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DARK DAYS PALOUSE PULLMAN – On Thursday, Washington State Univer- sity football star Robert Barber was expelled from school. A day later, the athlete was arrested by Pullman police on felony assault charges. And at a key moment in Saturday’s game against Idaho, Barber – who is allowed to play while appealing his expulsion – blocked a field-goal attempt that re- sulted in a 72-yard touchdown return, completely shifting the game’s momentum in the Cougars’ favor. But it’s the momentum that is building off the field, with 29 player arrests in the past four-plus seasons un- der coach Mike Leach – including two arrests Friday for alleged felony assault – that has WSU answering more questions about the hits players are delivering at par- ties than the ones they are delivering on the football field. The 29 arrests with Leach as coach is a number that leads all NCAA Division I schools. In that same time frame, the Cougars have won 22 games. The majority of arrests were for small matters that probably wouldn’t attract the notice of police in bigger cities – a minor in possession of alcohol the day before his 21st birthday, for example, or throwing a snowball through a window. Charges have been dismissed in 16 The number of arrests leads the nation, but school officials say an overzealous police department targets players By Thomas Clouse [email protected], (509) 459-5495 PHOTO BY TYLER TJOMSLAND [email protected] Mostly sunny s 70 t 43 » Northwest ..... B1 » Classifieds ...... F1 » Outdoors .... C14 » Lotteries ....... A2 » Movies .......... D4 » Obituaries .... B4 » Opinion ....... B10 » Sports ............ C1 Sunday, September 18, 2016 www.spokesman.com $2 ($2.50 in some areas) AUG. 24: Shalom Luani was arrested on felony charges of second-de- gree assault in con- nection with an alter- cation that occurred at a local Domino’s Pizza. SEPT. 12: Logan Tago was arrested on felony charges of second-de- gree assault and robbery in connection with a re- ported assault and theft of beer June 4. HOUSE PARTY BRAWL SEPT. 16: Robert Barber and T.J. Fehoko were both arrested on charges of second-degree assault in connection with a July 23 altercation at a house party. See WSU ARRESTS, A10 SPECIAL REPORT A state legislator’s claim that a fiery triple homicide north of Spokane is con- nected to the Spokane Coun- ty Sheriff’s Office drew a furious rebuke and threat of political payback by Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich. Rep. Matt Shea’s as- sertions – based on rumors and writings by critics of the sheriff – prompted Knezov- ich to call on fellow GOP of- ficials and political hopefuls to disavow the controversial Shea or he will yank his elec- tion endorsements. Shea represents Spokane Valley in the state Legislature and is a favorite of the tea party and far-right-leaning groups. He jumped into the national fray on issues in- cluding support for the ill- fated occupation of the Mal- heur Wildlife Refuge in Ore- gon. The establishment wing of the GOP has failed in at- Knezovich blasts Shea claim linking Sheriff’s Office to triple homicide By Pia Hallenberg [email protected], (509) 459-5427 See SHEA, A9 Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley UNUSUAL PETS SLITHER TO TOWN Spokane’s first Reptile and Exotic Pet Expo brings some scaly critters a little closer. NORTHWEST, B1 PAUL TURNER PITCHES AN IDEA Baseball or football? Playing catch, maybe the ball doesn’t matter as much as the quality time spent. TODAY, D1 Luani Tago Barber MOST RECENT WSU ATHLETE ARRESTS STOLEN BEER A FIGHT AT DOMINO’S PIZZA Fehoko With four felony arrests in the past month, the WSU football program is gaining national notoriety off the field ON THE

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DARK DAYSPALOUSE

PULLMAN – On Thursday, Washington State Univer-sity football star Robert Barber was expelled fromschool. A day later, the athlete was arrested by Pullmanpolice on felony assault charges.

And at a key moment in Saturday’s game againstIdaho, Barber – who is allowed to play while appealinghis expulsion – blocked a field-goal attempt that re-sulted in a 72-yard touchdown return, completelyshifting the game’s momentum in the Cougars’ favor.

But it’s the momentum that is building off the field,with 29 player arrests in the past four-plus seasons un-der coach Mike Leach – including two arrests Friday foralleged felony assault – that has WSU answering more

questions about the hits players are delivering at par-ties than the ones they are delivering on the footballfield.

