URBANA — Three suspended University of Illinois football players who claimed to be pulling a prank on a fellow dormitory resident have been charged with residential burglary and aggravated robbery.
First Assistant State's Attorney Steve Ziegler said Thursday that he filed identical counts against Darta Lee, 18, Zarrian Holcombe, 19, and Howard Watkins, 18, all of Bromley Hall at 910 S. Third St., C, following their arrests Wednesday.
All three are scheduled to appear before a judge for arraignment at 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
Ziegler said the trio is accused of entering the room of another 19-year-old man who lived in Bromley Hall and threatening him with a pellet gun just before 1 a.