Judge holds PC player without bail on accusation of gun 'being waved in people's faces'

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PROVIDENCE – A District Court judge ordered a Providence College basketball team member held without bail on Monday morning based on an allegation that he broke into his ex-girlfriend's apartment armed with a Glock pistol early Saturday morning.

A lawyer for Alyn Breed argued that police had not recovered a gun.

The 33-year-old woman, with whom Breed had a relationship, is already "walking back" parts of her original story, said the Providence lawyer, Maria Deaton.

Judge J. Patrick O'Neil told Breed he is open to seeing the woman and reviewing the matter as more information emerges in the coming days.

But the 21-year-old, who less than a month ago was on a top-ranked NCAA basketball team pursuing a March Madness bid, remained in handcuffs.

"The allegation you are facing, Mr. Breed, could not be more serious," O'Neil told him. "Unfortunately, all too often in this courtroom, I hear that story where a very serious report is being made and is then walked back hours later if not days afterward. But unfortunately, we're dealing with the most serious allegation you can face. You are held without bail …."

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Assistant Attorney General Meghan E. McDonough told O'Neil that the woman has told investigators she is familiar with the gun she says Breed drew on her.

McDonough said the woman told investigators she was with Breed when he bought the gun, a Glock, in Georgia.

What Alyn Breed is accused of

A police report refers to Breed as an ex-boyfriend, and Deaton described the situation over the weekend as a breakup.

The record accuses Breed of carrying a gun without a license, using a firearm in the robbery of a cellphone, carrying a dangerous weapon while committing a crime of violence, maliciously vandalizing a floral arrangement, and operating a 2016 Dodge vehicle without the woman's consent.

McDonough told O'Neil that Breed had entered the two-floor apartment in Providence.

"While he was in the bedroom of her home uninvited, unannounced, he wielded a firearm at which time he demanded that she turn over her cellphone," she said. "While he was wielding the firearm, she complied. He left the apartment and fled down the street."

McDonough told O'Neil that Breed had admitted taking the vehicle without the woman's permission.

Deaton told O'Neil that the woman had purchased the car for Breed to use and that he routinely drives it on the Providence College campus.

McDonough acknowledged Monday that police had not recovered a gun.

O'Neil said he may hold a bail hearing Friday. He also expressed a willingness to amend Monday's bail decision if new information should emerge before Friday.

"Anything develops before then, you come see me and then we'll talk about bail," he said. "But in the meantime, there's an allegation of guns being waved around in people's faces."

What the police report says about the Alyn Breed incident

Police were dispatched to Breed's dorm, Bedford Hall, on the Friars' campus at 6:08 a.m. Saturday, according to the police report.

At that time, the report says, the woman was on campus and talking to Providence College security, telling them Breed had come to her off-campus home at about 9 p.m. Friday to retrieve some belongings.

She told them she had allowed him to gather his things and brought him back to campus, the report says.

At 4:38 a.m., the report says, a campus security officer saw a Dodge Challenger roll toward the dormitory, its engine revving, and parked in a fire lane.

Breed and several women emerged from the car, it says, before the security officer told him to move the car, which he did after apologizing.

The victim told police that around 5 or 5:30 a.m., Breed returned to her home without permission, the report says, and that she also said Breed had found her in bed with a guest. The redacted report does not identify the guest by name or gender.

She told police that Breed then pulled out a gun and ordered her guest to leave, the report says. It says she told police that her guest left and Breed then ordered her to give him her cellphone.

Providence College security told police that at 5:49 a.m. Breed called to warn them to be on the lookout for a woman trying to gain access to the campus.

The woman was on the campus, with security, when Providence police were dispatched to Breed's dormitory, the report says.

The report says police found Breed "vague" and evasive in response to questions.

Breed admitted he had driven around in the victim's car, according to the report. Breed told police that she believed he had her cellphone, but the device was missing, the report says.

At the victim's apartment, police noticed "broken flowers" on the bedroom floor. She told police her guest had given her the flowers, but Breed had destroyed them "in a fit of rage," says the report.

She also told them the surveillance cameras in the home had recorded Breed's brandishing of a firearm, but that she couldn't access the cameras without her cellphone. She told them she didn't know how Breed had acquired keys to the car.

Breed was arrested at 7 a.m.

Editor's note: This story has been edited to remove the name of the victim in this case, as Gannett's general guidelines are to not publish the names, images, or other identifying information of victims of domestic violence, rape, incest, or human trafficking.  

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Providence basketball player Alyn Breed held without bail in gun case