Central Michigan football star Rawls gets probation, community service after theft case plea
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One of college football's top running backs won't serve jail time in a Michigan theft case.
Central Michigan's Thomas Rawls was sentenced Tuesday in Isabella County Trial Court to a year's probation and 104 hours of community service.
The 21-year-old Flint man pleaded guilty last month to a misdemeanor charge of attempted larceny. He was accused in an April 8 theft of a woman's purse at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant. He was also accused of using her credit cards.
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The team suspended Rawls after the charges and reinstated him following the plea.
The Michigan transfer is the fifth-leading rusher in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Rawls has run for 1,007 yards and 10 touchdowns in only six games.