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GSP trooper arrested for fighting
Altercation occurred outside Paulson Stadium before Saturday's football game at GSU
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Cpl. Charles Russell "Rusty" Rankin, left, and Stuart Ward Smith, right
A Georgia State Patrol trooper was arrested after a fight before Saturday's football game at Georgia Southern University's Paulson Stadium. According to Georgia Southern University Police reports, Cpl. Charles Russell "Rusty" Rankin, 45, of Bowen Rushing Road, was charged with affray. So was the man with whom he was fighting, Stuart Ward Smith, 27, of North Drive in Savannah.
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