Baton Rouge Police Arrests Second Suspect Following Bar Fight Involving LSU Running Back
ByBaton Rouge police arrested Friday a second suspect in a bar fight that occurred last weekend after Louisiana State University sophomore running back, Jeremy Hill, was taken into custody shortly after the incident as the first suspect.
Robert G. Bayardo, 20, is being held at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison with a $5,000 bond. He is charged with one count of second-degree battery while Hill is facing misdemeanor simple battery.
The fight happened around 2:13 a.m., April 27, in the parking lot of Reggie's Bar.
Police arrested Bayardo after two separate witnesses identified him .
In addition, a cellphone video showed Bayardo striking a 20-year-old man unconscious after Hill punched the victim behind his left ear. The video also showed Hill and Bayardo exchanging high-fives in front of the victim after he fell to the ground.
When Clifford Crouch, the investigating officer for Baton Rouge police, arrived at the location, the victim had minor cuts on his hands and a lump at the back of his head.
Hill, 20, left the scene before the police arrived but was later detained by the Baton Rouge police in the parking lot of the West Campus Apartments.
He denied the charges and told Crouch that he wasn't involved in any fight even after he was shown the video.
The LSU head football coach Les Miles suspended Hill, Monday, until further notice.
"There's no denying he's on the video, but the video is 15 seconds long and certainly doesn't tell you everything that happened that evening. In my experience and the cases I've had, there's usually a reason why a person will strike another individual and I can tell you that's the case here," said Hill's Lawyer, Marci Blaize.
Hill could probably face a jail term as this is his second misdemeanor charge and he was on probation.
Last year January, Hill pleaded guilty to misdemeanor after he and another student engaged in a sexual act with a 14-year-old girl in Redemptorist High School, 2011. He was then given a six-month suspended jail sentence and was put on probation.