Baggy pants lead to player's arrest at airport
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
DeShon Marman, 20, was boarding a flight Wednesday to
Albuquerque, N.M., when a US Airways employee noticed his pants
were below his buttocks, and his boxer shorts were showing, Sgt.
Michael Rodriguez of the San Francisco Police Department told the
San Francisco Chronicle.
Marman refused the employee's request to pull up his pants and
failed to immediately comply when she asked him to get off the
plane, Rodriguez said, adding Marman injured a police officer when
he was being arrested.
The player was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, battery of
a police officer and obstruction of a police investigation,
Rodriguez told The Associated Press.
Marman's mother, Donna Doyle, told the newspaper her son was
emotionally fragile after the funeral of his close friend, who died
11 days after being shot.
Marman was being held in San Mateo County Jail while prosecutors
determine whether to file charges, Rodriguez said.
US Airways spokeswoman Valerie Wunder said the airline's dress
code forbids indecent exposure or inappropriate attire.
New Mexico coach Mike Locksley said the school is aware of the
arrest and plans to support Marman, who transferred to New Mexico
after playing the last two seasons at City College of San
Francisco.
"It is never positive when you have a student-athlete arrested,
no matter what the circumstances are," he said.
