Police arrested former N.C. State basketball player, Gavin Troy Grant mid-afternoon Sunday. Grant is a suspect in a home invasion that took place Sept. 24, 2010, according to police.
Jim Sughrue, director of public affairs at the Raleigh Police Department, said patrol officers from Raleigh Police Department’s Northwest District found Grant at his former residence, an apartment in the 5400 block of Summit Manor Lane.
A warrant for Grant’s arrest was issued in November and police had been looking for him since.
The police department received a tip regarding Grant’s whereabouts early Sunday morning.
“Our officers received a tip that he might be there and they went to that location,” Sughrue said. “At first they were not able to get an answer and they were preparing to make entry into the residence and at that point he opened the door and surrendered. He was taken into custody without incident.”
Police have charged Grant, 25, with first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. According to police, the weapon was a handgun.
Grant’s arrest stem from the incident on Sept. 24, 2010, when two male suspects attempted a home invasion robbery at 1725 Crossroads Arbor Way, in West Raleigh.
“Two male suspects forced their way into the apartment, assaulted two victims who were inside the residence and attempted armed robbery,” Sughrue said. “The victims fought off the suspects, who fled before they could complete the robbery.”
According to Sughrue, the female victim, possibly in another room while the suspects were assaulting the male victim, called 911 during the assault or shortly after the suspects fled.
During Monday’s arraignment hearing, Wake County District Court Judge Keith Gregory refused to reduce the bail of Grant, which is set at $505,000. Grant remains in Wake County Jail.
The investigation of the home invasion is ongoing. The police have not yet identified the second suspect.
Grant, who played at N.C. State from 2005-2008, was a laid back, outspoken player with many talents, one of which was very clutch play. Born in Jamaica, Grant grew up in the Bronx, N.Y. and attended high school at St. Raymond’s High School, where he was a teammate of former N.C. State player, Julius Hodge.
In Grant’s first two seasons, State made it into NCAA Tournament play under coach Herb Sendek. Grant spent his last two seasons at State coached by current head coach Sidney Lowe.
Grant spent the last two years playing in the NBADL, the National Basketball Association Developmental League, with the Utah Flash.
The male victim in the crime, Domonique Andrew Rodgers, required medical attention after the assault. The female victim, whose name was not released to the public, did not require medical attention.
Rodgers was arrested the next day on a narcotics charge.
The arrest is not Grant’s first run in with the law, as he had to deal with immigration concerns throughout his first two years in Raleigh. These concerns were about Grant’s status as a U.S. resident, since he was Jamaican born. This resulted in federal government hearings concerning his potential status as an undocumented immigrant.
