Ex-Wolfpack Player Charged With Choking Girlfriend

POSTED: 11:43 am EDT August 8, 2006
UPDATED: 12:11 pm EDT August 8, 2006

PITTSBORO, N.C. -- Former North Carolina State University basketball player Marcus Melvin was arrested Monday and charged with trying to strangle his girlfriend, authorities said.

Melvin, 24, of 3101 Long Meadow Court in Raleigh, is charged with felonious assault by strangulation and communicating threats, authorities said. He was released on a $12,500 secured bond and is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday, authorities said.

The charges stem from an incident last Tuesday, when a woman said Melvin got upset over a telephone bill, threatened to kill her and strangled her during an altercation, authorities said.

Melvin, a Fayetteville native, averaged 10.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game at N.C. State from 2000 to 2004.

8/8/2006 12:38:54 PM

o sir

u are funny

8/8/2006 12:40:46 PM

hopefully the judge won't be the ref from the vanderbilt game

8/8/2006 12:40:48 PM

this article makes no sense

first hes strangling his gf then its just some woman

link?

[Edited on August 8, 2006 at 12:42 PM. Reason : f]

8/8/2006 12:42:03 PM

hahaha, oh shit. Over a phone bill? He does have a point. Bitches talk too much. That's why you make her get a job Marcus. But by the looks of him, and he always did look this way, he probably doesn't have a job.

8/8/2006 12:42:11 PM

i like how they threw his stats in there.

8/8/2006 12:42:49 PM

wral.com

8/8/2006 12:42:51 PM

Quote :

"Thanks, Bitches."

8/8/2006 12:43:28 PM

Quote :

"Melvin, a Fayetteville native, averaged 10.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game at N.C. State from 2000 to 2004 and 1 choked bitch in 2006."

Quote :

"Is Marcus Melvin gonna hafta choke a bitch?"

[Edited on August 8, 2006 at 12:45 PM. Reason : .]

8/8/2006 12:45:02 PM

honestly

at first i thought this thread was about kiker

8/8/2006 12:47:07 PM

http://www.wral.com/sports/9646589/detail.html

8/8/2006 12:47:48 PM

He don't like nobody playin on his phone!

8/8/2006 1:14:03 PM

bitch probably deserved it

8/8/2006 1:16:10 PM

damn woman probably blew it out of proportion

"tried to strangle"

8/8/2006 1:17:08 PM

women can claim assault all day long and get away with it.

the smart women wait until fridays to do it though so the guy has to spend all weekend in jail waiting to see a judge on monday.

bitches

8/8/2006 2:10:47 PM

He probably tried to hug her and she got stuck between his teeth and so she thought he was strangling her.

8/8/2006 2:32:30 PM

GOODBYE HERB'S CLASSY IMAGE

8/8/2006 2:50:47 PM

my friend got "arrested" for threatening his brother's girlfriend with a spatula. the brother's girlfriend was crazy and called the cops. it consisted of the cop telling him he was arrested and a police report was created.

if the girl was actually assaulted for real (and not some drama ploy), then I have no love for MM

8/8/2006 2:55:30 PM

it's donmega's friend with a spatula in his hand (spatulaaaa)
like that's gonna do somethin' against them guuuuns....

8/8/2006 3:00:39 PM

remember when grundy "assaulted" his gf the weekend before the carolina game

8/8/2006 3:02:43 PM

that bitch was certifiably crazy though

she made the rounds

8/8/2006 3:46:04 PM

How valid is this shit?

8/8/2006 3:54:01 PM

Quote :

"GOODBYE HERB'S CLASSY IMAGE"

How does a players actions two years removed from playing affect herbs image?

8/8/2006 3:55:37 PM

And what do stats have to do with anything ???

Quote from the WRAL article:

Quote :

"Melvin, a Fayetteville native, averaged 10.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game at N.C. State from 2000 to 2004."

[Edited on August 8, 2006 at 4:23 PM. Reason : quote]

8/8/2006 4:22:44 PM

it lets you know if he is really guilty or not

good players don't pay for crimes

8/8/2006 4:26:02 PM

Quote :

"remember when grundy "assaulted" his gf the weekend before the carolina game"

i was at that game (at UNC) their student section chanted "Guilty, Guilty" everytime grundy touched the ball. he was worthless that game too.

the year before that, Kenny Inge missed the carolina game (at UNC) for some discipline stuff too...

8/8/2006 4:44:09 PM

8/8/2006 5:00:15 PM

I guess it could have been assault if he grabbed her, but I somehow don't see Marcus Melvin "attempting" to strangle a woman without success.

8/8/2006 5:15:56 PM

marcus thorton

8/8/2006 6:55:01 PM

I thought this thread was about TA

8/8/2006 7:09:22 PM

I have a friend who told his ex wife he was going to blow her fucking brains out so she called the cops and they put him in jail for like 10 minutes.


Turns out he didnt even have a gun.

8/8/2006 7:22:56 PM

i thought this thread was about a game

8/8/2006 9:49:46 PM

Quote :

""I looked on the phone bill and I saw a number on there from a girl from Italy. She told me that she was pregnant," DeBerry said. "He got mad that I found out because I wasn't supposed to find out." "

from wral.

8/9/2006 2:52:29 PM

hahaha

wow

8/9/2006 2:54:46 PM

["I love Marcus to death to this day, even after all the fights, all the women, all of the heat and beating, I love him to death and that is why he needs help," she said.]

wow

8/9/2006 3:04:23 PM

I saw Melvin at the mall a couple hours ago when I was getting lunch. dude was wearing a pink sweater and bright blue pants....and he was arguing with some old black woman (mother? grandmother? deranged woman from article?) outside of the J. Crew store

true story, I had to do a double take to make sure it was him

8/9/2006 3:26:01 PM

^that's what he had on during the news segment on ABC today, that ish was funnnaaay!

8/9/2006 3:56:20 PM