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Date Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 07:20:40pm
Author: jimsouls
Subject: How Binghamton gets a recruiting edge

They obviously throw great parties...

November 11, 2008


BU player charged after condom heist goes awry

Cops: Woman, 66, bowled over as Alvin fled Wal-Mart security

By Nancy Dooling
Staff Writer

A Binghamton University basketball player has been suspended from the team while charges of shoplifting and assault are pending in Vestal's town court.

Malik Alvin, 20, was confronted by Wal-Mart security just after 2 p.m. Oct. 26 when officers said he took the contents of a box of 36 condoms without paying for them and attempted to leave the Vestal store, court documents say.

Alvin, a junior and newcomer to the BU team, eluded store security, but while on the run, collided in the store's foyer with a 66-year-old customer, knocking her to the floor; she sustained a concussion, Vestal town court documents indicate.

Alvin pleaded innocent Thursday in Vestal town court to one count each of petit larceny and third-degree assault. Both counts are misdemeanors. Alvin remains free pending further court action.

Kevin Broadus, BU men's basketball coach, declined comment.

When the matter is resolved, Alvin may apply for reinstatement to the team, according to John Hartrick, associate athletic director for communications at BU.

Wal-Mart security told Vestal police they saw Alvin take two boxes of Trojan Magnum condoms from a store shelf. Alvin took the condoms into a restroom and stuffed the contents of one box -- 36 condoms -- into the front pockets of his pants, documents state. He reportedly left the other box in the restroom.

When he attempted to leave the store, he was pursued by security. He collided with the woman in the foyer as he tried to exit the store, documents state.

A single box of Trojan Magnums costs $13.94, records show.

Binghamton University offers condoms for free in Resident Assistant offices and at the Health Services office behind Hinman community.

Alvin is listed on the 2008-09 men's roster as a 6-foot, 165-pound junior from Philadelphia, who transferred to BU this summer from Chipola College, a community college on Florida's panhandle between Tallahassee and Pensacola.

As a freshman, Alvin played at the University of Texas-El Paso, a Division I school, where he led the team in assists.

A conviction on either charge carries a fine and up to one year in jail.

Alvin is a cousin of the late Walter Payton, the famed former Chicago Bears football player who is in the Hall of Fame.

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