A former University of Georgia student has posted bail on charges he held a Clemson University student against his will at a local fraternity and beat him.
An Athens-Clarke Magistrate Court judge set a $7,000 bond for 23-year-old Gene Whitner Milner III and he was released Monday.
UGA police allege that Milner held and beat the 18-year-old Clemson student early Nov. 15 in the basement of the Chi Phi fraternity. Police charged the on-and-off UGA student with false imprisonment, a felony, and misdemeanor battery.
Milner told the Athens Banner-Herald he only happened to be in the area when the victim came running from Chi Phi about 3:20 a.m., just as a UGA police officer was driving by.
Milner is scheduled to appear in Clarke County Magistrate Court on Dec. 15.
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University of Georgia police have taken out warrants charging a former UGA student in connection with a complaint by a Clemson University student that he was beaten at a fraternity house.
The Athens Banner-Herald reported that police on Friday charged 23-year-old Gene Whitner Milner III with felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery.
The charges stem from claims by an 18-year-old visiting Clemson student that he was held captive at the Chi Phi fraternity house early on Nov. 15. The Clemson student was in town for the Georgia-Auburn football game on Nov. 14.
Milner, who is not a Chi Phi member, was last enrolled at UGA during the spring semester.
Calls to a number listed for Milner in Athens Saturday rang unanswered.
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