Penn State All-America wrestler Braeden Davis has been charged with three misdemeanor and two summary offenses after a March 29 early-morning incident at Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house in State College.
Davis, 20, is facing charges of resisting arrest, evading arrest or detention on foot, criminal trespass, consumption of liquor or malt or brewed beverages, and public drunkenness, according to State College Police and first reported by onwardstate.comPolice said Davis and an unnamed friend twice had been asked by the fraternity to leave the premises and were arguing with a security employee when police arrived. Police said they could smell alcohol on Davis’s breath.
The report noted that Davis asked police if he could leave, and when an officer said he could not until proper identification was completed, Davis moved his friend in front of the officer and the officer saw that as an attempt to flee.
The complaint said when Davis attempted to leave, he was caught within 10 yards and a struggle ensued. While being subdued, Davis broke an officer’s wristwatch and radio earpiece and ripped the body camera out of the officer’s vest.
Davis was taken to the police station and later transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center for an alcohol overdose, the complaint read. Police said Davis’s blood alcohol content was .225%.
The Belleville, Michigan, resident just completed his sophomore season at 133 pounds on Penn State’s national championship wrestling team. He finished fifth at that weight class in Philadelphia on March 22. He wrestled at 125 pounds as a true freshman and won a Big Ten title but did not earn All-America status
