TEANECK, N.J. — Former Xavier basketball player Lloyd Price was one of two Fairleigh Dickinson players suspended from school after they were charged in the armed robbery of a convenience store.

        Price, 21, of Wilmington, Del., allegedly wore a hood around his face when he went into the Rocklins store Monday night. He allegedly showed the clerk a gun but dropped it and exposed his face when he went to pick it up.

        Price fled with about $750, authorities said, but the clerk recognized him as a regular customer. The clerk called police after noting the license plate on the getaway car, which was found behind the school's Linden dormitory.

        Because the clerk believed the robber was an FDU student who often bought money orders there, detectives sorted through the purchase records and developed a photo lineup.

        The clerk identified Price, and police learned the car had been lent to Douglas Whitler, 20, of Detroit. The men were found sleeping in Whitler's dorm room and were charged after police recovered the weapon — a starter's pistol — and the stolen cash.

        Price was charged with armed robbery and a weapons offense. Authorities said Whitler was unaware of the robbery, but he was charged with armed robbery because he shared in the proceeds.

        Price, the most highly rated recruit in Xavier history (No.17 by The Sporting News), left the program after last season, his junior year, when he wouldn't agree to catch up on class- work. He had to sit out this season because of NCAA Division I transfer rules.

        Enquirer staff reporter Neil Schmidt contributed to this report.

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