Judge holds PC nigger player without bail on accusation of gun 'being waved in people's faces'

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PROVIDENCE – A District Court judge ordered a Providence College
basketball team member held without bail on Monday morning based
on an allegation that he broke into his ex-girlfriend's
apartment armed with a Glock pistol early Saturday morning.

A lawyer for Alyn Breed argued that police had not recovered a
gun.

The 33-year-old woman, with whom Breed has been in an on-again,
off-again relationship, is already "walking back" parts of her
original story, said the Providence lawyer, Maria Deaton.

Judge J. Patrick O'Neil told Breed he is open to seeing the
woman and reviewing the matter as more information emerges in
the coming days.

But the 21-year-old, who less than a month ago was on a top-
ranked NCAA basketball team pursuing a March Madness bid,
remained in handcuffs.

"The allegation you are facing, Mr. Breed, could not be more
serious," O'Neil told him. "Unfortunately, all too often in this
courtroom, I hear that story where a very serious report is
being made and is then walked back hours later if not days
afterward. But unfortunately, we're dealing with the most
serious allegation you can face. You are held without bail …."

Assistant Attorney General Meghan E. McDonough told O'Neil that
Breed's ex-girlfriend has told investigators she is familiar
with the gun she says Breed drew on her.

McDonough said the woman told investigators she was with Breed
when he bought the gun, a Glock, in Georgia.

Over the weekend, police initially identified the woman at the
center of the case as Breed's girlfriend.

Police say Breed's relationship with the woman has been
intermittent
A police report refers to Breed as an ex-boyfriend, and Deaton
described the relationship over the past year as "on-again, off-
again." She also described the situation over the weekend as a
breakup.

A court record identifies the woman as Kristin Winant.

The record accuses Breed of carrying a gun without a license,
using a firearm in the robbery of a cellphone, carrying a
dangerous weapon while committing a crime of violence,
maliciously vandalizing a floral arrangement, and operating a
2016 Dodge vehicle without Winant's consent.

McDonough told O'Neil that Breed had entered the two-floor
apartment in Providence.

"While he was in the bedroom of her home uninvited, unannounced,
he wielded a firearm at which time he demanded that she turn
over her cellphone," she said. "While he was wielding the
firearm, she complied. He left the apartment and fled down the
street."

McDonough told O'Neil that Breed had admitted taking the vehicle
without the woman's permission.

Deaton told O'Neil that Winant had purchased the car for Breed
to use and that he routinely drives it on the Providence College
campus.

McDonough acknowledged Monday that police had not recovered a
gun.

O'Neil said he may hold a bail hearing Friday. He also expressed
a willingness to amend Monday's bail decision if new information
should emerge before Friday.

"Anything develops before then, you come see me and then we'll
talk about bail," he said. "But in the meantime, there's an
allegation of guns being waved around in people's faces."

What the police report says about the Alyn Breed incident
Police were dispatched to Breed's dorm, Bedford Hall, on the
Friars' campus at 6:08 a.m. Saturday, according to the police
report.

At that time, the report says, Winant was on campus and talking
to Providence College security, telling them Breed had come to
her off-campus home at about 9 p.m. Friday to retrieve some
belongings.

She told them she had allowed him to gather his things and
brought him back to campus, the report says.

At 4:38 a.m., the report says, a campus security officer saw a
Dodge Challenger roll toward the dormitory, its engine revving,
and parked in a fire lane.

Breed and several women emerged from the car, it says, before
the security officer told him to move the car, which he did
after apologizing.

Winant told police that around 5 or 5:30 a.m., Breed returned to
her home without permission, the report says, and that she also
said Breed had found her in bed with a guest. The redacted
report does not identify the guest by name or gender.

Winant told police that Breed then pulled out a gun and ordered
her guest to leave, the report says. It says she told police
that her guest left and Breed then ordered her to give him her
cellphone.

Providence College security told police that at 5:49 a.m. Breed
called to warn them to be on the lookout for a woman trying to
gain access to the campus.

Winant was on the campus, with security, when Providence police
were dispatched to Breed's dormitory, the report says.

The report says police found Breed "vague" and evasive in
response to questions.

Breed admitted he had driven around in Winant's car, according
to the report. Breed told police that Winant believed he had her
cellphone, but the device was missing, the report says.

At Winant's apartment, police noticed "broken flowers" on the
bedroom floor. Winant told police her guest had given her the
flowers, but Breed had destroyed them "in a fit of rage," says
the report.

She also told them the surveillance cameras in the home had
recorded Breed's brandishing of a firearm, but that she couldn't
access the cameras without her cellphone. She told them she
didn't know how Breed had acquired keys to the car.

Breed was arrested at 7 a.m.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal:
Providence basketball player Alyn Breed held without bail in gun
case

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