Penn State football player Tyrell Sales was arrested Saturday in Pittsburgh and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, Pittsburgh police confirmed yesterday.
Pittsburgh police refused to release further details about the Station Square incident that they responded to at about 8:15 p.m. Saturday.
Guido D'Elia, Penn State's football communications and branding director, said last night that he had not yet heard of the incident.
Sales' football coach at Butler High School, Garry Cathell, also said he had not heard anything about the incident.
"Tyrell is one of my boys, you know? This really kind of catches me off guard," Cathell said. "He's not a bad kid -- not a bad kid at all."
Sales' father, Tom Sales, declined to comment.
Sales played in all 13 football games last season and started in 11. The linebacker had 50 tackles, three sacks and one fumble recovery.
Sales was charged last April with disorderly conduct, criminal trespass and harassment in connection with an April 1 altercation in a downtown State College apartment, according to court documents. Penn State football players Anthony Scirrotto, Christopher Baker, Jerome Hayes, Justin King and Lydell Sargeant were also charged in connection with the incident, which occurred at Meridian II, 646 E. College Ave.
All charges against Sales, Hayes, King and Sargeant in connection with the fight have since been dropped.
The altercation, which court documents described as "crazy" and "like a brawl," stemmed from an earlier confrontation Scirrotto and a female friend had with three men on the corner of College Avenue and High Street the evening of March 31, 2007, police said.
Scirrotto accepted a plea deal Feb. 14 for his involvement in the assault, pleading guilty to misdemeanor defiant trespass. Scirrotto was placed on a year's probation, fined $500 and ordered to complete 25 days of community service, according to Collegian archives.
Baker, a former defensive tackle for the Nittany Lions, is scheduled to go to trial March 31 for his alleged involvement in the April 1 incident. Baker will face charges of criminal trespass, simple assault, harassment and burglary.
