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NC State’s Thornton arrested after moped accident

NC State running back Shadrach Thornton was arrested late Tuesday after reportedly striking a pedestrian while riding a scooter near the school.

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“I hold no grudge against him”, Woodard said.

Sughrue said Thornton was later located at the parking deck of his nearby apartment and taken into custody without incident. The accident was fairly minor, but Thornton was charged with failing to give aid to an injured person, and providing information.

Thornton, who is terminated for your first 2 online games of this very 2015 spell for the secret danger of group regulations, was in fact associated with what precisely looks to be a hit-and-run moped calamity tardy Tuesday overnight.

Thornton was also charged with operating a motor vehicle on a sidewalk and for operating an unregistered motor vehicle, the newspaper reported.

Thornton practiced Wednesday morning for the Wolfpack.

Lee Turner, Thornton’s Raleigh-based attorney, said Thornton cooperated with police.

The accident victim was not seriously injured, according to police. He was given deferred prosecution ruling and missed one game during the 2013 season. Doeren said then that Thornton had been “the best him that he’s been since I’ve been here” and that he had learned from his mistakes. “I know of him now, but I don’t know the man, so I hold no grudge”. In each instance, charges were voluntarily dismissed.

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Thornton was a preseason All-ACC selection after leading the Pack with 907 rushing yards and nine touchdowns a season ago.

N.C. State running back Shadrach Thornton carries for a touchdown against South Alabama on Saturday Sept. 26 2015 in Mobile Ala