Maryland Running Back Is Charged With Assault Maryland running back Wes Brown has been arrested on charges that he assaulted a police officer and secretly recorded their conversation. The university police spokesman Sgt. Aaron Davis said Brown was arrested Wednesday after an officer tried to question him in College Park in connection with a crime in Baltimore. Davis did not have information about that investigation, and the Baltimore police did not immediately return a call seeking comment Friday. The Maryland athletics department said Brown had been suspended. Brown was the Terrapins" second-leading rusher last season, finishing with 382 yards on 90 carries.