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COLUMBIA, MO. • Missouri running back Trevon Walters was arrested Friday by Columbia police for allegedly stealing a debit card and two counts of fraudulent use of a stolen credit device. The stealing offense is considered a felony, according to the Columbia police report, while the fraudulent use of a credit card is a misdemeanor.
Walters, 21, was arrested at 9:15 a.m. Friday at the Columbia police station and booked at 12:04 p.m. on Friday with bond set at $4,500 for the stealing charge and $1,000 for fraudulent use of a credit device.
On July 18, Columbia police were dispatched to a residence on Paris Road in reference to a burglary. A 19-year-old male victim reported stolen items, including a debit card. Multiple unauthorized transactions were made on the card on July 17. Officers reviewed surveillance video from a business where the card was used and identified Walters as the person using the card.
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Walters has been suspended indefinitely while Mizzou learns more about the situation, team spokesman Chad Moller said Saturday.
Per university system policy, an athlete charged with a felony is suspended immediately from practice and competition. If the athlete pleads guilty or is found guilty of a felony charge, the athlete is barred permanently from participation in athletics at any school in the UM System. A student suspended from participation in intercollegiate athletics as a result of a felony charge shall not be prohibited from receiving financial aid during the pendency of such felony charge.
Walters, a redshirt sophomore from Bradenton, Fla., has not appeared in a game for the Tigers. He redshirted in 2014 and missed all of last season while recovering from a knee injury suffered during spring practices. He's one of six scholarship running backs on the current roster.
The Tigers were scheduled to host their first preseason scrimmage at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
According to Missouri law, stealing a credit card is a class C felony. Fraudulent use of a credit device or debit device is a class A misdemeanor unless the value of the property or services obtained is $750 or more.