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OU football chaplain arrested on drug, larceny charges
The chaplain for the University of Oklahoma football team was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly lured a man from his house by offering a bogus vehicle test drive and then stealing prescription medications while the man was gone.
Kent Bowles, 45, of Norman, who also serves as regional representative for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a national sports ministry, was arrested on complaints of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, larceny, concealment of stolen property and obtaining cash or merchandise by bogus check or false pretenses.
Norman police said they were called about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday to a disturbance in the 2000 block of Morning Dew Trail and entered a house after hearing sounds of distress.
Inside, they found the resident and Bowles. When officers asked Bowles if he had anything concealed on him, Bowles admitted that he had taken pills from the home, police said. An officer retrieved several types of pills from Bowles’ pockets, including Oxycodone and Hydrocodone.
Bowles, who identified himself to police as an FCA representative, explained that he was at the home because the owner had agreed to test drive a GMC vehicle as part of a fund-raising event for the organization. Bowles claimed that for every 100 test drives, the Ferguson GMC dealership would make a donation to the FCA.
When police contacted Ferguson GMC, a representative said the dealership made a vehicle available to the FCA, but that no test-drive fundraiser existed.
According to police, Bowles volunteered to stay in the home while the resident took the test drive. The resident notified his wife that he was leaving the man alone in the home.
The man’s wife monitored Bowles using a security camera live stream on her phone. She said she noticed Bowles wandering through the house. She notified her husband, who ended the test drive early and returned home.
Bowles was booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center. He posted a $5,000 bond and was released Wednesday night.
According to an online FCA profile, Bowles has worked for the organization for 21 years, including the last nine in Norman, where he serves 32 middle school and high school campuses.
Bowles could not be reached immediately for comment.
The OU athletic department released an email statement Friday noting that Bowles is not a university employee.
“He has helped students as a volunteer through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). He has taken a leave of absence from that volunteer role and is not involved with our program at this time,” the statement said.
A spokesman for the FCA said Friday that Bowles is still an employee, but declined further comment.
Support messages for Bowles spread quickly across social media on Friday afternoon with former football players, OU officials and friends of Bowles weighing in.
“Kent Bowles made a mistake, but he is still a great man,” tweeted former Sooner lineman Gabe Ikard. “This doesn't change the work he's done and the people he's affected at OU.”
Senior associate athletic director Kenny Mossman tweeted that he and Bowles were roommates while on a mission trip together in Haiti in 2011.
“I am heartbroken but will stand with him in loving support,” Mossman tweeted.
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OU football chaplain arrested on drug, larceny charges
The chaplain for the University of Oklahoma football team was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly lured a man from his house by offering a bogus vehicle test drive and then stealing prescription medications while the man was gone.
Kent Bowles, 45, of Norman, who also serves as regional representative for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a national sports ministry, was arrested on complaints of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, larceny, concealment of stolen property and obtaining cash or merchandise by bogus check or false pretenses.
Norman police said they were called about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday to a disturbance in the 2000 block of Morning Dew Trail and entered a house after hearing sounds of distress.
Inside, they found the resident and Bowles. When officers asked Bowles if he had anything concealed on him, Bowles admitted that he had taken pills from the home, police said. An officer retrieved several types of pills from Bowles’ pockets, including Oxycodone and Hydrocodone.
Bowles, who identified himself to police as an FCA representative, explained that he was at the home because the owner had agreed to test drive a GMC vehicle as part of a fund-raising event for the organization. Bowles claimed that for every 100 test drives, the Ferguson GMC dealership would make a donation to the FCA.
When police contacted Ferguson GMC, a representative said the dealership made a vehicle available to the FCA, but that no test-drive fundraiser existed.
According to police, Bowles volunteered to stay in the home while the resident took the test drive. The resident notified his wife that he was leaving the man alone in the home.
The man’s wife monitored Bowles using a security camera live stream on her phone. She said she noticed Bowles wandering through the house. She notified her husband, who ended the test drive early and returned home.
Bowles was booked into the Cleveland County Detention Center. He posted a $5,000 bond and was released Wednesday night.
According to an online FCA profile, Bowles has worked for the organization for 21 years, including the last nine in Norman, where he serves 32 middle school and high school campuses.
Bowles could not be reached immediately for comment.
The OU athletic department released an email statement Friday noting that Bowles is not a university employee.
“He has helped students as a volunteer through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). He has taken a leave of absence from that volunteer role and is not involved with our program at this time,” the statement said.
A spokesman for the FCA said Friday that Bowles is still an employee, but declined further comment.
Support messages for Bowles spread quickly across social media on Friday afternoon with former football players, OU officials and friends of Bowles weighing in.
“Kent Bowles made a mistake, but he is still a great man,” tweeted former Sooner lineman Gabe Ikard. “This doesn't change the work he's done and the people he's affected at OU.”
Senior associate athletic director Kenny Mossman tweeted that he and Bowles were roommates while on a mission trip together in Haiti in 2011.
“I am heartbroken but will stand with him in loving support,” Mossman tweeted.
