TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston was issued a civil citation after sheriff's deputies said he walked out of a supermarket without paying for $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish. 
 
 Maj. Michael Wood of the Leon County Sheriff's Office talks with media after a news conference on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Tallahassee, Fla. about the civil citation Florida State University quarterback... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this March 2, 2014, file photo, Florida State relief pitcher Jameis Winston throws in the ninth inning of an NCAA college baseball game against Miami in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida State baseball... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this March 2, 2014, file photo, Florida State relief pitcher Jameis Winston sits in the dugout in the sixth inning of an NCAA college baseball game against Miami in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida... (Associated Press) 
 
 The 20-year-old Florida State quarterback said he forgot to pay for the food. The offense was relatively minor but drew attention both because of his stature and because it was his latest brush with the law. Winston had been the subject of a much more serious, monthslong investigation into allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in December 2013. A prosecutor declined to charge him, citing a lack of evidence and gaps in the accuser's story. 
 
 Leon County Sheriff's Maj. Michael Wood said Wednesday that Publix employees called deputies, who went to Winston's apartment about three hours later. Winston was cooperative and told the deputies he forgot to pay for the food, but he did not contact the store or return there to pay for the items, Wood said. 
 
 "The facts are not in dispute," Wood said. "He left without paying." 
 
 Winston issued a statement through his lawyer saying he had intended to pay, "but made a terrible mistake for which I'm taking full responsibility. In a moment of youthful ignorance, I walked out of the store without paying for one of my items. 
 
 "I realize that I am in the public spotlight and my conduct needs to be above reproach." 
 
 The 6-foot-4, 235-pound Winston led Florida State to an undefeated season and national football championship. For the season, he passed for more than 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns, completing nearly 67 percent of his throws. 
 
 Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin suspended Winston, a relief pitcher, indefinitely until he completes community service. Football coach Jimbo Fisher said in a statement that he supports Martin's decision. 
 
 Although Winston was cleared in the sexual assault case, the university is facing a federal investigation into how it handled the woman's accusations. 
 
 The investigation lagged for months after Tallahassee Police Department officials said they were told the accuser wanted to drop the case, but the woman's lawyer denied that. The accuser's lawyers have said the police department botched the investigation because detectives didn't quickly identify possible witnesses or obtain surveillance tape from the bar where the victim says she was first approached by Florida State football players. 
 
 Winston also has had two other run-ins with police, though he was not charged in either case. 
 
 In November 2012, police were called to an apartment complex in which 13 windows had been damaged by BB guns. Winston and his roommate at the time said Florida State players were engaged in a series of "battles" with each other, although they denied shooting BB guns themselves. 
 
 In another incident, police records show Winston came into a Burger King with three men but did not order food, instead asking for a water cup he repeatedly filled with soda over an employee's objections. The report says Winston was never interviewed about the incident because the restaurant declined to prosecute. 

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 Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston warms up before the NCAA BCS National Championship college football game against Auburn Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Pasadena, Calif. 
 
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 The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Florida State University was busted Tuesday night for allegedly leaving a Tallahassee Publix with $32.73 worth of crab legs and crawfish he didn’t pay for — an otherwise minor shoplifting case that became nationwide news when it broke the following morning on the Tomahawk Nation fan blog. 
 
 Winston is one of the most-celebrated and most-scrutinized figures in college sports after leading the Seminoles this year to a national football title while also facing accusations of raping an FSU student. 
 
 State Attorney Willie Meggs concluded in December that he had too little evidence to prosecute the case successfully and pressed no charges. 
 
 Nicknamed “Famous Jameis,” Winston is one of the most-recognizable figures in town and an employee spotted him leaving with the unpaid-for goods just before 9 pm. Publix reported it to the Leon County Sheriffs Office, who found Winston at his home about three hours later. 
 
 “Jameis was very cooperative,” Maj. Mike Wood said at a press conference. “He did, in fact, acknowledge he had left Publix without paying for the items. He indicated to the deputies he had forgotten. And when he got home he realized that he had not paid. But he in fact had made no effort to contact Publix or return to pay prior to the deputies’ arrival.” 
 
