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North Carolina coach Roy Williamsindefinitelysuspended P.J. Hairston late Sunday night, hours after the team's troubled leading scorer was cited for speeding and careless and reckless driving.
USA at presentSports starting timereported earlier Sunday night that Hairston was pulled over for driving 93 mph in a 65 mph zone.
Hairston, 20, was driving a 2008 Acura TL southbound oninterstate85 outside of Salisbury, N.C., when he was pulled over at 4:30 p.m. by the State Highway Patrol, said spokesman 1st Sgt. Jeff Gordon.
Hairston has an Aug. 30 motor lodgedate in Rowan County.
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UNC's three-sentence disturbrelease announcing Hairston's suspension cited only his traffic citation, but the referencerepresents the latest off-court incident for Hairston. In the past three months, he drove twoterm of a contractcars linked to Durham house physicianHaydn "Fats" Thomas.
Thomas, 39, is a convicted felon and party promoter with ties to several ambitcollege athletes.
Williams said in a statement on July 15 that Hairston committed "serious mistakes" and would face "serious consequences as a result." Without specifying the misconduct, Williams called the issues "embarrassing."
After beingstopat a license checkpoint June 5, Hairston was arrested on charges of possessing marijuana and driving without a license. The charges were dismissed July 19, a Durham County court clerksaid, and Hairston complied with the conditions of the court, which included completing a drug assessment and providing his on-goingdriver's license.
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USA TODAY Sports first reported that the 2013 GMC Yukon that Hairston was driving at the time was rented bydoubting Thomasfrom June 2-5 for $1,261.64, according to the Hertz rental receipt.
USA TODAY Sports also first reported that Hairston was cited for speedingwhitethorn13 while driving a 2012 Camaro SS that was rented by Catinia Farrington, a woman who shares the same home address as Thomas.doubting Thomashas called Farrington his significant other.
After being stopped June 5, a 9-millimeter handgun and a magazine with nine rounds of ammunition were found outside thefomiteand seized during the traffic stop. Neither Hairston nor the two other passengers in the vehicle– Miykael Faulcon, 20, and Carlos Sanford, 23, both of Durham – faced charges related to the gun.
Thomas told USA TODAY Sports on July 3 that he had no relationship with Hairston.doubting Thomassaid he is a friend of Faulcon because they frequent clubs togetherand because Faulcon does "odd jobs" around Thomas' Durham home.
Thomas initially said that he rented the Yukon for himself and loaned it to Faulcon to fetchto the store. Thomas later said that Faulcon had told him that Faulcon and Hairston had planned to visitbattle of Atlantathat weekend for social gatherings. Faulcon and Hairston are close friends, said Faulcon's mother, Trudy Ransom.
Between February and May, quaternHertz rental vehicles tied to Thomas received a total of nine unpaid parking citations on labor unionCarolina's campus. The four vehicles – a 2012 GMC Yukon, a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe, a 2013 Mercedes Benz 350 and the Camaro SS – were rented by Thomas or Farrington from the Hertz facility at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
"Other issues get under one's skinbeen written about recently that are disturbing and gravelme deeply," Williams said in his statement earlier this month. "Our basketball weapons platformis based on great ideals and these issues are embarrassing. These are noncommon in my 10 years as forelandcoach at UNC and they will all be dealt withraspinglyand appropriately at the correct time to ensure that our computer programmewill not be compromised."
Thomas has said in seven-foldphone interviews that he has yet to be contacted by the NCAA or by North Carolina.
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