A Providence College basketball standout was arrested Sunday morning overnight and charged with domestic violence and disorderly conduct.
Duncan Powell, a fifth-year senior who just wrapped up his college career at Providence this past season, is alleged to have threatened his ex-girlfriend and her friends, according NBC 10 in Rhode Island.
Local police in Cranston, Rhode Island, were called to a location at Plainfield Pike after 1 a.m. overnight on Saturday into Sunday morning.
There, a woman informed local police that an ex-boyfriend of her friend was outside her residence with a gun, and the person was later identified as Powell.
Powell’s ex-girlfriend claimed to police that the Providence forward had struck her earlier in the day, and she showed one of the officers that the hit resulted in a large bruise on her leg.
Additionally, she alleged that there was a tracker at the bottom of her car, while telling officers that Powell had been trying to stalk her and find her location on multiple occasions.
A witness at the house alleged Powell came to the location earlier and threatened to kill everyone in the house, followed by himself.
Powell reportedly stayed at the front door of the house for approximately four minutes before leaving the area.
A police report indicated that Powell continually called his ex-girlfriend as police were having a conversation with her.
One of the officers answered her phone to speak with Powell, and the cop reportedly heard him walking, where he then turned to see the forward heading toward him with a hand in his sweatshirt.
Powell was subsequently arrested at gunpoint.
At the time of his arrest, he was not carrying a weapon on him, according to a report from NBC 10, though Powell’s car was parked around the block from the apartment where his ex-girlfriend was located.
Powell, who played 16.8 minutes per game this season, shot a woeful 36.4 percent from the field and averaged just 4.6 points and 3.0 rebounds per contest.
Powell, who played at North Carolina A&T, Sacramento State, and Georgia Tech in his prior four seasons of college basketball before transferring to Providence, had the team’s worst true shooting percentage at just under 50 percent.
He was also suspended by the Big East for three games after “combative actions,” which occurred on former Friars star Bryce Hopkins during a game against St. John’s in February.