The 29 arrests with Leach as coach is a number thatleads all NCAA Division I schools. In that same timeframe, the Cougars have won 22 games.

The majority of arrests were for small matters thatprobably wouldn’t attract the notice of police in biggercities – a minor in possession of alcohol the day beforehis 21st birthday, for example, or throwing a snowballthrough a window. Charges have been dismissed in 16

The number of arrests leads the nation, but school officials

say an overzealous police department targets playersBy Thomas Clouse

[email protected], (509) 459-5495

PHOTO BY TYLER TJOMSLAND [email protected]

Mostly sunny s 70 t 43

» Northwest .....B1» Classifieds ......F1» Outdoors ....C14» Lotteries .......A2» Movies ..........D4» Obituaries ....B4» Opinion .......B10» Sports ............C1

Sunday, September 18, 2016 www.spokesman.com

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AUG. 24: Shalom Luaniwas arrested on felonycharges of second-de-gree assault in con-nection with an alter-cation that occurred at alocal Domino’s Pizza.

SEPT. 12: Logan Tagowas arrested on felonycharges of second-de-gree assault and robberyin connection with a re-ported assault and theftof beer June 4.

HOUSE PARTY BRAWLSEPT. 16: Robert Barberand T.J. Fehoko wereboth arrested on chargesof second-degree assaultin connection with a July23 altercation at a houseparty.

See WSU ARRESTS, A10

SPECIAL REPORT

A state legislator’s claimthat a fiery triple homicidenorth of Spokane is con-nected to the Spokane Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office drew afurious rebuke and threat ofpolitical payback by SheriffOzzie Knezovich.

Rep. Matt Shea’s as-sertions – based on rumorsand writings by critics of thesheriff – prompted Knezov-ich to call on fellow GOP of-ficials and political hopefulsto disavow the controversialShea or he will yank his elec-tion endorsements.

Shea represents SpokaneValley in the state Legislature

and is a favorite of the teaparty and far-right-leaninggroups. He jumped into thenational fray on issues in-cluding support for the ill-fated occupation of the Mal-heur Wildlife Refuge in Ore-gon. The establishment wingof the GOP has failed in at-

Knezovich blasts Shea claim linkingSheriff’s Office to triple homicide

By Pia [email protected], (509) 459-5427

See SHEA, A9

Rep. MattShea,R-SpokaneValley

UNUSUAL PETSSLITHER TO TOWN

Spokane’s first Reptile andExotic Pet Expo brings somescaly critters a little closer.NORTHWEST, B1

PAUL TURNERPITCHES AN IDEA

Baseball or football? Playingcatch, maybe the ball doesn’tmatter as much as the qualitytime spent. TODAY, D1

Luani Tago Barber

MOST RECENT WSU ATHLETE ARRESTSSTOLEN BEERA FIGHT AT DOMINO’S PIZZA

Fehoko

With four felony arrests in the past month, the WSU football program is gaining national notoriety off the field

ONTHE

of the 29 arrests under Leach. And Leach and athletic direc-

tor Bill Moos argue players areunfairly targeted in a town wherethey’re local celebrities, recog-nized on sight by many of the20,000 students.

But there are also disturbingstories: the young woman whowas punched by a player,knocked out cold with a con-cussion and less than a month la-ter committed suicide. Theyoung fan who never missed afootball game in his years at Waz-zu, then was allegedly kicked inthe jaw by a player when he triedto break up a house party. A walk-on football player who waspunched by a teammate – andended up paying $2,000 out ofpocket for his medical treatment.

Leach responded angrily thisweek – with his anger directed atthe news media and Pullman pol-ice.

“The (legal) system has to bechecked if with the number of pe-ople involved in these incidents,the only ones accused are footballplayers. If that’s the case, thensomething is seriously wrong,which goes far deeper than what-ever has even been alleged,” thecoach said at a news conference.

A summit at the end of theweek involving Moos, Pullmanpolice Chief Gary Jenkins andWSU President Kirk Schulz pro-duced more soothing words ofcooperation and ensuring “fair-ness is given to all involved.”

