Former Husker Andre Jones was in court Tuesday on allegations that he stole a 50-inch plasma-screen TV in June.
The 25-year-old was arrested Monday and is being held in jail on a $3,000 percentage bond on the felony charge. Jones was a cornerback at Nebraska the past two seasons.
In the warrant for his arrest, Lincoln police allege that in June Jones stole a 50-inch Pioneer Plasma TV worth about $2,800 from the basement of a home where he’d been staying.
The owner of the home, Marcus Young II, told police his son, sophomore tight end Dreu Young, lived at the home along with Jones and some other Husker players. Jones was the only one who hadn’t moved out for the summer by June 1, court records say.
On June 25, Young discovered the TV had been taken.
In an interview July 8, Jones denied stealing the TV and said he was out of town, trying out for the Buffalo Bills, when it was taken. He was there June 15-17, according to police.
Police say Jones said he was at the house June 25, before leaving for Omaha, but said Husker players Justin Makovicka and Zac Lee were there at the same time.
A week later, police had tracked the TV down to Capital City Pawn, 2727 N. 11th St., where the pawn listing indicated someone who gave Jones’ name and date of birth and showed his license pawned the TV on June 25. According to court records, an employee told police Jones said he was a football player and got the TV for playing in a bowl game.
A native of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Jones joined the Huskers for the 2006 season after playing junior college ball at Fresno City Community College. During his first year in Lincoln, he started all but one game at cornerback and led the team with 52 solo tackles.
Jones played in 10 games last year in a reserve role. While he didn’t start at corner, he saw some action as a returner, and he finished second on the team in total return yards (456) to Cortney Grixby.
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