[CLARIFICATION: The original version of this story mistakenly reported, in the headline and body of the story, that Garrett Sickels and his three teammates were “arrested.” According to Sickels’ father, Stanley Sickels, they were issued summonses but not taken into custody. Stanley Sickels said all four players maintain their innocence. November 2, 2014]
Red Bank’s Garrett Sickels is among four Penn State football players facing disciplinary action after being charged late Thursday night for egging a campus building.
Sickels, a sophomore defensive end who was a standout at Red Bank Regional, and three teammates were was issued a summons for criminal mischief for throwing eggs at a residential building, according to a report Friday by PennLive.com.
Sickels saw his first action as a Nittany Lion in Saturday’s 20-19 loss to Maryland, recording a sack, the newspaper reported. Here’s a separate article on Sickels’ performance.
According to PennLive, the “egg-throwing incident” occurred between 10:36 p.m. and 11:18 p.m. Thursday at Beaver Hall. Cited with Sickels were center Wendy Laurent, tight end Brent Wilkerson and safety Anthony Smith.
Following Saturday’s game, Penn State coach James Franklin said the matter would be “addressed.” From a PennLive article posted Saturday evening:
Franklin said after the game that he had started a dialogue with Penn State’s administration about the situation and would determine any type of punishment in the coming week.
“It will be addressed with them, it will be addressed with their families. We don’t want to do anything at all to embarrass the university, embarrass the program or anything like that, the first-year head coach said.
“But I also know they’re kids and make mistakes. There are a lot of problems going on right now in our society, there are a lot of problems going on in college athletics, throwing eggs is a little bit further down the totem pole in my opinion. But it still needs to be addressed, it still needs to be fixed, and it will be.”
Sickels is the son of Red Bank borough administrator Stanley Sickels. The elder Sickels said his son and three teammates were witnesses to the egg-throwing as they sat on a campus wall, but did not participate in it. He said his son would fight the summons in court.
