Myron Medcalf
Multiple Authors
Alabama star Aden Holloway has been arrested on a felony drug charge, 4 days earlier than his staff is ready to play within the NCAA event.
Tuscaloosa County police spokesperson Stephanie Taylor stated Holloway was arrested Monday morning and transported to the Tuscaloosa County jail after brokers with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force searched a residence close to Alabama’s campus and “recovered more than a pound of marijuana, paraphernalia and cash.”
Holloway has been charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp. His bond was set at $5,000, but it surely’s unclear, per jail information, if he’s nonetheless in jail.
Per Alabama legislation, the first-degree possession charge can carry a penalty as much as 10 years in jail and a nice of $15,000.
Holloway, a 6-foot-1 junior guard, scored 18 factors on Friday in his staff’s loss to Ole Miss within the opening spherical of the SEC event. He’s additionally made 44 p.c of his 3-point makes an attempt for an Alabama squad that has the No. 3 offense within the nation and earned the 4-seed within the Midwest Region.
Holloway is Alabama’s second main scoring, averaging 16.8 factors per sport for a Crimson Tide staff that has received 9 of its final 11 video games.
An Alabama males’s basketball staff spokesperson didn’t reply to a request for remark on Monday.
The Tide will play Hofstra in Tampa, Florida, on Friday afternoon within the first spherical of the NCAA event.
