Cardiac Hill - Devin Street, Ray Graham, and Lafayette Pitts charged with simple assaultBecause Vonteego Cummings was better than you think.https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48343/cardiachill-fave.png2012-11-02T12:03:20-04:00http://www.cardiachill.com/rss/stream/33548292012-11-02T12:03:20-04:002012-11-02T12:03:20-04:00Statement from the Athletic Department
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<p><span style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">"The </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><font color="#366388">University of Pittsburgh </font></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Athletic Department was recently made aware of a police report relating to an incident allegedly involving three of our football student-athletes on October 21. Those individuals have denied any involvement with the situation and have offered to speak with authorities, although to date they have not been questioned or received any court documents. We take matters of player discipline very seriously and will continue to cooperate with any investigation. However, we will not, and hope others will not, rush to judgment on these misdemeanor allegations. All three players will remain active members of our program while we gain more clarity on this situation."</span></p>
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<p>It looks like Pitt will be with three of their most important players this weekend at Notre Dame. The legal system is not always a quick moving system, and the court date is not until after the season. It would be hard to suspend three players without them even talking to the police. This is obviously a story we will monitor further, but for the meantime it is excellent news that they will be available for this weekend.</p>
https://www.cardiachill.com/2012/11/2/3590678/statement-from-the-athletic-department-Graham-Street-Pitts-Pitt-Panthers-Charges-AssaultJimHammett2012-11-02T00:55:11-04:002012-11-02T00:55:11-04:00Three Pitt players have been charged with assault
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<p>Three Pitt players will face a court date in January after assault and conspiracy charges were filed today. </p> <p>Charges were filed tonight against Pitt running back <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/75526/ray-graham" class="sbn-auto-link">Ray Graham</a>, wide receiver <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/75541/devin-street" class="sbn-auto-link">Devin Street</a>, and defensive back <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/134018/lafayette-pitts" class="sbn-auto-link">Lafayette Pitts</a>. Liz Navratil of the <i>Post-Gazette </i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/3-pitt-football-players-charged-with-assault-660311/">broke the story</a>, stating that while the incident occurred early on October 21(the night after the Buffalo game), charges were not filed until today and there was not an arrest.</p>
<p>The incident occurred at the corner of Bates and Oakland Ave. in South Oakland. According to the criminal complaint, the victim claimed that he was surrounded by the three players, called a racial slur, and the struck in the head by Street. The victim did not press charges at the time and did not receive any medical attention.</p>
<p>While the charges were filed tonight, one has to wonder if Paul Chryst and the staff were already aware of the situation. The conversation in the Twittersphere seems to indicate that Chryst has no plans to suspend any of the accused players for this weekend's game at Notre Dame, although that could change.</p>
<p>Stay with us for more updates.</p>
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https://www.cardiachill.com/2012/11/2/3589204/devin-street-ray-graham-lafayette-pitts-charged-simple-assault-notre-dame-irishPat O'Mahony