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Authorities: UF Football Player Used Dead Girl's Credit Card

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The Associated Press

Published: May 9, 2008

GAINESVILLE -- A University of Florida football player turned himself in Friday on charges he used the credit card of a woman who was killed along with another player in a motorcycle accident, his attorney said.

Jamar Hornsby, a 21-year-old junior safety, learned Thursday that a judge had issued a warrant for his arrest on charges he used the dead woman's card for six months, so he surrendered on charges of credit card theft and fraudulent use of a credit card, lawyer Huntley Johnson said.

Hornsby was released from jail several hours later on his own recognizance.

It was not immediately clear how Hornsby got the credit card. Johnson declined to comment on the specifics of the case, but said they would cooperate with authorities.

The credit card belonged to Ashley Slonina, a Florida junior. She was riding a motorcycle with another football player, redshirt freshman Michael Guilford, last October that hit a median at a high rate of speed, police said. The two died at the scene. They were not wearing helmets.

State prosecutors and the Alachua County Sheriff's Office did not return phone messages.

Florida coach Urban Meyer could not be reached for comment Friday because he was on a cross-country flight.

Hornsby missed five games last season after being suspended for selling free football tickets he received as a student. He was also arrested in April 2007 after a fight in Gainesville, but his lawyer said those charges were dropped.

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