NSU basketball player charged in pair of robberies at ODU

Photo: Brandon Monroe

Brandon Monroe, a junior forward on the Norfolk State men's basketball team, is facing four charges in connection with a pair of robberies on Old Dominion's campus.

Monroe and Alfred Noel II were arrested May 7 after they allegedly brandished weapons while stealing items, including a wallet, cell phone, handbag and credit cards, from a woman and man on April 28.

Monroe, 21, was charged with two counts each of robbery and unlawful use of a firearm. Noel faces one charge each of robbery and unlawful use of a firearm. Monroe and Noel each were released on a $10,000 secured bond and are scheduled to appear for a July 9 court date. As a condition of his bond, Monroe, a Raeford, N.C., resident, is not allowed to leave Virginia.

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