UNC STAR RECRUIT [NAME DELETED] ARRESTED

High School Drug Sting Results In Several Charges

Chapel Hill - North Carolina coach Roy Williams and law enforcement
officials in Alamance County confirmed Wednesday that UNC basketball
recruit [NAME DELETED] was arrested Wednesday morning on drug charges.

[NAME DELETED], a senior at Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, was one
of 49 students from six different high schools in Alamance County arrested
on charges of selling, using and possessing marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and
OxyContin.

The arrests came after a five-month undercover operation at the six high
schools.

"It's very disturbing, but it's surprising - that's probably the biggest
thing," said Williams, UNC's first-year coach who received [NAME DELETED]'s
signed letter-of-intent in November.

"He does not play for me. He's not under my watch," Williams added. "I do
have certain thoughts and feelings that are going through my mind that are
personal and will stay that way. It's so new and no one has any great
information right now and, again, he doesn't play for me. He's not here."

[NAME DELETED], North Carolina's all-time leading high school scorer, is
charged with two counts each of possession with intent to sell and deliver
marijuana, two counts of sale and delivery of marijuana, and two counts of
possession and selling and delivering a controlled substance on school grounds.

All 49 students will be suspended, likely long term, although the length of
the suspensions have not yet been determined.

Williams said a decision, if necessary, will be made after he learns the
facts about what happened.

Rashad McCants, the Tar Heels' leading scorer, said "he's got a scholarship
to North Carolina. Everybody's watching. He can't do anything that's going
to jeopardize that."

Becky Shoffner, a spokeswoman for the Alamance-Burlington School System,
said the crackdown followed growing concerns among high school principals
about drugs on school property.

This story contains material from the Associated Press.