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Wake Forest Recruit Al-Farouq Aminu Charged With Aggravated Assault

Mar 29, 2008 – 1:30 PM
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Al-Farouq Aminu, a high school senior who has committed to Wake Forest and is expected to be one of the best college basketball players in the country, has been arrested and charged with aggravated battery, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting. Here's a look at Aminu in action:

The report says Aminu was charged with aggravated assault, a felony, as well as misdemeanor trespassing, after he was accused of shooting a female with a BB gun from a vehicle on March 14. Just before the paper reported Aminu's arrest, it chose him as the state of Georgia's Mr. Basketball.

Aminu
is widely regarded as a player who will spend only one year playing college basketball and then leave for the NBA. He is a long-armed 6-foot-9 small forward who is currently projected as the second pick in the 2009 NBA Draft by nbadraft.net.
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