Two from UNC football team charged with assault

Posted Oct 16, 2015
Two UNC football players were charged with assault Thursday night and suspended from the team for their role in an incident at a Franklin Street apartment in the wee hours of Oct. 4. Sophomore cornerback M.J. Stewart Jr., 20, of Arlington, Va. and freshman Michael Hughes, 18, a cornerback from New Bern, are linked to what the incident report describes as a forcible attack. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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