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Former UM football player accused of head-scissoring, hair-pulling battery on neighbor

A 6-foot-9, 300-pound former University of Miami football player remains in jail after being accused of an assault on a female neighbor.

Bond for Sunny Odogwu, 26, was set Tuesday at $58,500 on charges of burglary with assault or battery, false imprisonment, misdemeanor battery, pulling a false fire alarm and criminal mischief. On Monday, Odogwu showed up at the main Miami police station with attorney Mark Leftcourt to surrender, and invoked his right to remain silent.

An arrest affidavit says the alleged attack occurred around midnight, as Jan. 18, Odogwu’s birthday, became Jan. 19.

A woman told Miami cops that a fire alarm between midnight and 12:20 a.