Erik Murphy, Cody Larson Arrested For Burglary
by Andy Hutchins on Apr 10, 2011 10:07 PM EDT
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PrintJust over two weeks removed from a heartbreaking loss in the NCAA Tournament, Florida's basketball team has a new problem on its hands: As first tweeted by Gator Country's Thomas Goldkamp, Erik Murphy and Cody Larson were arrested and charged with burglary on Saturday night.
Working on a breaking story. Cody Larson and Erik Murphy were arrested last night and charged with burglary. More details coming.
Jacksonville's WJXT was first to report the arrests, and notes that Murphy and Larson face felony burglary charges.
Investigators said Larson and Murphy went into Scarlett O'Hara's Bar and Restaurant around 2 a.m. Sunday and claimed to have lost a wallet. They said the men tried to get close to an employee who was counting money from the night.
Bouncers then told Larson and Murphy to leave and a few minutes later, they saw the men breaking into a co-worker's car in a parking lot across the street, according to police.
Police said the victim did not notice any missing items from the car.
Murphy is a sophomore from Rhode Island who has played sparingly as a frontcourt reserve in his first two seasons as a Gator. Larson, a freshman who redshirted in the 2010-11 season, is from South Dakota, and came to Gainesville with character questions stemming from a criminal record and alleged flouting of a high school drug policy.
Larson received two years of probation and a suspended 120-day jail sentence for a misdemeanor drug charge related to being in the same room with drugs in 2010. Larson told the Sioux Falls, S.D. Argus Leader it was "the biggest lesson of my life" last May.
While we're far from knowing all the facts of this story, and it should be stressed that accusations, arrests, and charges are not convictions, reportedly being arrested for burglary less than a year after being sentenced to probation at least suggests Larson may not have learned much from that lesson.
Alligator Army will have more details as the story develops. At the moment, it's hard not to be disappointed in both Murphy and Larson for even doing enough to get arrested. Fun story to start a tenure with, huh?
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Ugh!
Is there really more to say? Just ugh.
by The Bull Gator on Apr 10, 2011 10:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
There's more to say:
I would bet Larson never sees the floor for Florida.
Read these things I wrote: SB Nation Archive
by Andy Hutchins on Apr 10, 2011 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Good point.
He was already under close watch. This forces Donovan to make a choice regarding his future.
by The Bull Gator on Apr 10, 2011 10:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
anybody smell a 3 guard line-up coming in the fall?
I may be in a rut, but at least I know where I'm going
...to DFA TLR
Three? I smell four.
Read these things I wrote: SB Nation Archive
by Andy Hutchins on Apr 11, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
The only thing that can be said
are lots and lots of curse words.
by ParadigmShift35 on Apr 11, 2011 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Larson is going to be off the team for sure
Murphy disappoints me. He has moments when he has played well and I think he would have received a lot of playing time this year so it will be interesting to see what happens with him.
I think more information needs to come out before we can truly know what will happen to him
Wow, it's more just surprising than anything.
The BB program has been relatively quiet in Billy’s tenure.
"(Dwight) Howard averages 23 points and 14 rebounds per game and is the defensive basketball equivalent of a guy carrying a bazooka during laser tag. No one wants to play with that kid."-Matt Moore
Welcome...
to the Army, Andy. Sorry it had to be on a story like this.
by gator'n'mempho on Apr 10, 2011 11:29 PM EDT reply actions
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If the above linked story is correct, Larson will have to see mandatory jail, as per his prior probation.
well
Is it just me or are people jumping to conclusions on this?
Maybe they were actually trying to find a wallet that was left in a friends car. The bouncer wont let them hang around trying to talk to their buddy so they get bounced out. So they get impatient and try get the wallet back by slim-jiming the friend’s car. Nothing was stolen.
I hope it's that.
I have never really seen or met Larson, but I have seen Murphy around campus and town a bunch of times and he has always seemed like a pretty good guy and wouldn’t do something like this so hopefully this isn’t what it looks like it is.
While that IS plausible...
…who Slim Jims a friend’s car to try to get a wallet and then bolts when discovered?
Also, given time and location, it’s well within the realm of possibility that both Murphy and Larson were imbibing (and both are underage), which makes rational decision-making a BIT harder.
Read these things I wrote: SB Nation Archive
by Andy Hutchins on Apr 11, 2011 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
I suppose it's fitting
That your first post for AA is about Gators being arrested…sigh. Anyway, I agree that Larson is probably done. I sincerely hope that these boys were drunk, because if not, they are monumentally stupid. Two dudes over 6’7" do not exactly go unnoticed walking around, asking for wallets, and trying to break into cars parked on the street.
no kidding
I wonder if they were wearing white suits and party hats just to be certain they were noticed.
Welcome aboard Andy – but if this trend continues, we’ll have to ban you!
Surely something good happened too??
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