re: Money quote about Auburn from former 5* Willie Williams

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He was once the highest-recruited high school football prospect in America. Now, he's locked up in a Northern Kentucky jail for burglary. Willie Williams played linebacker at the University of Miami and later the University of Louisville. He left both places after being arrested.

Now, Local 12's Joe Webb reports Williams is suspected of at least one burglary and attempting another.

Police say Williams would go door-to-door in upscale neighborhoods. If someone answered the front door, he'd make a sales pitch for a gym membership. If no one answered, he'd go around back. That's what Fort Thomas Police say happened July 1 on Stardust Lane.

Lt. Rich Whitford, Ft. Thomas Police: "She was busy, couldn't get to the door. Thought they'd leave. Minutes later she hears someone crushing in the back door trying to break in the house. She goes downstairs, confronts a gentleman at the back. He has a story and gets spooked when she asks questions and takes off leaving."

A neighbor wrote down a plate number. Within hours, police had connected the car and a suspect to a similar burglary in Fort Mitchell.

"Same M.O. We put two and two together, compare evidence. Exact same guy."

Williams was arrested in Newport. People at the place he was staying said he was a pro football player. He's not. But most say he could have been. Williams was the highest rated linebacker coming out of high school in 2004. He played one year at Miami of Florida before an arrest cost him his scholarship. He ended up at a junior college in Los Angeles where he cleaned up his act for awhile. Long enough to get him a spot on the team at Louisville.

"Gets in trouble there. Gets kicked off the team. Ends up in Newport, Kentucky doing burglaries in Campbell County and Kenton County."

Williams is locked up in the Kenton County Jail for the Fort Mitchell burglary. Attempted burglary charges are pending in Fort Thomas. But he's not just in trouble here.

Chief Jeff Eldridge, Ft. Mitchell Police: "All indication are he's wanted out of Georgia for a probation and parole violation in the state of Georgia as well."

Both police departments say this case might have gone unsolved for awhile, unless a neighbor had not written down the license plate of a suspicious car. They encourage people to call any time they see something suspicious, even if it's minor.

Williams will be back in court next week. He's being held on five-thousand dollar cash bond. Police say he stole jewelry from the home in Fort Mitchell. It has not been recovered.

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