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GSU football player charged in pot bust
Sheriff: 2 former players also arrested; a pound of marijuana seized
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Deonte Dempsey
A Georgia Southern University football player bit a police officer during a drug bust Tuesday and was subdued by a Taser, according to the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office. Two others, both former GSU football players, were arrested as well, with officers seizing a pound of marijuana, the sheriff's office said. Georgia Southern sophomore defensive end Deonte Dempsey has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules and GSU's athletic department policy, said Barrett Gilham, the director of Georgia Southern Athletics Media Relations.
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