Kevin Bernard Gregory originally of Cleveland Ohio was apprehended by police after they recieved a tip that Gregory may have been in the Twin Ports.
Gregory was the starting quarterback for the Duluth-Superior Shoremen as well as a former football player at the Hibbing Community College.
Yesterday, acting on a tip, Duluth police arrested 22 year old Kevin Bernard Gregory on a Cuyahoga County Warrant.
Gregory was wanted on nineteen counts of rape, eighteen counts of kidnapping and intimidation of a crime victim or witness.
Sergeant Leigh Wright of the Duluth Police Department says just because someone leaves a city where the crime is alleged to have been committed, it doesn't mean the can escape the long arm of the law.
"We don't want fugitives wandering around in our community and they need to be held accountable for their actions."
Shoremen owner George Booth says Gregory seemed like a nice person and the team had no clue about his alleged transgressions.
Booth goes on to say that Gregory has been suspended by the team, as well as removed from the team's website.
Gregory is currently being held at the St. Louis County Jail, awaiting extradition.
Booth says the team does not currently perform background checks.
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