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03:33 AM CDT on Monday, August 6, 2007
By CHIP BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
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AUSTIN – Texas coach Mack Brown on Sunday suspended sophomore linebacker Sergio Kindle of Woodrow Wilson and junior defensive end Henry Melton of Grapevine for three games after both were charged with driving while intoxicated this summer.
The suspensions represent what Brown hopes is the end of a summer of negative news made by players off the field. Brown said a "zero-tolerance" policy resulted in the three-game suspensions, whereas in the past the players might have missed only one game.
Kindle and Melton will be required to perform community service and meet with a mother whose child was crippled by a drunk driver. They will not be with the team for its first three games, against Arkansas State (Sept. 1), TCU (Sept. 8) and at Central Florida (Sept. 15).
Over the past two months, five arrests have brought negative attention to UT. The most recent came last week, when freshman Parade All-American defensive tackle Andre Jones joined former Texas safety Robert Joseph in being charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. The two are accused of breaking into an east Austin apartment July 27 and stealing cash, cell phones and video game equipment.
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By CHIP BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
E-mail chipbrown@***BANNED-URL***
AUSTIN – Texas coach Mack Brown on Sunday suspended sophomore linebacker Sergio Kindle of Woodrow Wilson and junior defensive end Henry Melton of Grapevine for three games after both were charged with driving while intoxicated this summer.
The suspensions represent what Brown hopes is the end of a summer of negative news made by players off the field. Brown said a "zero-tolerance" policy resulted in the three-game suspensions, whereas in the past the players might have missed only one game.
Kindle and Melton will be required to perform community service and meet with a mother whose child was crippled by a drunk driver. They will not be with the team for its first three games, against Arkansas State (Sept. 1), TCU (Sept. 8) and at Central Florida (Sept. 15).
Over the past two months, five arrests have brought negative attention to UT. The most recent came last week, when freshman Parade All-American defensive tackle Andre Jones joined former Texas safety Robert Joseph in being charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. The two are accused of breaking into an east Austin apartment July 27 and stealing cash, cell phones and video game equipment.
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