COLLEGE PARK -- University of Maryland campus police have charged a member of the university's women's basketball team with the theft of items that had been reported missing from a woman's purse in November.
Allene K. Williams, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who is known by her middle name, Kwana, surrendered herself to campus police Thursday night after she was charged with four counts of theft of items of a value less than $300, according to a police press release.
Williams, who averaged 10.1 points and three assists a game before she was suspended indefinitely by coach Chris Weller before the Florida State game on Jan. 14, was held on $500 bond, which she paid.
According to the two-paragraph police release, the unnamed victim discovered that her purse had been stolen from the 24-hour room of the campus' Hornbake undergraduate library while she used the restroom and made a phone call Nov. 11.
According to the release, a number of the stolen items were found in Williams' possession on Jan. 16, and a warrant was obtained for Williams, based on information received from an unnamed witness.
Williams, who still is enrolled at the school, surrendered to police last week.
Neither Weller nor Williams could be reached for comment.