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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:40 pm
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.
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.