ARKANSAS, United States – Jamaican-born triple jumper Clive Pullen was yesterday arrested and charged for shoplifting in the United States, according to a report from Northwest Arkansas News (NWA).
Pullen was arrested at the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas after he was reportedly caught and detained for stealing fish and clothes, the arrest report stated.
The former Kingston College jumper and national representative was booked into the Washington County jail at 1:17 am on Thursday but by 3:27 am he was released on a $565 bond, NWA said.
Pullen is currently a freshman triple jumper on a full scholarship at Arkansas University. He failed to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugune, Oregon, where several Arkansas athletes are this week