Georgia reserve defensive tackle Jonathan Taylor was arrested for the second time this offseason early Tuesday morning.
Taylor was arrested in Athens and charged with aggravated assault, a felony, and was booked into the Clarke County Jail at 6:08 a.m. this morning. The Athens Banner-Herald’s Marc Weiszer has more details:There was evidence that the female victim had been “possibly strangled by the offender,” in the incident in Taylor’s dorm room, Williamson said. There was evidence that the victim and another individual had been involved in an argument in McWhorter Hall, police said. Officers determined an established relationship and “co-habitation” with the individuals.
The victim is a UGA student not enrolled in summer school.
Taylor was one of four players arrested in March on theft by deception charges but avoided suspension from the football team after entering a pre-trial intervention program. According to Weiszer, any arrest or citation constitutes a violation of that program.
The 6-foot-5, 340-pound Taylor came to Georgia in 2012 rated as a four-star recruit and was ranked by Rivals as the 72nd-best player in that year’s recruiting class. He notched nine tackles and one sack for Georgia in 2013.