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Five Rutgers Football Players Suspended After Criminal Charges

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Five Rutgers football players have been suspended from the team after one was charged in a home invasion and four others were charged with assaulting a group of people in New Brunswick in April.

Prosecutors announced Thursday that defensive back Ruhann Peele, 22; defensive back Nadir Barnwell, 20; fullback Razohnn Gross, 20; and defensive back Delon Stephenson, 22, were charged with aggravated assault, riot and conspiracy to commit a riot for a fight that left a man with a broken jaw.

The Middlesex County prosecutor’s office said defensive back Andre Boggs, 20, was charged in two home invasion robberies in April and May 2015.