



HEISMAN SURVEY: Winston leads the voting

A probable cause statement signed Jan. 16, first made public Thursday, describes in detail police officers' version of the complainant's initial account.

Later in January, the complainant identified Winston as the suspect. He is not named in the search warrant request seeking the woman's text messages from that night.

The search warrant was signed by a Leon County judge.

In the probable-cause statement attached to a search-warrant request, Tallahassee Police Department Investigator Laura Gereg said the woman told police she and her friends were drinking at Potbelly's bar earlier that night and had about five or six shots. The woman said after her friends left the bar, she began to feel the effects of the alcohol and her memory became "very broken."

Police said the woman recalled getting into a taxi with a "non-descript" black male and entering a ground-floor apartment, at which point the man took off her clothes and raped her as she tried to fight him off.

The search-warrant request said at some point the woman told police a black man with dreadlocks came into the room and told the man to stop, but the suspect led her into a bathroom where he "completed the act."

"Her next memory is the suspect dressing her then putting her on a black scooter," the affidavit for the search warrant said. "She told him where she lived and he dropped her off at the intersection of Call and Stadium. The victim has no idea where the incident occurred."








Jansen said he plans to hold a news conference with Winston following Meggs' announcement, probably at about 3:30 ET. The team leaves for the ACC Championship game at about 7:45 p.m.












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