Freshman Jeryl Brazil is no longer a member of the LSU football team, Associate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette said Thursday, after the Baton Rouge Police Department issued a warrant for the freshman’s arrest earlier Thursday afternoon.
Brazil, 19, is wanted for simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, a felony offense, for his involvement in a burglary that occurred Nov. 23 at The Venue apartment complex on West State Street.
Brazil allegedly entered an apartment at The Venue without authorization and stole $47 from the victim’s wallet while he was sleeping, according to the warrant.
Surveillance footage showed Brazil leaving another Venue apartment belonging to Anthony Hickey, a sophomore point guard on the LSU basketball team, and another unnamed male before the burglary, the warrant said.
Hickey cooperated with police investigation and helped police identify Brazil, according to the warrant. Neither Hickey nor the unnamed male were charged with a crime.
The warrant is Brazil’s third run in with the law this fall, and he is “no longer part of the program,” Bonnette said. LSU coach Les Miles announced Brazil’s indefinite suspension Oct. 24 after the running back was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons Oct. 18 for simple battery and simple criminal damage to property.
In the Oct. 18 incident, Brazil allegedly grabbed a female complainant by the neck, threw her on a sofa and punched a hole in her West Campus Apartment wall after a verbal argument. Bonnette said at no point since his suspension had Brazil been reinstated.
The Loranger native was served another misdemeanor in September when he and another man were cited for fighting in the parking lot of The 5 dining hall.
Brazil appeared in only one game for LSU, rushing for 10 yards on two carries in LSU’s 56-17 win against UAB on. Sept. 7.