Alabama Freshman Drove At Terrifyingly High Speed Before Arrest, Cops Say

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — College of Alabama freshman defensive again Tony Mitchell has been suspended from the workforce following his arrest on a drug cost.

Mitchell reached 141 miles an hour in his car making an attempt to evade police earlier than he was apprehended, cops say, per AL.com. One other man within the automotive, Chris Lewis, instructed him to “punch it” as legislation enforcement gave chase, in response to the report.

Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban mentioned Monday after the primary follow of spring that Mitchell was suspended from the workforce “and all workforce actions till we collect extra details about the state of affairs and what his authorized circumstance is.”

Tony Mitchell taking part in for his highschool workforce in December 2021.

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The Holmes County Sheriff’s Workplace arrested Mitchell and one other man, Chris Lewis, final week on a cost of possession of marijuana with the intent to promote or ship, in response to a put up on the division’s Fb web page. Lewis additionally was charged with carrying a hid gun and not using a allow.

“Everyone’s bought a possibility to make decisions and choices,” Saban mentioned. “There’s no such factor as being within the mistaken place on the mistaken time. You’ve gotta be liable for who you’re with, who you’re round and what you do, who you affiliate your self with and the conditions that you simply put your self in. It's what it's, however there may be trigger and impact whenever you make decisions and choices that put you in dangerous conditions.”

Mitchell, who's from Alabaster, Alabama, was a five-star prospect rated the Thirty fourth-best participant and No. 3 security within the 247Composite rankings.

Mitchell was driving the car throughout a visitors cease. After deputies smelled marijuana, Mitchell picked up a baggie of marijuana from the passenger floorboard, in response to the division’s Fb put up.

Sheriff’s deputies discovered “a further important quantity of marijuana, a set of scales, a loaded handgun between the passenger seat and heart console, and a considerable amount of money,” in response to the division’s Fb put up.