FOUR FELONY ARRESTS IN THE PAST MONTH

The string of four felony as-sault arrests in the past monthsparked the intense scrutiny ofWSU’s program. Suddenly, theCougars were national news,even a topic on ESPN’s “Outsidethe Lines,” but not for their her-oics on the field. Far from it.

Defensive linemen RobertBarber, 22, and T.J. Fehoko, 19,were both arrested Friday oncharges of second-degree assaultin connection with an altercationJuly 23 in Pullman that left onestudent, Jackson Raney, with aconcussion and a second, AlexRodriguez, with a broken jaw.

Earlier in the week, linebackerLogan Tago was arrested on sus-picion of felony assault and rob-bery after he admitted to policethat on June 4 he assaulted a man

and took his case of beer after thevictim refused the footballplayer’s demands to hand it over.

And on Aug. 24, officers ar-rested safety Shalom Luani oncharges of felony assault in con-nection with a fight outside a lo-cal Domino’s Pizza that left oneman with a broken nose and Lua-ni with a concussion.

Three of those four players

took the field against the Univer-sity of Idaho on Saturday in Pull-man; Fehoko practices with theteam but hasn’t played.

Leach on Tuesday read from aprepared statement that accusedthe Pullman Police Departmentof unfairly targeting his players.

“It is irresponsible to thistown, this community and every-body to have some kind of a dou-

ble standard where we only focuson one demographic, one groupof people and then drag theirname through the newspaperwith a bunch of irresponsiblecomments,” the coach said.

But the coach wouldn’t actu-ally talk to the newspaper – orany media – about specifics. Andneither would Schulz. They we-ren’t the only ones who couldn’tor wouldn’t talk. The team tightlycontrols which players are al-lowed to talk to the media, sonone of the players involved wereavailable to comment on the inci-dents or the aftermath.

Jenkins, the Pullman policechief, said Leach’s commentsdidn’t anger him. Jenkins, in fact,thinks a lot of Leach. He con-siders himself a big fan.

“I understand where (Leach)is coming from,” said Jenkins,who came to Pullman from Cla-remont, California, in 2010. “Itseems like a lot at once.”

Moos said he considers the in-vestigation of Luani and thealtercation that injured Rodri-guez different from the caseagainst Tago, who confessed tostealing the beer.

“Look, there is no excuse forrude behavior,” the athletic di-rector said in an interview withThe Spokesman-Review. “Butwhen it’s perceived that the peo-ple I’m responsible for are the on-ly ones with the rude behavior,that’s offensive to me and my

coaches. With all these incidents,with the possible exception tothe most recent one, there wasrude behavior happening bymore than those representingWashington State.”

SENTENCE SUSPENDED AFTERATTACK ON YOUNG WOMANOn March 4, 2014, starting cor-

nerback Daquawn Brown at-tended a dance. Witnesses saidhe began harassing a young wo-man, a fellow student, who wastaking part in a stroll dance. Aman asked Brown to leave thewoman alone. They shoved eachother, then Brown punched theman in the face.

Another young woman rushedinto the fray to protect her friend,who was standing near Brown.Two witnesses told police theysaw Brown turn and punch thegirl who was trying to help herfriend – punched her so hard thathe knocked her unconscious, ac-cording to court records.

The woman sustained a con-cussion, two loose teeth and hadnose bleeds for three days follow-ing the punch, according to courtrecords. Less than a month later,she was found dead, apparentlyfrom suicide.

A coroner’s report indicatedthe woman had a history of de-pression; her grandmother, in abrief interview, said she believedthe assault was related to hergranddaughter’s death. Attemptsto reach the student’s mother lastweek were unsuccessful.

Brown laterpleaded guilty tofourth-degree as-sault, and all ofhis 180-day jailsentence was sus-pended.

Leach allowedBrown back onthe team, and he

led the Cougars in 2014 with 82tackles. The school dismissedhim from the team after that sea-son without explanation. Hetransferred to Fresno State butno longer plays there. Attemptsto reach him weren’t successful.

Asked why Brown was al-lowed to play after the assault in-vestigation involving the femalestudent, Moos replied: “You’regoing to have to talk to Mikeabout that one. It’s hard for me tobelieve that he just opened thedoor for him.”

