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UTEP quarterback Kai Locksley suspended from team after being arrested on multiple charges

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Gaby Velasquez
Senior quarterback Kai Locksley was arrested Saturday on four charges and is suspended from the team.

UTEP senior quarterback Kai Locksley was arrested Saturday on four charges which included driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana under two ounces, terroristic threat, and unlawful carrying of a weapon according to El Paso County Jail records.

Locksley posted bail and was released Saturday afternoon according to jail records.

After his arrest was made public Locksley was named temporarily suspended from the football team.

We are aware of the charges against Kai Locksley. While the severity of these charges is concerning, it would not be appropriate to determine a course of action until we have all the facts. In the meantime, he has been suspended from the UTEP football team,” said UTEP football head coach Dana Dimel in a statement released by the UTEP Athletics department.

Locksley was the projected starting quarterback for the Miners for the 2019-2020 season which opens up against Houston Baptist Aug. 31.

The former Junior College offensive player of the year started eight games for the Miners last season and  posted 937 passing yards, 340 rushing yards, and rushed for six touchdowns.

 

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Isaiah Ramirez is a senior multimedia journalism major at the University of Texas at El Paso. Isaiah has worked for the university’s paper The Prospector since Spring 2018 and has held the position as a sports editor and is currently a reporter at the publication. During the fall semesters he also works as an on-air reporter for Football Friday Nights a weekly radio show showcasing local football games broadcasted by 600 ESPN El Paso. He covers local news as well as local and UTEP sporting events such as football, men’s and women’s basketball, and has covered the annual Hyundai Sun Bowl game and two-time NBA champion Danny Green’s basketball camp here in the Sun City.
Gaby Velasquez, Photo editor
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