Stringfellow charged; Miles not

Apr 4, 2014, 12:00 AM

Washington freshman wide receiver Damore’ea Stringfellow was charged on Thursday with three misdemeanors stemming from a pair of post-Super Bowl incidents. Prosecutors charged Stringfellow with two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of third-degree malicious mischief. His arraignment is scheduled for April 16. No charges were filed against quarterback Cyler Miles, who was suspended by head coach Chris Petersen along with Stringfellow. Prosecutors said they did not have enough evidence into what happened on Feb. 2, the night of the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl victory, to charge Miles. Court documents say that Miles, a Denver native, and Stringfellow showed up on the UW’s Greek Row as students celebrated the Seahawks’ victory over the Denver Broncos. Stringfellow was allegedly waving a Broncos hat or beanie in the face of Seahawks fans. When a student grabbed the hat away from him, Stringfellow fought with the man, which was caught on camera by a UW student. Stringfellow then attempted to grab the camera from the student, hitting her in the head in the process. He then left with Miles as the student was taken inside of a nearby fraternity house, prosecutors say. About an hour later, a man was walking his girlfriend home in the 2300 block of Northeast 55th Avenue when he was approached by the football players. They asked if he was a Seahawks fan, and Stringfellow blocked the path of the man after he said he was. Prosecutors say that Stringfellow then pushed the man into a bush, and, when pushed back, “Stringfellow began punching him, striking him at least once in the lower jaw.” The Seahawks fan began to run away down a nearby path, but he was chased by the players, with Stringfellow in the lead. When he caught the man, Stringfellow allegedly punched him again “in the head and cheek.” The players then jumped into a car driven by a female and left the scene. The man later identified Stringfellow and Miles as his assailants by using the UW’s online roster, but Miles was not charged, as neither the man nor his girlfriend, who was also present, could say with certainty whether Miles had hit the man during the attack. Reach Sports Editor Daniel Rubens at sports@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @drubens12

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