You stay classy UF

[Killian]

Gators football player charged with using dead girl's credit card

Dave Curtis | Sentinel Staff Writer
1:38 PM EDT, May 9, 2008



GAINESVILLE - From October 2007 to April, Florida Gators safety Jamar Hornsby used the credit card of a deceased former University of Florida student more than 70 times -- charging more than $2,800 worth of merchandise throughout the state, according to the Alachua County court records.

Hornsby, who has spent two seasons on Florida's football team, was arrested around 5:30 a.m. Friday at the Alachua County Jail on charges of credit card theft, a misdemeanor, and felony fraudulent use of a credit card. He surrendered to authorities at the jail and remained in custody there as of 1 p.m. Friday.

Neither Hornsby nor his mother, Lisa Hornsby, could be reached for comment. Gators Coach Urban Meyer is expected to comment on Hornsby's situation later today.

The stolen card was a BP credit card that, according to court documents, belonged to former UF student Ashley Slonina. Slonina was killed in an October 12 motorcycle accident that also killed Michael Guilford, a walk-on for UF's football team and a former teammate of Hornsby.

A sworn complaint filed earlier this week on behalf of James Slonina, Ashley's father, states that Hornsby was at Ashley Slonina's Gainesville residence helping to clear her items on the day or the day after her death. Hornsby is accused of first using the card on Oct. 13 at a store in Jacksonville, where he grew up.

Of the 70-plus charges, which totaled $2,856.43, Hornsby made 33 in Alachua County that added up to $1,258.39. Many of the others were made in Jacksonville near his family's apartment on Atlantic Beach Boulevard. The purchases included several in stores and restaurants.

Most of the charges near campus were made at a location of Kangaroo, a gas station and convenience store chain. Hornsby was caught on video using the card at that location on April 3.

Hornsby's legal timeline adds to the craziness of this case. On Oct. 12, hours after Slonina and Guilford died, Hornsby appeared in Alachua County Court and entered a deferred prosecution agreement linked to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge he picked up during an April altercation.

Later that day -- or early the next day -- Hornsby visited Slonina's apartment and helped remove her belongings. By the end of Oct. 13, he had used the card in Jacksonville, starting a six-month string of use that left him in jail Friday.

[TheJON]

What a moron and what a classless prick.

You have to have about no morals whatsoever to do something like this. And even so, how dumb is the guy? He had to realize eventually he'd get caught especially considering he's making purchases at places that have video cameras. Doesn't dude know when you buy something with a credit card the cops can find out where you made the purchase?? All they gotta do is look on the video camera and figure out who you are.

Next time he might want to limit himself to a couple of big purchases at places that are less likely to have a video camera instead of many purchases at places that most definitely have a camera. What an idiot.

[Danimal]

How does somebody this dumb stay in college? You can't keep using the same stolen credit-card forever genius. 70 freaking times? Wow, please do not breed anymore mouthbreathers like yourself. Ya of-course it was quite bad to use the card in the first place but what stands-out to me is how absurdly much he tried to get away with.

[King Crimson]

pretty hard to believe. however, someone swiped my sister's debit card in Dallas and proceeded to buy about 400$ worth of junkfood in about 40$ increments over a week from the same mini-mart....all of it on camera. imma go to jail for some 10 bags of cool ranch doritos and case of redbull. the real kicker was the cashier/clerk noticed that this mensa was misspelling the last name on the signature....so they looked at the tapes. that's some Lex Luthor/Dr. No criminal mastermind shit right there. we can all respect good crime, but bad crime that's another story.

[Shoalzie]

That's what the stress of a meat-grinder schedule will do to a person...

[King Crimson]

That's what the stress of a meat-grinder schedule will do to a person...

hah! rack.

[Danimal]

That's what the stress of a meat-grinder schedule will do to a person...

Baziiiiiiiiiiing!

[buckeye_in_sc]

sigh if only TREX were around...