A pair of ISU football players arrested on Sept. 11 have now both pleaded guilty to charges of public intoxication.

Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Donnie Jennert pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning at a court appearance and redshirt sophomore running back Walker Woods did the same last Friday.

Jennert, who filed a complaint about his arrest to the Ames Police Department on Sept. 11, verbally pleaded guilty at an 8:30 a.m. court appearance on Wednesday.

Following his guilty plea, district associate judge James Malloy began reading the police report on Jennert’s arrest then asked Jennert if he knew why he was arrested.

Jennert said:

“No clue, I thought I was wrongfully arrested.”

Malloy asked Jennert if he still wished to enter a guilty plea, at which time Jennert began to explain how he was selected by the arresting officer among a crowd of other people at the scene.

Malloy advised Jennert to not try and explain his innocence if he were to make a guilty plea.

Jennert then said:

“It’s not even worth fighting it, honestly.”

In an email sent by Jennert to the Daily on the day following his arrest, Jennert said that he was “profiled by a specific police officer.” In the email Jennert said that he had a past run in with the arresting officer, Nathan Rivera, who told him “If I see you out here again [on Welch], I will arrest you.”

Calls made to Rivera since the arrest have not been returned.

Following an investigation into Jennert’s complaint, Ames Police Public Information Officer, Cmdr. Jim Robinson, said that Rivera did not profile Jennert at the scene.

“A supervisor reviewed the complaint and found that Jennert was not singled out because of who he was but because of his actions that evening,” Robinson said.

Jennert and Woods both have 30 days from the date of their court appearance to pay a $330 fine.

According to affidavits obtained by the Daily from the Ames Police department, officers were called to a fight in progress on the 2300 block of Knapp Street at 12:39 a.m. Jennert was seen walking down the middle of the street screaming. Officers called out to him before Jennert ran to the backyard of the residence at 2326 Knapp Street.

Jennert, 20 at the time of the arrest, was found to be “highly emotional” and officers noted the odor of ingested alcohol was on his breath. He scored four of six clues on a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test that was administered at the scene but waived his right to a chemical test. He was arrested at 12:50 a.m. for public intoxication and was brought to the Story County Justice Center before being released at approximately 5 a.m.

Woods was also arrested at the 2300 block of Knapp Street. According to the affidavit, Woods was involved in a physical fight in which he tackled a woman and punched her in the right side of the face. Woods was arrested and charged with simple assault, a simple misdemeanor charge, however that charge was dropped on Sept. 21.

While investigating that fight, officers noticed Woods “had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his person.” Woods, 20, admitted to drinking three to four mixed drinks within the last three hours and then requested a preliminary breath test, which showed a blood-alcohol content level of .085. Woods was then also charged with public intoxication.

On Aug. 20, Jennert was ruled academically ineligible for the 2011 season. There has yet to be an announcement from the athletic department as to any punishment or disciplinary action for Jennert or Woods as players on the football team.