The Whitman County Prosecutor filed criminal charges Monday against the football player police arrested in September for allegedly robbing and assaulting a man on College Hill in June.

Prosecutor Denis Tracy wrote in a news release that he charged sophomore linebacker Logan Tago with second-degree robbery, a felony and fourth-degree assault.

Though Athletics Director Bill Moos’ policy prohibits players charged with felonies from competing, football Head Coach Mike Leach said at a news conference Monday that he intends to continue playing Tago.

“If I have anything to do with it he’ll play until he’s found guilty,” Leach said, “because we are presuming everybody innocent around here until they are proven guilty.”

Tago was arrested on Sept. 12, following an investigation into the incident on June 4 in which a man told police that a group of football players assaulted him and stole his six pack of beer. According to the probable cause narrative, the victim reported that the attackers asked for the beer and began beating him when he refused.

“I know who they are,” the victim said about the attackers, according to the narrative. “I’ve seen them everywhere. I used to be on the team here too, so I know a couple of these guys.”

The victim later identified with near certainty that one of the attackers was Tago, stating to the officer that he knew Tago’s face and voice, according to the narrative.

Tago told police he punched at the victim, but did not admit to remembering whether the punches connected. However, he did not deny that it was likely they did.

After the robbery, the victim was treated by Dr. Thomas Tobin in the emergency room of the Pullman Regional Hospital. Tobin noted the victim to have a concussion, concussive syndrome and contusions, and that he found the victim’s injuries to be consistent with being assaulted.

Tago said he realized what he did was wrong and assisted the victim, according to the narrative, but the victim, in response to this, said “absolutely not.” Tago told police it was likely the victim would not believe that Tago was trying to assist him. Tago continued to state that one of the other males involved broke the bottles of beer.

Reporting by Cody Cottier

This article has been updated for accuracy. In the original version the name of Denis Tracy was misspelled.