NC State Basketball

Charges Against NC State’s Eric Lockett Dismissed

Published

5 years ago

March 1, 2019

According to Joe Giglio of the News & Observer, the charges against NC State Graduate Senior Guard Eric Lockett have been dismissed, as a result of video evidence supporting his case.

BREAKING: The assault charges against NC State basketball player Eric Lockett have been dismissed by the Wake County district attorney’s office.

There was video evidence in Lockett’s favor that led to the dismissal

— Joe Giglio (@jwgiglio) March 1, 2019

The dismissal of the charges does not equal the immediate return of Lockett to his basketball duties. The legal portion of Lockett’s troubles are behind him, but he now has to go through a student-conduct investigation by NC State to determine if he’s in fact eligible to return to the team.

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A student-conduct investigation by university has to be completed before Lockett is eligible to return to the team but the legal portion of the case has been resolved

— Joe Giglio (@jwgiglio) March 1, 2019

Also, Lockett will have to take an anger-management class regardless.

Also, as part of the dismissal, Lockett will take an anger-management class

— Joe Giglio (@jwgiglio) March 1, 2019

Lockett came to NC State this offseason as a Graduate Transfer from Florida International. He has played in 22 games (starting 2) for the Wolfpack this year, averaging 5.0 points and 3.3 rebounds in 16.9 minutes per game.