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FSU's Greg Reid arrested on perjury charge

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Updated Sep 26, 2011 6:44 PM ET
     
 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)

Florida State cornerback and return specialist Greg Reid was arrested Monday on charges of resisting arrest and perjury, accusations his attorney said are bogus.

Reid, who led the nation in punt returns in 2009 as a freshman, was arrested at 2:30 a.m. by Tallahassee police and booked at the Leon County Jail, where he bonded out eight hours later.

The police report said Reid, 21, was trying to protect a friend from his hometown of Valdosta, Ga. The friend, Rontrel Frazier, was being pursued for forcefully resisting arrest after being stopped earlier by police while riding a scooter owned by the Seminole defensive back. During questioning, Reid signed a sworn written statement that was false, police said, despite being told beforehand that he would be guilty of perjury if he failed to answer truthfully.

Defense attorney Tim Jansen was furious at police on Monday, claiming that they awoke Reid in the wee hours of the morning and asked him to meet them at a nearby gas station.

''They called him at home and say, `hey, we've got your scooter,' they don't tell him anything else,'' Jansen related. ''So he walks down there at 2:30 in the morning in his FSU sweats. Greg was polite, he showed up, he walked down there in the middle of the night, was asked for a sworn statement and he gave it.''

Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher was out of town to fulfill an out-of-state speaking engagement, and the school said there would be no response on the Reid situation until he returns later Monday.

''I don't see any reason why the school should take any action,'' Jansen said. ''He's innocent until proven guilty and I don't see anything that would prove he's violated any law.''

Jansen also disputed a section of the report that Reid threatened one of the officers.

During the ride to jail, Reid asked Tallahassee police officer Daniel Warren if he had a family.

Reid responded that ''he feels bad for them,'' mentioning ''pay back,'' according to the police report.

Jansen said that was false.

''He misinterpreted him,'' Jansen said. ''He never challenged him.''

''The problem with this is it's going to cause people not to cooperate with the police,'' Jansen said. ''You get people that try and cooperate and then they try to trick them? That's not really the message police want to send.''

Reid didn't play in Saturday's 35-30 loss at Clemson and was suspended earlier this month for the Charleston Southern game for violating an unspecified team rule. Reid sat out the Clemson game with a bruised right knee he suffered in the 23-13 loss to Oklahoma on Sept. 17.

Florida State (2-2) has an open date this weekend before resuming play Oct. 8 at Wake Forest.

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