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Creighton's Maurice Watson turns himself in to law enforcement

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Update: Creighton University basketball player, Maurice Watson Jr., has turned himself in to law enforcement, according to inmate records. Inmate records show a processing time of 4:15 p.m. 

The Omaha Police Department says Watson turned himself in at Central Police Headquarters at 3:43 p.m. and was accompanied by his attorney. He was arrested without incident and taken to Douglas County Department of Corrections and booked for 1st-degree sexual assault.  

Watson is facing a charge of first degree criminal sexual assault. According to the police report, a 19-year-old woman said the suspect had sexually assaulted her in the bathroom of a home on Poppleton Avenue around 3 a.m. on Feb. 4.