3 Arkansas Starters Arrested After Theft

Three starters on the University of Arkansas football team were arrested Wednesday in response to a report that someone was breaking into parked cars at an apartment complex in Fayetteville, Ark.

Ty Mason, Terence (JuJu) Harshaw and Scott Long, all of Fayetteville, were each arrested on three counts of breaking or entering and theft of property.

Mason, 21, is a junior linebacker, Harshaw, 21, a senior fullback and Long, 20, a sophomore defensive tackle.

Long was also charged with a misdemeanor of carrying a prohibited weapon because he was in possession of a .22-caliber handgun. Mason was also arrested on a misdemeanor warrant charging him with violating the state’s hot-check law.