ATHENS, Georgia - University of Georgia officials have fired an assistant equipment manager who was arrested Friday night on felony eavesdropping and drug charges.
James Kevin Purvis, 37, was being held Saturday morning in the Athens-Clarke County Jail on $16,000 bond. He faces three felony counts of eavesdropping or surveillance, felony possession of schedule II controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Georgia spokesman Claude Felton said the athletics department notified UGA police of the incident, and Purvis was fired early in the investigation.
"As soon as it learned of the incident, the Athletic Association notified the University of Georgia Police Department, who began their investigation," the statement read.