UNION CITY — A San Jose State basketball player was kicked off the team after he was one of five people arrested last weekend on suspicion of robbing a man and using his credit card to buy food at an In-N-Out fast-food restaurant, according to police.

Terrell Brown, 19, who just finished his freshman season at the university, and the other suspects were taken into custody by Union City police on suspicion of robbery, criminal threats, possession of stolen property, and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Early Friday afternoon, SJSU men’s head basketball coach Dave Wojcik announced Brown was dismissed from the team for violating team rules.

Brown, from Hayward, started nine games for San Jose State during the 2016-17 season, averaging 7.2 points, 1.7 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 25 games, according to the team’s website. He graduated from Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward.

On May 27 at 1:10 a.m., a man told Union City police he had been robbed by a group of people who punched him multiple times and took his wallet, phone and belt. The robbery occurred in the vicinity of Mariner Park off Union City Boulevard.

While he was being interviewed by police, the man checked his bank account and saw that one of the stolen credit cards had just been used at an In-N-Out at Union Landing, about two miles away. Related Articles Oakland: Man killed in shooting on 77th Avenue

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Officers went to the fast-food restaurant and located two vehicles that matched the descriptions of the suspect vehicles. Officers detained the people inside the vehicles and located the victim’s personal belongings, according to Union City police Lt. Jeff Snell.

“It came to our attention he was on the team,” Snell said of Brown.

Police also arrested Vanessa Sanchez, 18, of Citrus Heights; Justin Bell, 19, and Kris Garrido, 19, both from Oakland and Dvan Molden, 19, of Antioch. All five were booked into Alameda County jail on suspicion of robbery, criminal threats, possession of stolen property, and conspiracy to commit a crime, according to police.