By Micah Fleet
August 31, 2018
WACO, TX (KXXV) – Baylor football defensive lineman Micheal Johnson was arrested and charged with theft on Friday.
Baylor football dismissed Johnson from the team on Thursday.
According to the affidavit, four-game consoles were reported stolen from the Highers Athletic Complex which was believed to be taken between July 19-20. Upon further investigation, one of the consoles was taken on April 19. Another game console was taken between April 19 – July 20.
Four of the five consoles were reported on “Leads Online” and pawned by Johnson.
Johnson confessed to taking and pawning four of the five stolen consoles. The value of the game consoles admitted to be taken by Johnson totaled to $1,199.96, according to the affidavit.
He committed the offense of theft greater than $750 less than $2,500, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Bears officials released a statement on Thursday saying the junior violated team rules but did not go any further into the reasoning behind Johnson’s dismissal.
Johnson was expected to be a contributor to the Bears defensive line during the 2018 campaign. Now, with their game against Abilene Christian on Saturday, Baylor is losing depth at a position where they were already thin.
Source: http://www.newswest9.com/story/38999920/baylor-dismisses-defensive-lineman-micheal-johnson