The former Rutgers fullback told authorities earlier this month that he and several other members of the team went to a home on Prosper Street and made off with drugs and cash in April, it was revealed during a hearing Friday morning in court. Watch video
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NEW BRUNSWICK -- A former Rutgers football player told authorities earlier this month that he and several other members of the team went to a home on Prosper Street and made off with drugs and cash in April, a prosecutor said during a hearing Friday morning in court.
Lloyd Terry, 20, also told police he became addicted to marijuana during his days at Rutgers, according to Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Kuberiet, who made the revelations during his arguments against lowering Terry's bail.
"I made a tragic mistake," Terry allegedly told police when he was arrested.
"He said he was addicted to weed," the prosecutor said, adding Terry told authorities he failed multiple drug tests while on the football team.
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Terry is charged with armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed burglary.
He said he, Dre Boggs and Tejay Johnson, who were on the football team with him, went to the house on Prosper Street in April. Terry said he was unarmed and wore a T-shirt around his face so he wouldn't be recognized. He said Boggs and Johnson wore masks.
Kuberiet said Terry told police he was afraid of what his father would do to him when he found out he was in trouble.
The prosecutor said when investigators asked him, "why did this (the home invasion) happen, Terry answered, "no reason."
Terry's attorney, Wanda Akin, made clear to Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves, who presided over the hearing, that she has not received a copy of the statements made to police and investigators by her client yet.
The judge assured her he understood this, since she does not receive any copies of those statements until her client's case is presented to a grand jury.
The grand jury must decide whether the case should go to trial. Only then would Akin receive all of the evidence collected by the prosecutor's office against Terry.
Prior to Kuberiet's arguments, Akin had argued that Terry was was not a threat to the community and "not just any young man that presents himself to you."
"His being able to be present at any court proceedings is without question," Akin said, noting that main aim of bail is to ensure the presence of defendants for their court proceedings.
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