Former LSU player also accused of robberies with former USC TE

Police believe another former college football player was involved in robberies with former USC tight end Bryce Dixon.

Dixon was arrested Tuesday afternoon for carjacking after an investigation into the robberies. Per Los Angeles Police, he had allegedly committed multiple robberies with former LSU player Trey Lealaimatafao.

From the Los Angeles Times:

Los Angeles police detectives say that on Monday and Tuesday, the pair committed two or three robberies in Ventura County, and four or five robberies in Los Angeles, including the carjacking. Some of the robberies occurred in the Rampart Division area, west of downtown L.A., they said.

After one of those Rampart area robberies Tuesday, detectives were able to get a description of a getaway car, police said. Acting on a crime alert that contained a vehicle and suspect description, Southwest Division officers stopped Dixon and Lealaimatafao in a car on Van Ness Avenue about 1 p.m.

Dixon allegedly told police the car was a friend's.

Lealaimatafao was dismissed from the Tigers' program this summer. He was kicked off the team after he was arrested for robbery and battery after he was accused of punching a man's girlfriend in the face and rummaging through the man's pockets after he was rendered unconscious.

It wasn't his first incident at LSU either. He was previously arrested for stealing a bike on campus and suffered an arm injury after punching through glass at the team's weight room. He was a redshirt freshman when he was dismissed.

Dixon played at USC in 2014 and was expelled from the university following a sexual misconduct investigation. A stay in the case after he appealed allowed him to remain as a student but he wasn't allowed to join the football team for 2015.

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