USC tight end Bryce Dixon flashes a smile as he hauls in a touchdown pass over Fresno State cornerback Bryan Harper during a game in August 2014. (Credit: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Former USC tight end Bryce Dixon was arrested on suspicion of carjacking as part of an investigation into a series of robberies in Southern California, Los Angeles police said Wednesday.

Dixon, who was dismissed from the football program after allegations of sexual misconduct in 2014, was booked on suspicion of felony carjacking shortly before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. About eight hours earlier he was arrested on Van Ness Street, not far from the campus, police records show.

“He was taken into custody in connection with a series of robberies in Los Angeles and Ventura County,” said Capt. Andrew Neiman, an LAPD spokesman.

Dixon, 19, was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail at the 77th Street station jail. The investigation by detectives into the incident remains ongoing.

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