SJSU Football Player suspected of Robbery Arrested

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Football Player suspected of Robbery Arrested

A San Jose State University football player was arrested Wednesday morning when the University Police Department found items in his room that are believed to be related to a recent robbery on campus as well as suspected ecstasy pills, steroids, and stolen credit cards.

After a consent-search of his room in Campus Village, building C, Marquis Delgado, 18, was arrested and booked in the Santa Clara County Jail on charges of robbery, possession of a controlled substance for sale - both felonies - and misappropriation of found property, a misdemeanor, according to a UPD report.

UPD Sgt. Robert Noriega said he does not know where Delgado got the suspected pills or the anabolic steroids.

According to Dick Tomey, SJSU head football coach, Delgado has been on the football team since last year.

"We suspended him for the rest of the semester as soon as we learned of the event today," Tomey said.

According to Tomey, football players suspected of taking steroids are tested multiple times during the semester and are closely observed for inappropriate behavior by the staff.

"I believe he was tested last semester," Tomey said. "I never saw anything odd about Marquis."

Tomey said the results of the tests are confidential.

Delgado's arrest and his suspected involvement with steroids came as a shock to Tomey.

"His mother was so shocked as well," Tomey said.

Delgado is a suspect in a strong-arm robbery that occurred March 1 involving three SJSU students near the engineering building.

According to UPD, the suspect reportedly demanded money from the victims after simulating a weapon in his pocket. After he got the money, he fled, at the sight of a UPD Cadet, between the old cafeteria and music building.

Late Tuesday night, the victims reported seeing the suspect leave the SJSU events recreation center, after which UPD contacted Delgado.

Delgado's arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday at the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice.

There is no evidence linking Delgado with two other robberies reported in late February, according to UPD.

According to a UPD report, on February 25, two SJSU students were robbed and beaten by a group of black males at about 1:45 a.m. One of the victims may have a broken nose and jaw. The suspects fled after taking a wallet and cellular phone of one of the victims, according to a UPD safety bulletin distributed throughout campus.

The second robbery occurred on the same day shortly before midnight, involving three 20-year-old students who were approached by six or seven black males in a vehicle while they were walking northbound on South Fourth Street. After the suspects confronted the victims, two of them ran away, but one was beaten and robbed. After taking the victim's wallet, the suspects drove away in the vehicle described, possibly, as an American-made SUV, 90s model.