EAST LANSING -- The arrest of Michigan State defensive line commit Donovan Winter stems from the alleged theft of a gun that belonged to his girlfriend's father, according to a police report released Wednesday by the Seminole County Sheriff's office.

According to the report, an officer was called to the house of Winter's girlfriend at 8:35 p.m. on Monday night because the girlfriend's mother complained of a trespasser on the property.

She identified the trespasser as Winter, and accused him of stealing a gun that belonged to the girlfriend's father from the garage of the house.

Deputies stopped Winter's truck later that night, and during the stop he confessed to taking the gun but claimed he found it in a field near his girlfriend's house.

According to the report, Winter told deputies he had stashed the gun at a friend's house, but a search of his truck produced a gun matching the description: a .22 caliber rifle, plus a box of ammunition. The girlfriend's father later identified the gun as his.

Winter was arrested at the scene and later charged with armed burglary and theft of a firearm. As of Wednesday afternoon, he was still being held at Seminole County Jail on a $2,000 bond, according to jail records.

Winter was scheduled to sign a national letter of intent on Wednesday as part of national signing day, but didn't do so. He is not expected to sign with the program.