A SECOND UNM FOOTBALL PLAYER IS IN CUSTODY. SAQWAN EDWARDS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL SUSPECT ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH RUNNING BACK CRUSOE GONGBAY AND FORMER UNM STUDENT RYAN RUFF IN THE GANG RAPE OF A FEMALE UNM STUDENT. GONGBAY BONDED OUT OF THE MDC AFTER HE AND RYAN RUFF TURNED THEMSELVES IN LAST MONDAY.
EDWARDS WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE VICTIM AS ONE OF HER ALLEGED ATTACKERS AND POLICE TOOK DNA FROM HIM LAST FRIDAY. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AROUND 4:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND IS BEING HELD IN THE M-D-C WITHOUT BOND. HE FACES TWO COUNTS OF RAPE AND ONE COUNT OF KIDNAPPING.
HE AND GONGBAY WERE ALSO SUSPENDED FROM THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
