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Gators cornerback arrested after fight, police say
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Cornerback Janoris Jenkins celebrates after Florida won the BCS championship game in January.
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Published: June 1, 2009
GAINESVILLE - University of Florida starting cornerback Janoris Jermain Jenkins was shocked with a Taser and arrested Sunday by officers trying to break up a brawl downtown, police said.
Jenkins, 20, of Pahokee, was fighting with five other people about 2:13 a.m. Sunday, reports state. Officers said the men refused commands to stop fighting and Jenkins was shocked with a Taser after hitting another man in the head.
Jenkins ran away but was arrested about a block away. He said the men were trying to steal his necklace, police said.
Jenkins was arrested on misdemeanor charges of affray and resisting arrest without violence.
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