‘THEY ARE THE GOOD GUYS?’Alex Rodriguez, 22, of Medical

Lake, is the first in his family toattend college. He really didn’tcare about Washington State un-til that letter arrived informinghim that he’d become a Coug.

He immersed himself in allthings Wazzu: the school, theCougars, the campus life. He bledcrimson and gray.

The instant fan, a senior andhuman development and psy-chology major, never missed agame. He even traveled last yearto Oregon and watched as safetyShalom Luani snagged the inter-ception that beat the Ducks in aglorious double-overtime win.

But that was before this sum-mer, when someone startedthrowing firecrackers into thecrowd at his house party. As heand his roommate tried to get themostly intoxicated throng toleave, both were punched frombehind.

On the floor, someone kickedRodriguez so hard it broke hisjaw and caused nerve damage inhis lip.

“For the past six weeks, I hadmy mouth wired shut and a liquiddiet,” Rodriguez said. “And thesepeople are out enjoying them-selves and doing things they loveand want to do. To see them getcheered on by the fans and theschool, it’s hard to understand.They are the good guys? I feel likeI have to root against my school.”

Rodriguez had to drop someclasses while he was recovering.

“That’s what frustrates me themost,” he said. “I’m trying to fig-ure out how to survive and eatand get everything I needed tokeep my body healthy, and thesepeople are out there playing andpracticing.”

Moos, when asked about Ro-driguez, replied, “I heard therewas a lot of intoxication, possiblydrug use and intimidation. Wasthat man involved in the fight? Idon’t know.”

After being informed of Rodri-guez’s injuries, and how hecouldn’t use a straw to feed him-self and had to strain his foodthrough his teeth, Moos sof-tened.

“I’ve got five children of myown. I wouldn’t wish that on anyof the kids,” Moos said. “I hope hehas a full recovery. Hopefully, Ican sit down and visit with him.”

COACH ‘APPLIES DISCIPLINE’ The list of arrests, and recent

investigations, has not put Leachon the hot seat. Not only is

Continued from A1WSU ARRESTS

List of tussles, injuries grows longer

PHOTOS BY TYLER TJOMSLAND [email protected]

Alex Rodriguez had his jaw broken at a July 23 party. Above, heshows where doctors added plates to his jaw.

WSU nose tackle Robert Barber (92) reacts after blocking a kick during the University of Idaho game Saturday at Martin Stadium in Pullman.

“For the past sixweeks, I had my

mouth wiredshut and a liquid

diet. And thesepeople are out

enjoyingthemselves and

doing thingsthey love andwant to do.”

Alex Rodriguez, 22Allegedly assaulted by WSU

football players

PAGE A10 l SUNDAY l SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

FROM THE FRONT PAGES P O K E S M A N - R E V I E W S P E C I A L R E P O R T

The recent legal troubles atWashington State are not the first timeMike Leach has found himself embroiled incontroversy.

Leach, 55, was hired Nov. 30, 2011, byathletic director Bill Moos after he wasfired in 2009 after 10 seasons coachingTexas Tech. The controversy surroundedthe son of college football analyst CraigJames.

According to published reports, Leach earlier had demotedAdam James for what he perceived as a lack of effort at practice.Then, in December 2009, Adam James reported suffering aconcussion at practice. Leach then instructed staff to place him ina darkened equipment shed for the duration of a practice. Thenext day, he ordered James to remain in a darkened office.

School officials claim they gave Leach an ultimatum toapologize to James in writing by Dec. 28 or Leach would besuspended, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported. The schoolfired Leach Dec. 30, a day before he was owed an $800,000tenure bonus and over $1.7 million for the contract for 2009.

Leach later sued the school, but the suit was dismissed.

Bill Moos, 65, came back to his almamater, WSU, in 2010 after overseeing$160 million in facilities upgrades at theUniversity of Oregon from 1995 to 2007.However, the details of how his tenure asa Duck ended remain mostly unknown.

Moos told the SeattlePost-Intelligencer in 2007 that hisleaving was tied to a riff between Moosand mega-booster Phil Knight. Moos

wanted to build a new arena to replace aging McArthur Court butcouldn’t fund it without Knight’s help. Moos told the P-I hisrelationship with Knight was “strained a bit toward the end.”After Moos left, Knight donated $100 million toward the arena.

