The University of Alabama Police Department obtained and reviewed photographs that detailed Jonathan Taylor's 2014 alleged aggravated assault in Athens, Ga., before Taylor enrolled at UA in January.

Taylor was kicked off the University of Georgia football team after the July 22 domestic violence incident, his second arrest in a span of five months. He spent one football season at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi before enrolling at UA.

Taylor was dismissed from the UA football team by coach Nick Saban on Sunday afternoon after being arrested on two charges of third-degree domestic violence Saturday evening. On Wednesday, authorities said they would reconsider the charges against Taylor after his accuser recanted.

According to emails obtained via a public records request, in the weeks leading up to Taylor's arrival at UA, Lt. Eric Dellinger, a UGA Police Department spokesman, sent an internal email on Dec. 18 regarding a phone call he received from UAPD Assistant Police Chief Lee Harris.

Dellinger wrote that Harris "indicated that Mr. Taylor was possibly about to be a student with them and wanted to speak with someone who was familiar with his history here at UGA."

Later that day, Lt. Jeff Hammock of UGAPD's Criminal Investigations Division emailed Harris photographs from the July 22 domestic violence incident involving Taylor. The incident report from July, which was emailed to UAPD soon after the photographs, cited the victim having "visible scratches and red marks to her neck and bruises on her arm and leg." The report stated that photographs were taken of the victim's injuries once police arrived on scene. It is not clear how many photos UAPD received from Hammock.

The photographs were redacted from the public records obtained by The Tuscaloosa News because they are part of a pending investigation. In the same email, Hammock notified Harris that an active bench warrant was out for Taylor as of Dec. 9 in the domestic violence case. Harris replied asking whether he should notify Taylor of the warrant. According to Athens-Clarke County records, the bench warrant was dismissed on Dec. 29.

While the UGA Police Department was contacted about Taylor's arrests, Georgia Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Ken Mauldin told The Tuscaloosa News that neither he nor assistant district attorney Rebecca Fogal, the two in charge of Taylor's domestic violence case, were contacted by anyone at UA regarding either of Taylor's pending cases. Taylor was also arrested on theft charges in March of 2014 while he was at Georgia.

The Macon Telegraph reported earlier this week that UGA head football coach Mark Richt was not contacted by anyone at UA.

Alabama head coach Nick Saban declined to discuss specifics when asked Monday about the vetting process for Taylor.

"I'm not really going to answer all those questions," Saban said. "I spoke to everybody that had an opportunity to give us some idea of what kind of young man that Jonathan Taylor was. And is. And you know, I still think he's a good person, I think he has a problem and a circumstance that is not acceptable. And that is his problem. And he has been certainly dealt with relative to this problem."

Saban said that Taylor underwent psychological profiling and counseling and "never missed a session" while on campus. Taylor also had a "set program" that included domestic violence counseling.

Taylor has been charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor battery and simple battery in the Georgia case. He has an arraignment scheduled Tuesday at 8 a.m. Central Time in Athens.

Reach D.C. Reeves at 205-722-0196 or dc.reeves@tuscaloosanews.com.