 Wood, who stressed that Winston technically wasn’t arrested, said Winston would enter a pre-trial program, pay a $20 fine, perform community service and make restitution to Publix. 
 
 Unlike the atmosphere of the rape allegations that dogged Winston, the shoplifting case was met with amused mockery. 
 
 Some FSU fans jokingly said their school’s initials stood for “Free Seafood University.” Facebook and Twitter were full of doctored photos of Winston morphing into a crab, running away from Publix with seafood or clutching crab legs like a football as he stiff-arms a University of Auburn player decked out like a grocery-store clerk in the aisles. 
 
 Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, a fan of arch-rival University of Florida, got in his digs as well. 
 
 “Everyone loves #FreshFromFlorida crab legs,” Putnam said on Twitter, referencing his department’s program to promote in-state harvests. 
 
 Wood said he didn’t know what type of crabs or crawfish Winston took or whether the athlete had devoured it by the time he was questioned by deputies. 
 
 Wood said Winston’s time in Publix was captured on in-house video cameras, which showed him ordering the seafood from a counter and then milling around the store. Winston at one point picked up butter, but ultimately put the package down before departing without paying. 
 
 The employee who saw Winston, Wood said, thought the player was leaving temporarily to get a cart. But when Winston didn’t return, he reported the theft. 
 
 “While we are unable to share our loss prevention tactics/techniques for obvious reasons, we can say that our processes and thresholds were fair and consistent,” Publix spokeswoman Maria Brous said in a written statement. 
 
 Shortly before the sheriff’s office 2 p.m. news conference on Thursday, Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin announced he had suspended Winston indefinitely until he completes the pre-trial program. Winston is a relief pitcher for the Seminoles. 
 
 FSU football coach Jimbo Fisher said in a statement that he supports Martin’s decision. 
 
 Winston has had other incidents involving law enforcement authorities in Tallahassee. 
 
 In November 2012, police were called to an apartment complex in which 13 windows had been damaged by BB guns. Winston and his roommate at the time said Florida State players were engaged in a series of “battles” with each other, although they denied shooting BB guns themselves. Winston was not charged with any crime. 
 
 In another incident, police records show Winston came into a Burger King with three men but did not order food, instead asking for a water cup he repeatedly filled with soda over an employee’s objections. The report says Winston was never interviewed about the incident because the restaurant declined to prosecute. 
 
 In the alleged rape case, the accuser claimed she was assaulted before Winston became a star. The investigation lagged for months after Tallahassee Police Department officials said they were told the accuser wanted to drop the case, but the woman’s lawyer denied that. 
 
 The accuser’s lawyers have said the police department botched the investigation because detectives didn’t quickly identify possible witnesses or obtain surveillance tape from the bar where the victim says she was first approached by Florida State football players. 
 
 Criminal justice issues aside, the news about Winston comes as student athletes consider unionizing, complaining that they have little money themselves while their talents earn their schools and coaches millions of dollars. 
 
 The frustration of student athletes was summed recently by University of Connecticut basketball player Shabazz Napier. 
 
 “I don’t feel student-athletes should get hundreds of thousands of dollars,” he said recently, “there are hungry nights that I go to bed and I’m starving.” 
 
 The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
 
 Correction: FSU coach Mike Martin’s last name was misspelled on second reference.
– Florida State's Jameis Winston became the youngest-ever winner of the Heisman last year, but the 20-year-old has headlines of a different sort to contend with today. Police say the 20-year-old walked off with $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish from a Tallahassee supermarket, reports CNN. A store employee gave him some time to return, then called the cops. Winston told police that it was an honest mistake and that he simply forgot to pay. Police didn't arrest him but instead issued a civil citation that will require Winston to do community service. The school, meanwhile, has suspended him from his other sport—he's a relief pitcher for the baseball team. Though a minor offense, the incident is dredging up reminders of Winston's more serious brush with the law, when a woman accused him of sexual assault in 2013, notes AP. Prosecutors dropped charges citing a lack of evidence, though the school is still facing a federal inquiry into its handling of the woman's accusations. The Miami Herald calls Winston "one of the most-celebrated and most-scrutinized figures in college sports," but says FSU fans don't seem to be taking this latest case too seriously—think goofy Photoshopped images online and jokes about "Free Seafood University."