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Former FSU linebacker charged in robbery 'prank'

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The Associated Press

Published: November 11, 2009

JACKSONVILLE - A former Florida State University linebacker has been jailed for what his attorney is calling a prank gone awry.

Bradley Fanelon Jennings faces an aggravated assault charge in connection to the Oct. 30 incident at a Check 'n Go store. Records indicate he was released of Duval County jail on $10,003 bail Tuesday.

According to a police report obtained by The Florida Times-Union, authorities believe Jennings was the man who walked into the store wearing a white mask and black clothes. The man was wielding what appeared to be a shotgun and demanded money from the clerk, police said. He later took off of his mask and said the incident was a joke. He left the store but came back later to apologize.

Jennings' attorney, Reginald Estell Jr., told the newspaper that the ordeal was a "bad-idea prank."

Jennings was a part-time assistant coach at a Duval County high school. The school district said it would recommend his termination, the Times-Union reported.

Bradley led the Seminoles in tackles as a senior in 2001 and was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. In 2002, while visiting Miami for a predraft workout with the Dolphins, he was shot in shoulder and neck during a botched carjacking attempt, according to news reports.

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