North Carolina Tar Heels star P.J. Hairston was cited for speeding May 13 while driving a rental car registered to a woman with the same address as Haydn Thomas, a convicted felon who rented the vehicle Hairston was driving when he was arrested on marijuana possession charges June 5, USA Today Sports has reported, citing records obtained by the newspaper.

The speeding citation occurred while Hairston was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS paid for by Catinia Farrington, whose Durham, N.C., address matched Thomas' on Hertz rental car receipts acquired by USA Today this weekend.

A public records search by ESPN.com confirmed Thomas and Farrington's shared address.

Durham residents Miykael Faulcon and Carlos Sanford were passengers in the 2013 GMC Yukon Hairston was driving when police stationed at a traffic checkpoint found a 9-millimeter handgun, nine rounds of ammunition and a half-ounce of marijuana outside the vehicle June 5.

All three passengers were charged with marijuana possession and released on $1,000 unsecured bail. Hairston was also cited for driving without a license.

Last Wednesday, Thomas -- who was convicted on a felony charge of accessing computers in 2006 -- told the newspaper he did not know Hairston, that he was not a North Carolina booster and was not connected to any sports agents, and that his friend, Durham resident Faulcon, had borrowed the automobile when the June 5 arrest occurred.

At the time, North Carolina sports information director Steve Kirschner told ESPN.com in an email that UNC coach Roy Williams and athletic director Bubba Cunningham were "aware" of the situation and would "issue a statement when we have enough information to do so." On Tuesday, Williams told Durham ABC affiliate WTVD that he wouldn't comment until "all the facts are in."

According to a report in USA Today, four rental vehicles that are linked to Thomas have received a total of nine parking citations on North Carolina's campus between Feb. and May.

"The athletic department compliance staff and I are fully aware of recent media accounts related to our men's basketball team," Cunningham said Wednesday morning in a statement. "We take these matters very seriously and are looking into these reports and the inferences they contain with all due diligence. It is my practice not to comment on the individuals involved or the details surrounding these reports until we have sufficient understanding of the facts involved."