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UW hoops player charged with theft

Suspended University of Wisconsin freshman women’s basketball player Lesha Jones was charged with one count of burglary today for allegedly going into the dormitory room of another student and taking her purse.

Jones, 18, who was reshirting this season to rehabilitate an injured knee, was suspended from the team after her arrest on Feb. 14. (2/21/05 Capital Times print edition)