Chris Williams, the former Louisville Cardinals defensive lineman, was charged with a felony for stealing money from his teammate's bank accounts.

Williams is charged with three counts of theft by deception, according to an arrest citation from Univerity of Louisville Police.

Williams did not return a request for comment.

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The three victims were teammates Robbie Bell, Tobias Little and Caleb Tillman. Williams is accused of tricking them into giving him their bank account information and taking $2,300 from them, according to the arrest citation. The incident occurred on April 27. Williams was arrested June 23.

Laderius Malik Slaughter, a 21-year-old student from Daytona, Florida, is also charged alongside Williams and is named as the co-defendant in the case. Slaughter is a defensive lineman at Bethune-Cookman and was a teammate of Williams' at Northwest Mississippi Community College. He has cooperated with Louisville authorities and remains a member of the team, Bethune-Cookman coach Terry Sims said.

Louisville athletics spokesman Rocco Gasparro said Williams was removed from the team once coach Bobby Petrino heard about the incident.

Theft by deception under $10,000 is a Class D felony and can carry with it a prison sentence of one to five years.

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Williams, a 6-foot-1, 292-pound defensive tackle, was not with the team Monday for the first day of fall workouts outside Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. He was dismissed for violating team rules, Petrino said, though he did not clarify when Williams left.

Williams was expected to be a key reserve for the Cards on an already-thin defensive line.

He is scheduled to be arraigned on August 4.

Reporter Jeff Greer contributed to this report. Reach Reporter Thomas Novelly at tnovelly@courier-journal.com or by phone at 502-582-4465. Follow him on twitter @TomNovelly.