Social media leads to a Va Tech running back making a horrible decision. Shai McKenzie has been arrested and suspended from the team. There is no word of if McKenzie knew they were minors when they were on talking on social media.
Warrants filed in Montgomery County Court last week detail that McKenzie, 19, and Devin A. Gavion, 18, a fellow Virginia Tech student, were being investigated for carnal knowledge of a child between the ages of 13 and 15.
Gavion has been charged with one count of felony carnal knowledge and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Becky Wilburn, Christiansburg Police spokeswoman. Gavion is a freshman business information technology major according to the Virginia Tech directory.
Police obtained a warrant for McKenzie and Gavion’s DNA on Feb. 27 after two girls, one 15 years old and another 14, met two adult males using social media, who they later identified as McKenzie and Gavion.
The warrant states that an investigation included information that the group met at a home in Christiansburg “and it was revealed” they “had sexual intercourse” between Feb. 11 and Feb. 15. Four condoms were also recovered from the residence, according to the warrant.
McKenzie is out on bond, his freshman season was cut short with a torn ACL.