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One of Alabama's top new football recruits, Tony Mitchell, has been arrested and charged with marijuana possession - in just the latest controversy surrounding the school's sports program.
Mitchell's arrest comes just weeks after the basketball team became embroiled in a capital murder investigation, with Darius Miles indicted by a grand jury and up to three more players also linked to the scene of the crime.
Mitchell - a four-star recruit - was pulled over by cops on Wednesday, per a Facebook post from the Holmes County Sheriff's Office, alongside his friend Christophere Lewis.
Both men were charged with possession of marijuana, and the intent to sell
