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Texas A&M players face robbery charges

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Two Texas A&M football players have been indicted on felony robbery charges for a Nov. 29 home invasion at an apartment complex in College Station.

The Bryan-College Station Eagle reported the indictments of Yemi Babalola, 21, and Brandon Joiner, 18, were handed down Thursday.

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The district attorney's office said Joiner also was indicted on one felony count of manufacturing or delivering methamphetamine and two misdemeanor counts of possessing marijuana and hydrocodone. Babalola also faces a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge, the Eagle said.

Aggravated robbery is a first-degree felony punishable by 5 to 99 years or life in prison. Manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance is a second-degree felony punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison.

Police said an investigation led to searches of both suspects' homes where marijuana, ecstasy and hydrocodone were found.

Both players have been suspended pending the outcome of their cases.

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