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Georgia WR prospect Zachariah Branch arrested after team's spring game, before NFL Draft

By Tarohn Finleyโ€ขYahoo Sports

University of Georgia wide receiver Zachariah Branch was arrested Sunday morning on two misdemeanor obstruction charges.

Georgia wide receiver Zachariah Branch was arrested Sunday morning on two misdemeanor obstruction charges, according to the Athens-Clarke County arrest log. Branch, 22, faces charges of obstructing public sidewalks, prowling and obstructing a law enforcement officer. He was booked at 1:26 a.

m. and released at 3:44 a. m.

after posting a $39 bond. Branch was in Athens for the Bulldogs' spring game Saturday. NFL Network obtained Branchโ€™s police report, and, according to Tom Pelissero , it said: โ€œA male, later identified as Zacharia [sic] Branch, continued to stand on the sidewalk without making an attempt to move.

I continued to give Zacharia [sic] Branch verbal commands to move from blocking the sidewalk and advised that if he did not, he would receive a citation for blocking the sidewalk. Zacharia [sic] Branch smirked, then stepped backwards and to the right, then remained standing upon the public sidewalk, so as to obstruct, hinder, and impede free passage upon the sidewalk as well as impede free ingress/egress to or from the adjacent places of business. Due to those actions and Zacharia [sic] Branchโ€™s failure to comply with multiple verbal lawful commands, he was placed under arrest for misdemeanor Obstruction of LEO and received a citation for Obstructing Public Sidewalks.