With four assault charges looming, starting linebacker Malik Fountain's junior football season was in question prior to June 23.
Fountain was arrested April 7 in his residence hall for allegedly assaulting Saginaw residents Chylcie Lett and Mackenzie Maul on Dec. 2 near the disc jockey table at Wayside Central in Mount Pleasant. Fountain, a sophomore at the time, was charged with one count of aggravated assault, two counts of assault and battery and one count of jostling.
After a four-day trial in Isabella County Trial Court that ended June 23, the Chicago native was found not guilty of all four charges.