Mississippi State wide receiver Chad Bumphis was arrested early Sunday morning in Tupelo and charged with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, a Lee County Sheriff's spokesman confirmed. BulldawgJunction.com first reported the incident.
Sgt. Rodricus Hurst said Bumphis, a former Tupelo High School standout, was involved in a "big group fight" at the Atlanta Bar & Grill in downtown Tupelo, and several other people were arrested. Hurst said Bumphis got hit in the neck by a glass bottle and suffered a cut, but that he did not injure anybody.
Bumphis' mother, Dorothy Bumphis, told the Journal that Chad was on stage at the bar taking pictures with people, and the bar's owner asked some other people to clear the stage for Bumphis.
"He was standing there, and next thing he knew he had been hit in the mouth with a champagne bottle," Dorothy said. "Chad didn't hit anybody or anything. They took him outside, and then they took him to jail to calm him down. They said he was drunk; he was not drunk. Chad's not a drinker. I'm not going to tell you he didn't drink anything."
Bumphis, 22, was arrested at 1:31 a.m. by Tupelo police and booked at 2:25 at the Lee County Jail. He was released on his own recognizance and has a Jan. 12 hearing in Tupelo Municipal Court.
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