As you sip on your morning cup of coffee, how about some arrest news to jumpstart your morning?
Wednesday, East Carolina announced that it had dismissed Nhyre Quinerly from Scottie Montgomery‘s football program. The school cited “disciplinary reasons” as the trigger for the dismissal.
However, WITN-TV in Greenville is reporting that Quinerly was arrested earlier Wednesday for stealing a car. From the television station’s website:Police say they were notified by a towing company this afternoon that they were in possession of a car stolen from University Park Apartments on August 28th. The car’s tags were switched out with New Jersey plates that police say were stolen from another car at a local funeral home the next day. The stolen car ended up being towed from another Greenville apartment complex because it didn’t have any parking permits.
Officers say the former football player told the towing company he owned the car and was met by detectives when he arrived to retrieve the vehicle. Police say Quinerly lives at University Park Apartments where the car was stolen from.
“One of our top priorities is to promote responsible citizenship in our community and I emphasize those directives on a continual basis,” Montgomery said in a statement. “While this behavior is contrary to the progress we’ve made, I think how we respond to issues such as this will say more about our program than the actions of an individual who chose not to act in a responsible manner.”
A three-star member of ECU’s 2015 recruiting class, Quinerly was rated as the No. 123 cornerback in the country and the No. 43 player at any position in the state of Virginia. After taking a redshirt as a true freshman, he has played in five games this season, with all of his action coming on special teams.