March Madness: Local Basketball Coach Busted With Cocaine

A Faulkner State Community College basketball coach is in trouble off the court.

The Baldwin County Drug Task Force served a search warrant Wednesday afternoon at the Dobbins Trailer Park on Pine Road Grove Ext. West in Bay Minette. They arrested three men, including Marcus Grant, an assistant basketball coach at Faulkner State.

During the raid, officers say Grant flushed a plastic baggie of crack cocaine down the toilet. They recovered it from the septic line. Officers also recovered marijuana and cash.

Grant was charged with two counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. He was released after posting a $10,000 bond.

Tommy McReynolds who lived at the mobile home was charged with three counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Tommy McReynolds

Charles Ricks

News 5 contacted Faulkner State to see if the school is planning to take any disciplinary action against Grant. No decision has been made.

Grant played college basketball at Faulkner State and the University of West Florida where he set the single-season record with 59 steals.