Details of Colbie Young’s assault arrest and release

Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young was arrested early Tuesday morning, shortly after midnight, in Athens on two offenses: assault and battery on an unborn child. Details of the arrest are now available following the release of an incident report detailing the arresting officer’s account of the situation.

According to the report, an officer was dispatched to a battery call at an Athens-area apartment complex on Tallassee Road. When the officer arrived at the scene, he met with the alleged victim, who told him she had gone to meet her ex-boyfriend Young to “talk to him about the status of their relationship.” She spent about 20 minutes at the scene and said the conversation “turned into a heated argument” after she found him on the phone with another woman. She claimed there was infidelity in the relationship.

The victim told police that Young “grabbed her left arm near her bicep and triceps and physically dragged her out of his room.” She added that Young “used derogatory language and demeaned her” before returning to his bedroom, closing and locking the door.

As she was packing up her things and answering a friend’s call, the victim said Young came out of his room and “grabbed her from behind.” She said he picked her up and began squeezing her torso and stomach very hard. The victim told police she “felt like Mr. Young wanted to harm her.”

After examining the victim’s injuries – he noted a bruise and discoloration on the underside of her chest where it meets her stomach and redness on her right flank, without noting any injuries on the arm where Young allegedly injured her had packed – the officer called the emergency services to carry out further examinations of the victim. She refused transport but agreed to seek medical attention if the officer took her to the hospital. He did so and then attempted to contact Young at his apartment.

According to the report, Young came to the door and invited the officer to come in after the officer knocked on the door. The officer asked Young what happened to the victim. Young initially said nothing to him before speaking out in further interviews.

Young was “very secretive and gave very short answers,” the report said. He said the victim “came over by invitation” to talk about her recently ended relationship. When “the argument became heated,” Young said he walked her to the door and denied ever grabbing the victim. When asked how she sustained the injuries, Young told the officer, “The injuries did not come from him.”

The officer evaluated all of the information he gathered from the two sources, found probable cause “based on the totality of the circumstances with physical evidence of the injury,” and arrested Young. He was taken to the Clarke County Jail without incident, turned over to sheriff’s officials and charged with assault and battery on an unborn child. The officer requested a special condition of bail “as (the victim) had expressed some concerns about psychological abuse in the past, which has now escalated to alleged physical abuse.” She mentioned that she was afraid of him, adding that Young own a firearm. He remains incarcerated at the time of publication (after 9:50 a.m.), having been booked at 4:18 a.m. ET.

Young, a transfer from Miami, has played in all five games for Georgia this season, totaling 11 catches for 149 yards and two touchdowns. He scored in each of his first two games for the Bulldogs and helped UGA win over Clemson in the season opener, scoring the team’s first touchdown of the year. Prior to his career at Georgia, Young spent two seasons at Miami, Florida, after playing one season at Lackawanna College in New York. He totaled 79 receptions for 930 yards and 10 touchdowns in 22 games for the Hurricanes, ranking third on the team in receptions (47) and receiving yards (563) in 2023, and second in receiving touchdowns (5) on the year 2023.