Controversy erupted a year after Moos’ return to WSU aroundthe arrest of three starting basketball players, DeAngelo Casto,Klay Thompson and Reggie Moore, for marijuana possession.After the team suspended Casto, Moos reinstated him a day laterto allow him to play in the NIT. In clearing Casto, Moos cited“new information” and “unique circumstances,” he told TheSpokesman-Review, without explaining what that meant.

He later added: “We have to get our disciplinary acttogether.”

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC LEADERSHIP

MIKE LEACHHead football coach

BILL MOOSAthletic director

Brown

See WSU ARRESTS, A11

PHOTOS BY TYLER TJOMSLAND [email protected]

WSU head coach Mike Leach fields questions from reporters after a closed practice on Wednesday in Pullman.

Leach’s $2.95 million-a-year jobsafe – making him one of thehighest-paid state employees –Moos credits the coach for at-tracting most of the program’stop recruits.

“I’ve been in this business along time. (Leach) applies disci-pline, with regard to his players,more than any coach I’ve everbeen around,” Moos said. “Thereare rules on drug testing, and hit-ting women and theft. And he’stough on fighting, too.”

But Brown, the player who hitthe young woman, continuedplaying. And Moos and Leachboth stood behind a player whohit a walk-on three years ago,breaking his jaw in two places.

On Oct. 2, 2013, the team gath-ered for morning workouts. Oneof the players was late, whichprompted a coach to disciplinethe entire team by making themdo 75 “up-down” drills. Fromstanding up to a plank position onthe floor, over and over again, it’sthe sort of drill that’s done asmuch to induce pain as it is forconditioning.

Walk-on quarterback Domen-ic Rockey had an injured anklethat prevented him from keepingup. A coach told him to keep up orleave, which he did, according tocourt records.

Later in the locker room, 6-foot-4, 245-pound freshman Em-

mitt Su’a-Kalioapparently mis-took Rockey forthe player whocaused the extraup-down reps.Su’a-Kaliowalked up andpunched Rockey.

Leach and hisassistants initially refused tocomment except to say it wouldbe handled internally by theteam. The university also did notinform police: Rockey’s girlf-riend reported the assault thenext day after finding her boy-friend with a swollen face and amouth that would not stop bleed-ing.

The only thing Su’a-Kalio saidwas “I’m sorry” because “coach-es told him to,” according to courtrecords.

Su’a-Kalio later pleaded guiltyto a charge of fourth-degree as-sault. He was sentenced to 30days in jail but a judge allowedhim to serve that time, instead,through 240 hours of communityservice.

Su’a Kalio also was allowed toremain with the team, althoughhe didn’t play in 2013. Of the four

letters written on his behalf tothe University Conduct Board,two were written by Moos andLeach.

In his letter, Leach wrote,“There are occasions of misrep-resentation that can take placeand when coaches constantlypreach to ‘keep each other ac-countable,’ Emmitt (Su’a-Kalio)took this literally,” according tocourt records.

A civil suit was filed by Rockeyand was dismissed, but that dis-missal is on appeal.

Moos said last week hecouldn’t remember the specificsof the Rockey case but said, ingeneral, “my guys aren’t justwalking in like the Gatlin boysand, like a western, clearing thebarroom out.”

Of Su’a-Kalio and Rockey,Moos said, “There’s somethingthat instigates it and to my know-ledge, our guys aren’t starting thefights, which makes you wonderwho wants to start a fight withthese kind of guys.” He can’t re-call what was said, he added, but“there were insults and verbalstuff, and bam, he got hit.”

A PULLMAN PROBLEM?Keeping the peace can some-

times be challenging in a football-crazy town dominated by stu-dents.

“There are segments of thecommunity that believe athletesget passes on things and thingsare swept under the rug,” Jen-kins said. “I want to make surethat doesn’t happen. I also don’twant to target anyone.”

Moos backed up his coach,saying Leach’s pugnacious com-ments have merit.

“Is it just assumed the athletewas the one who was the ag-gressor because they look differ-ent and they are bigger and they

are stronger?” he said.Moos said the size of Pullman

is both its greatest asset andsometimes its biggest curse. Pull-man has a listed population ofabout 30,000 people, accordingto the 2010 census. About two-thirds of that population are stu-dents.

