Details released in case of former University of Alabama football player Ivory’s burglary charge
Staff Report July 7, 2015
Details have been released in the case of a former University of Alabama football player charged with burglary last week.
Brandon Ivory, 23, and Nicholas Gibson, 21, were charged with first-degree burglary last Wednesday.
A victim who lives at a home off Veterans Memorial Parkway told officers that two armed men stole cash and a phone from his house that morning.
The men are accused of kicking down the back door of the house before going to the victim’s room, according to warrants filed in Gibson’s case.
Gibson, who police said was armed with an assault-style rifle, is accused of punching the victim. Ivory is accused of wielding a lock-blade knife during the burglary.
The victim, 24, reported that the men stole $2,400 in cash, according to the arrest warrant.
Ivory and Gibson were arrested later that day.
Ivory, a defensive tackle from Memphis, Tenn., played for UA between 2010 and 2014. He was signed as a free agent with the Houston Texans in May. The Texans released Ivory the day after his arrest.