Football player arrested for public intox
By: Josh Tinker, Sports Editor
Issue date: 4/20/05 Section: News
Razorback football player Jared Hicks was arrested Monday morning by the West Fork Police Department and charged with public intoxication, according to a report from the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
Hicks was booked at 11:24 a.m. Monday, according to the report. The WFPD had not filed a report on Hicks' arrest by Tuesday afternoon.
A spokesperson for the WFPD said the arresting officer was on a period of regularly scheduled time off and that a report would be filed by Thursday.
Hicks was booked and immediately released on a "misdemeanor cited," said Jack Kimbell, public information officer for the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
"He was released with a citation," Kimbell said.
Hicks is scheduled to appear in court April 26.
Hicks played in 10 games last season, starting eight. He finished the season with eight receptions for 98 yards and two touchdowns.
Houston Nutt, Arkansas coach, could not be reached for comment. He was out of town with his father, who recently had a stroke.
Kevin Trainor, director of Sports Information, said yesterday he didn't know if Hicks would be suspended from the football team.
"In light of the status with Houston and his father, there is not status on Jared Hicks," Trainor said. "I don't know [if he'll be suspended]. That's Coach Nutt's call. Being the offseason, that hasn't been dealt with."
Trainor said he did not want to speculate on Nutt's decision.
Former Razorback basketball player Mike Jones was also detained by UAPD early Tuesday morning and held on a warrant out of Benton County.
Jones was detained by UAPD for a warrant for failure to appear in court. Jones was supposed to appear in court after receiving a citation for driving the wrong way on a one-way street, said Ashley Ingram, a secretary in the warrants department of the Benton County Sheriff's Office. Ingram said she did not know the date of the incident.
Lt. Gary Crain, the UAPD public information officer, was out of his office Tuesday and could not be reached for comment.
Jones played in 23 games last season, starting four. He averaged 4.0 points per game, before missing the majority of the second half of the season with a groin injury.