By way of comparison, Moossaid, he’s confident the Univer-sity of Washington doesn’t have70 percent of the Seattle PoliceDepartment’s squad cars hang-

ing around campus on Friday andSaturday nights.

“We are a huge fishbowl.Everyone on campus knows whoour athletes are,” he said. “It’shard to get lost. Lose two or threegames in a row and try going tothe supermarket. It ain’t easy.”

Just five years ago, Moos wasanswering some of the samequestions after three of five star-ters on the WSU basketball teamwere arrested for marijuana pos-session. He was asked then if pol-ice were targeting the athletes.

“I have a concern about that,”Moos told The Spokesman-Re-view. “College Hill is not the col-legial, fun, exciting place I re-member as a student-athlete, oreven working here 25 years ago.It’s become, in my observation, inthe minds of the authorities inPullman the ‘bad part of town.’ Idon’t think that’s serving anyonevery well.”

He added that there was a wayto avoid the trouble.

“In a perfect world, if the Pull-man police or campus policewanted to target our athletes,there would be nothing to tar-get.”

Staff writers Chad Sokol andJacob Thorpe contributed to thisreport.

Continued from A10

WSU ARRESTS

Athletes under scrutiny in ‘huge fishbowl’

The Pullman Domino’s Pizza where WSU safety Shalom Luani wasreportedly involved in a fight Aug. 24 is seen Wednesday.

Su’a-Kalio

THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 l SUNDAY l PAGE A11

FROM THE FRONT PAGES P O K E S M A N - R E V I E W S P E C I A L R E P O R T

A report by ArrestNation.com, which tracks media reports of arrests of athletes in all sports, ranks Washington State University No. 1 in the nation for the number ofarrests, with 31 in the past five years. But a Spokesman-Review examination found the number of arrests for that time period is actually 37. The next closest

university, according to the website, was Florida with 24 arrests, and Georgia and Texas A&M were tied for third place with 22 arrests. Here is a list of the 29arrests of WSU football players since Mike Leach was hired in November 2011, which would still rank the Cougars No. 1 on the list.

Feb. 7, 2012: C.J. Mizell isarrested on charges offourth-degree assault andsecond-degree criminaltrespass following analtercation at a fraternity. Bothcharges were later dismissed.Feb. 12, 2012: Zachary D.Koepp is arrested, accused ofobstruction of lawenforcement. The charge waslater dismissed.April 8, 2012: Denzell Dotsonis arrested on a charge of DUI.The charge was later amendedto a minor in operation of avehicle after consumingalcohol, and Dotson pleadedguilty. He was sentenced to 60days in jail with 59 dayssuspended. April 8, 2012: Spencer J.Waseem is arrested on acharge of fourth-degree assaultfollowing an altercation. Thecharge was later dismissed.July, 20, 2012: Travis M.Long is arrested on a charge ofminor in possession andconsumption the day beforehis 21st birthday. The case waslater dismissed.July 23, 2012: Anthony G.Laurenzi is arrested on acharge of third-degree theft.The case was later dismissed. Nov. 9, 2012: Chester Su’a isarrested on suspicion ofhit-and-run. The case wasdismissed, and court recordsfor the arrest no longer exist inWhitman County District Court.Jan. 27, 2013: Leon J. Brooksis arrested on a charge of DUI.The charge was later amended

to first-degree negligentdriving. Brooks pleaded guiltyand was sentenced to 60 daysin jail with 60 days suspended.Feb. 1, 2013: Drew R. Loftus isarrested on charges ofthird-degree theft, minorintoxicated in public and minorin possession and orconsumption of alcohol.Witnesses told Pullman policeLoftus tried to steal two bottlesof tequila from Dissmore’s IGA.The theft and minor inpossession charges weredismissed, and Loftus pleadedguilty to being a minorintoxicated in public. He wassentenced to 60 days in jailwith 59 suspended. He wasinitially kicked off the team,but he was allowed to play the2013 season.Feb. 17, 2013: Gabe L. Marksis arrested on a charge ofminor intoxicated in public. Thecharge was later dismissed.April 28, 2013: TeondrayCaldwell is arrested on felonycharges of second-degreeassault and burglary inconnection with a case inwhich a man suffered facialfractures. The charges werelater dismissed.May 12, 2013: Kalafitoni“Toni” Pole is arrested on acharge of making a falsestatement to a public official.The case was later dismissed.May 16, 2013: Logan F. Mayesis arrested on a charge ofhit-and-run of an attendedvehicle. The charge was later

