheriff's officials said no other Georgia player was involved.
