(Jeff Gammons/Getty Images)Fifth-year senior running back Mario Pender was dismissed from the Florida State football team Saturday following his arrest on charges of domestic violence by strangulation and resisting an officer without violence. “Mario Pender has been permanently dismissed from the football team following his arrest earlier in the day,” Florida State said in a statement. In 2011, as a high school senior, Pender was arrested by Cape Coral police after an altercation with his girlfriend. “The Athletics Department will have no further comment at this time.”Pender was the nation’s fourth-ranked high school running back in 2012 upon committing to FSU. The charges were later dropped by the state attorney’s office due to lack of evidence.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2016 22:37 UTC