Four TCU football players arrest in campus drug bust
Seventeen TCU students, including four football players, have been arrested after a six-month investigation by Fort Worth and TCU police that included students selling drugs to undercover officers, police and TCU officials said Wednesday.
"All of those arrested are drug dealers," TCU Police Chief Steven McGee said at a morning news conference.
The four players arrested are linebacker Tanner Brock; defensive lineman D.J. Yendry; offensive tackle Tyler Horn; and cornerback Devin Johnson, according to documents released Wednesday morning
McGee said the students were caught in an undercover operation selling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and prescription drugs.
In a statement, school chancellor Victor Boschini said the investigation was a joint operation between the Fort Worth Police Department and TCU Campus Police. All the students involved have been expelled. The four football players were unidentified.
"We have a responsibility to ensure that our campus environment is free of such behavior.
Today's actions highlight that responsibility," Boschini said. "The students involved were immediately separated from TCU and criminally trespassed from campus. Further, according to University policy, students arrested and found in violation of distributing drugs are subject to immediate expulsion from TCU. McGee said the students would be identified later Wednesday morning."
The arrests were the culmination of a six-month investigation after complaints from students, parents and others in the community.
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