DeKalb County police issued warrants Friday for the arrest of five members of the Student Association, including Director of Organizational Development Lonnie Pollard, for credit card fraud.

Warrants were issued for SA senators Richmond Clayton, Anthony Currie, Wendell “Danton” Floyd and Orlando Murrell. In addition, warrants were issued for two NIU students who are not associated with the SA, April Harper and Ebonique Welton.

Police said that on or about Dec. 30, the students found a wallet containing credit cards. They used the cards to charge $1,100 worth of merchandise at Target, 2555 Sycamore Road.

Warrants for their arrests were issued for conspiracy unlawful use of credit cards.

On Tuesday, the SA issued a press release stating that Pollard and Currie voluntarily resigned their positions citing “personal reasons.”

The press release also stated that Clayton, Floyd and Murrell left the senate last semester. However, they still retain mailboxes in the SA office and senator status on the SA Web site.

Lt. Jim Kayes of the DeKalb Police Department said the suspects were advised of the warrants, and those involved have told police they would turn themselves in.

“We all deeply regret it,” Pollard told the Northern Star Tuesday.

Pollard said that he, Wendell and another, whom he did not name, were at Wendell’s home with the wallet. Pollard did not know who had found the wallet. He also said the wallet did not contain money, but had credit cards, a state identification card and a social security card.

Pollard said he was told by police that only the people who used the cards would be in any kind of trouble. He said he did not actually use the cards, but only put a telephone in the shopping cart the others used.

“After I put the phone in the cart, I left the store,” Pollard said. “I don’t know exactly what was charged.”

Pollard said the members of the group cut up the cards after they were used.

“It was like the Twilight Zone,” Pollard said. “Here we are, using these stolen credit cards, and we’re trying to make sure they don’t get stolen again.”

Larry Bolles, director of the University Judicial Office, was unaware of Pollard’s situation when interviewed Tuesday. Bolles said he will conduct an investigation.

Pollard spoke to the Northern Star on Tuesday about what happened.

“That’s not me. That’s not what I am about,” Pollard said. “It’s like sex without a condom, you could get AIDS, a baby. It’s a risk.”

Pollard said the group was aware of the consequences of its actions.

“Pretty much everybody was saying, ‘we’re going to get caught, but we should do it anyway,’” Pollard said.

The Star caught wind of the story when Pollard came into the Star office on Monday and requested that the incident be kept out of Police Beat.

“I was trying to keep it ‘no story,’” Pollard said Tuesday.