ATS Consultants posted on February 15, 2012 13:02
There's trouble for a college football program that dominated the mid-majors and is trying to become a major program.
On Wednesday, it was announced that seventeen TCU students, including four football players, have been arrested on drug charges, the school announced during a news conference.
The investigation is ongoing and there could be more arrests, according to TCU chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr.
Three of the students were arrested on campus; 14 were arrested off-campus. Boschini said the school has never experienced a mass arrest such as this.
The investigation began about six months ago, and the Fort Worth Police Department worked with the TCU campus police. TCU police chief Steve McGee said the students arrested Wednesday were caught in an undercover operation selling marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy and prescription drugs.
McGee says the six-month investigation was prompted by complaints from students and parents, among others.
The names of those arrested are expected to be known later Wednesday. Officials say all 17 students have been taken off the 9,500-hundred student school's Fort Worth campus.
The Horned Frogs are set to join the Big 12 later this year in a move expected to be a boon for their athletic program.