Alabama freshman Tony Mitchell arrested for marijuana possession

An Alabama freshman football player was arrested on drug expenses Wednesday in Florida, according to AL.com and a Facebook put up from the Holmes County Sheriff’s Business.

Tony Mitchell, a 4-star defensive back again who was pulled in excess of by police, was billed with possession of cannabis, alongside with the intent to promote and/or deliver.

Christophere Lewis, his passenger, faces the same costs, and was moreover charged with “carrying a hid firearm devoid of a allow,” according to the Holmes County Sheriff’s Workplace.

“During the cease, deputies detected the odor of burnt marijuana coming from the auto,” the Holmes County Sheriff’s Place of work wrote on its Facebook site. “When asked if there was cannabis in the vehicle, Mitchell developed a baggie of marijuana from the passenger floorboard. The two Mitchell and Lewis ended up taken into custody. 

“A research of the car made an supplemental sizeable quantity of cannabis, a set of scales, a loaded handgun between the passenger seat and centre console, and a huge quantity of hard cash.”

In the Fb write-up, the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office environment attached mug pictures for equally Mitchell and Lewis, alongside with a image of evidence obtained.

Both were transported to the Holmes County Jail, according to the sheriff office’s social media write-up.

Mitchell, who is outlined on the Crimson Tide’s 2023 roster, was shown as a 4-star recruit on 247sports activities.

He dedicated to Alabama in June 2022 but experienced been given a variety of other provides together with from Texas A&M and Auburn — two other educational institutions Mitchell experienced visited, according to his recruiting site.

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound defensive back again attended Thompson Superior School in Alabaster, Alabama, and he was ranked as the country’s No. 123 prospect in the Class of 2023 — and the No. 9 safety, as well as the No. 12 prospect from Alabama in his class.

The Crimson Tide have the No. 1-rated recruiting course for the Course of 2023, in accordance to 247sports, and they are scheduled to get started spring observe Monday, in accordance to AL.com.

Mitchell was reportedly 1 of Alabama’s commits who enrolled early in January.