Arizona Acts Against Players in Assault Case

Three of the four Arizona freshman football players arrested last month in connection with a series of campus assaults have been suspended from the school for two years and a fourth has been put on probation, the university’s dean of students said Tuesday.

Rosalind E. Andreas said that the three players must decide this week whether to accept or appeal the sanctions. She would not name the suspended students, but four players--offensive lineman Michael Bundy, defensive back Samuel Edwards, quarterback Sean Hutson and walk-on wide receiver Jeffrey King--were arrested March 9 and charged with misdemeanor assaults.

The players were accused of a series of random attacks in which 11 people were beaten during a two-hour period. Several were treated at hospitals for bruises and black eyes, and at least one was treated for a broken nose, police said.