Prep star, 22, is indicted

A 22-year-old man accused of posing as a high school basketball star in West Texas was indicted on six felony charges, including sexual assault and tampering with government records.

Ector County Dist. Atty. Bobby Bland said Tuesday the indictment also alleges Guerdwich Montimer, who used the name Jerry Joseph, committed identity theft.

Montimer, indicted Monday, played basketball last season at Odessa Permian High School, whose football team inspired the book “Friday Night Lights.”

Montimer led the Panthers to the playoffs last season and was named the District 2-5A Newcomer of the Year. That honor was stripped in recent weeks, and the Panthers forfeited their 16 wins.

Bland said the two counts of sexual assault pertain to alleged attacks on a 15-year-old girl on one day in August.

Jabari A. Caldwell, who enrolled Montimer at a junior high school two years ago using a fake birth certificate from Haiti and claimed to be Montimer’s half brother, faces four felonies.

Montimer and Caldwell each face three counts of tampering with government records and one count of fraudulent use of identifying information. If convicted on the tampering charge, each man faces up to 20 years in prison. The identity theft charge carries a maximum punishment of two years. If convicted of sexual assault, Montimer faces up to 20 years.

The two men are to be arraigned June 16.

Suspicions were raised a few months ago after coaches at an amateur basketball tournament said they recognized Joseph as Montimer, a 2007 graduate of a Florida high school and a naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti.

ETC.

Miami advances in baseball

Miami won the rain-delayed Coral Gables Regional championship, beating Texas A&M; 10-3 behind Harold Martinez’s three runs batted in. Miami (43-18) advanced to the best-of-three super regional series against Florida on Friday in Gainesville.

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Andy Roddick began the chase for his fifth title at Queen’s Club in London with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Igor Kunitsyn, joining defending champion Andy Murray in the third round.

Murray fought off two set points against Ivan Navarro in the first set before taking control in the second set for a 7-6 (8), 6-3 win.

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Roger Federer defeated Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, 6-4, 6-4, in the first round of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.

The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Wizards to Ted Leonsis.

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Amare Stoudemire will opt out of the final year of his contract if he doesn’t re-sign with the Phoenix Suns before the deadline at the end of this month. Stoudemire said he deserves a maximum contract and would like it to be with Phoenix.

He said there was “no chance” he would exercise the final year of his contract, which would pay about $17 million.

The Suns said veteran forward Grant Hill exercised the one-year player option on his contract and will return to the team next season.

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Inter Milan says it has reached an agreement for Rafa Benitez to coach the Italian soccer power. Inter President Massimo Moratti said all the contract details were settled. Benitez left Liverpool last week after six years as manager of the Reds.

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Junior pitcher Jose Cardona of Woodland Hills El Camino Real has been selected the City Section player of the year in baseball. He was 11-1 in leading the Conquistadores to their sixth City title.