Eteuati suspended

Weber State University has officially suspended football senior wide receiver Bryant Eteuati from the football team following his Wednesday night arrest for three outstanding warrants. Weber State University issued this statement on Friday about Eteuati: "We have a long-standing practice in the Wildcat athletic department with regards to student athlete discipline. Based on that long-standing practice and the current circumstances, Bryant Eteuati has been suspended from the football team indefinitely for disciplinary reasons." Eteuati was arrested on Wednesday evening in Ogden after being pulled over for failing to change lanes for a police car pulling over another vehicle. He was found with no insurance, and had three outstanding warrants for his arrest. His first warrant was for communications theft, a third degree felony. In June of 2006, Eteuati was working as a sales clerk at The Buckle in the Layton Hills Mall. According to court documents from Davis County, while he was working at the cash register at his job, his friends and fellow associates would come into the store, and select clothing and other items. According to the court document, Eteuati "would then act as if he was ringing up the items for sale. However, defendant never rang the items up nor did he accept cash or payment for the items. Defendant would then let his friends and associates leave the store with the items." Court documents continued, saying the loss of the items given to friends and associated exceeded $1000, but was less than $5000. According to court documents from the Davis County Courts, Eteuati "showed up at the park to observe and take part in the fight. (Eteuati) became involved in the fight and was chased by several people. (He) got into a vehicle and attempted to leave. As (he) was leaving, he swerved into his vehicle towards several individuals who were standing in the parking lot. (He) struck those individuals with his vehicle then left the area without stopping." He was charged with aggravated assault, a third degree felony, and leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, a class A misdemeanor. Eteuati failed to appear for that court date as well, which was also Oct. 3 of this year. The warrant for his arrest was issued Oct. 15. His third warrant was for retail theft in Ogden. Eteuati is no stranger to the courts in Davis County. His first court appearance was in traffic court in 2004, when he was a junior at Northridge High School. He was in court for speeding and failure to have insurance. Three other cases were filed, all dealing with debt collection agents against Eteuati. The last two court dates were for the communication theft, and aggravated assault, respectively. Eteuati was released from the Weber County Jail on Friday.