Three high school students, including a top in-state football prospect, have been arrested and charged as a result of the alleged April 7 locker room thefts with UGA's football team, according to the university's police department. Arrest warrants were issued Friday for Deion Bonner and Marquise Hawkins as well as a third suspect who is a juvenile. Names were released Monday morning. Carver Columbus coach Dell McGee told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that player Marquise Hawkins is the twin brother of Marqui Hawkins, a 2013 wide receiver prospect. Seven UGA football players reported merchandise totalling more than $1,300 was stolen out of lockers during an open house event at the Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall. UGA police chief Jimmy Williamson said Friday that a sweep of homes in Columbus, Ga., turned up the missing iPods though iPhones had not been recovered. Williamson also confirmed Friday that the suspects were on campus as part of a football recruiting visit. Bonner, 18, and Marquise Hawkins, 17, were booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail on Monday morning, according to the jail log. Bonner has one count of Theft by Taking, while Hawkins has two and the unnamed third person has three. Each charge carried a bond of $1,500. Bonner and Hawkins can be charged as adults since they are 17 years or older. A defensive back, Bonner had been one of the top targets on UGA's 2012 board. He is rated by 247Sports as the 10th-best prospect in the state of Georgia and No. 153 overall nationally. Bonner visited Tuscaloosa on Saturday for Alabama's spring game, according to BamaOnline.com.
UGA coach Mark Richt has declined comment through a spokesman.
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