GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A Florida football player was kicked off the team yesterday after turning himself in on charges he used the gas credit card of a woman who was killed along with a teammate of the player in a motorcycle accident.
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 gas 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 card.
The credit card belonged to Ashley Slonina, a Florida junior. She was riding a motorcycle with another football player, redshirt freshman Michael Guilford, in October that hit a median at a high rate of speed, police said. The two died at the scene. They were not wearing helmets.
Hornsby started using the gas card the day after Slonina died. The card was used 33 times in Alachua County and 37 times in Jacksonville, where Hornsby is from. The total amount was $3,000, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
– ASSOCIATED PRESS
