Baylor OL Hammad arrested on stalking charge

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Baylor offensive lineman Rami Hammad is facing felony stalking charges after his former girlfriend reported several instances in which he tracked her down, harassed her and twice physically assaulted her — including once at Baylor’s athletic facilities on campus.

On July 7, the former girlfriend noticed Hammad waiting for her after class and she asked for help from the professor, who took the woman into her office, and Hammad “began continually knocking on the door,” according to the arrest affidavit.

The professor first tried to call Hammad’s coaches, but when no one in the athletic department was available, she placed a call to Baylor police.

Hammad, a 21-year-old junior from Irving, Texas, is out on bond after being arrested Monday and booked into McLennan County Jail on a third-degree felony stalking charge. He has been suspended from all team activities associated with Baylor football pending resolution of this issue, Baylor officials announced Tuesday.

According to the affidavit, police made contact with Hammad on July 7 at the professor’s office, and investigators spoke to him again on July 11. On both occasions he was ordered to stay away from the woman, but he was not arrested.

Baylor offensive lineman Rami Hammad is out on bond after being arrested Monday on a third-degree felony stalking charge. He has been suspended from all team activities pending resolution of the issue, school officials announced Tuesday. Luke Lu/AP Photo

At the time, Hammad admitted to police that he had been trying to find the woman by going to her apartment, checking local hotels and even driving through parking lots that she might frequent. Hammad told police that he “just wanted to talk to the victim in an attempt to mend their troubled relationship.”

The woman told police that she had taken extensive measures to keep him from finding her, including driving a different vehicle and …

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