dismissed.Oct. 3, 2013: EmmittSu’a-Kalio is charged withfelony second-degree assaultafter witnesses said hepunched reserve quarterbackDomenic Rockey on Oct. 2,breaking Rockey’s jaw in twoplaces. Su’a-Kalio later pleadedguilty to the lesser charge offourth-degree assault. He wassentenced to 30 days in jail,but a judge allowed him toserve that time through 240hours of community service. Heremained on the team in 2013but didn’t play. He left afterthat season. Rockey later filed a civil suitagainst WSU. That case wasdismissed, but the appealremains pending.Nov. 7, 2013: Chester Su’a isarrested for failure to appearfor a hearing on the earliercharge of hit-and-run. The filefor this charge no longer existsin Whitman County DistrictCourt. Feb. 2, 2014: Daquawn D.Brown is arrested on a chargeof driving with no valid driver’slicense. It was amended to alesser charge, and Brown paida $100 fine.Feb. 10, 2014: Gabe L. Marksis arrested on charges ofsecond-degree criminaltrespass, fourth-degree assault,minor intoxicated in public andminor frequenting an area thatis off limits. Witnesses claimedMarks assaulted a baremployee. All four chargeswere later dismissed.

March 4, 2014: Daquawn D.Brown is arrested on felonycharges of second-degreeassault and fourth-degreeassault after an altercation thatoccurred during a dance. Twowitnesses told police they sawBrown punch a male studentand a female student, who wasknocked unconscious. Brownlater pleaded guilty tofourth-degree assault. All 180days of his jail sentence weresuspended.March 17, 2014: Austin J.Brown is arrested on a chargeof third-degree theft. Brownpleaded guilty and wassentenced to 90 days in jailwith 89 days suspended. June 16, 2014: Ivan P.McLennan is arrested on acharge of unlawful handling ofa weapon capable of producingbodily harm after reportedlypointing a nonlethal pellet gunat another student. The casewas later dismissed.July 31, 2014: Drew Loftus isarrested on a charge offourth-degree assault aftersomeone said Loftus punchedhim outside a Domino’s Pizza.It was Loftus’ third arrest,following a 2011 arrest onsuspicion of car prowling andthe alleged tequila theft fromDissmore’s in 2013. The assaultcharge was later dismissed. Sept. 14, 2014: Theron R.West is arrested on a charge ofreckless driving. The chargewas later amended to speedingtoo fast for conditions, and hewas fined $500.

The same night in a separateincident, Daniel Ekuale isarrested and cited for minorfrequenting a tavern, but thatcharge was later dismissed.Jan. 17: Jamal Morrow isarrested on a charge of DUI.Morrow later pleaded guiltyand was sentenced to 180 daysin jail with 179 days suspended.He was also fined $1,900.March 6: Calvin R. Green isarrested on charges ofhit-and-run, recklessendangerment and not havinga valid license. The case hasbeen dismissed.Aug. 24: Shalom Luani isarrested on felony charges ofsecond-degree assault inconnection to an altercation ata local Domino’s Pizza. Videoshows Luani pushing a maninto a wall before he andseveral other men continue thealtercation outside. One of themen suffered a broken nose,and Luani reportedly suffered aconcussion. He was suspendedfor one game, and his case ispending. Sept. 12: Logan Tago isarrested on felony charges ofsecond-degree assault androbbery in connection with areported assault and theft ofbeer June 4. Friday: Robert Barber, 22, andT.J. Fehoko, 19, are arrested oncharges of second-degreeassault in connection with aJuly 23 altercation at a Pullmanhouse party that left one manwith a concussion and anotherwith a broken jaw.

Five years, 31 WSU athlete arrests

No hitting women. No illegal drug use. No stealing.

— COACH LEACH’S ZERO-TOLERANCE RULES

1. 2. 3.