UW cornerback leaves jail

Fri., Aug. 10, 2007

Associated Press The Spokesman-Review

SEATTLE – University of Washington cornerback Jordan Murchison was released from county jail Thursday on $10,000 bail after turning himself in for failing to appear in court on a felony assault charge.

He will remain away from practice and all team activities indefinitely, Washington coach Tyrone Willingham said.

“We will make the appropriate decisions when we have all of the information,” said Willingham, after Murchison was released.

Murchison was arrested and jailed Wednesday for failing to show up for a July 16 arraignment on a second-degree assault charge, which carries a possible jail sentence of three to nine months, said Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the King County prosecutor’s office.

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