Longhorn football player James Henry has been suspended indefinitely from the team after being charged with felony counts of retaliation and tampering with physical evidence. Police say the charges are in connection with the alleged armed robbery involving former Longhorn football player Robert Joseph.

Court records indicate that Henry, 19, confronted witnesses on behalf of Joseph, who was arrested June 27th on aggravated robbery charges. Police say that Joseph called Henry from jail the next day and that the call was recorded.

During that call, police quote Henry as saying, “I went over there and whooped all them niggas last night, fool.”

According to the Statesman's story, the victims told police that Henry had come up to them and asked, “Who narked on us?” They said that Henry tried to get into a fight with one of the men, 18-year-old Andre Swain, and told him, “Bitches deserve to get kicked, so that’s what I am going to do!” The witnesses said that Henry then kicked Swain six or seven times in the head and punched him repeatedly.

Henry, a redshirt freshman running back from Schertz Clemens High School who has played on special teams this season, is the sixth Texas football player to be arrested since June.

• June 1: Junior defensive end Henry Melton arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. Melton was suspended for three games. He is eligible to return to action Saturday against Rice.
• June 9: Sophomore safety Robert Joseph arrested and charged with burglary of an automobile. Joseph is dismissed from the team. He's arrested again in July and charged with aggravated robbery. Joseph remains in the Travis County Jail.
• July 28: Sophomore linebacker Sergio Kindle arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. Kindle was suspended for three games. He is eligible to return to action Saturday against Rice.
• Aug. 3: Freshman defensive tackle Andre Jones arrested and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon for a July 27 robbery along with Joseph.
• Sept. 13: Senior safety Tyrell Gatewood was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of a dangerous drug. Gatewood has been suspended indefinitely. Freshman defensive back Ben Wells was a passenger in the car and was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and released.

Bail for Henry's combined charges is set at $30,000.

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