Damn Good Dawg: Former LB Helps Bring Athens Cop Killer To Justice

This past January, Georgia Bulldogs AD, Greg McGarity, hired Brian Gantt to "come in and help educate" players on arrests and how to handle situations involving law enforcement, but on Friday night, this low key hire by McGarity, became a local celebrity as he became an instrumental part in bringing accused cop killer, Jamie Hood, to justice.

According to 11Alive.com, Gantt reached out to Hood via Facebook, saying that if Hood wanted to surrender, he would help him do so, and he would make sure no harm came his way.

The authorities were more than happy to accept Gantt's help, and just past 11:00 on Friday night, Jamie Hood ended the four-day manhunt by turning himself in to law enforcement.

See Gantt speak of the ordeal below:



If Gantt proves to be as persuasive with the Georgia players as he was here, then we should hope to see a lot less arrests in 2011—fingers crossed.

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