2 hours ago Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold was arrested successful Tampa, Florida, connected Wednesday successful transportation with an alleged kidnapping and equipped robbery.
According to Tampa Police,, external investigators judge that Arnold was the "primary conspirator" successful a "targeted equipped robbery" of 3 big males successful their precocious teens connected 4 February.
Three days earlier, Arnold and others had aggregate items of idiosyncratic spot worthy much than $250,000 (£190,000) stolen from an Airbnb that helium had been renting successful Largo, Florida.
Police accidental Arnold, 23, suspected that 2 of the 3 victims were responsible.
The NFL subordinate and immoderate of the six co-defendants lured them to an flat successful Tampa, wherever the 3 teenagers were "battered, held astatine gunpoint, and pistol-whipped earlier their idiosyncratic spot was stolen and they were ordered to leave", according to the constabulary report.
It besides says that 1 of the defendants streamed the incidental to Arnold and 2 others arsenic they were travelling to the apartment, and that a radical chat was created wherever directions were fixed during the assault.
The victims reported it to Tampa Police and positively identified the suspects, portion investigators besides determined that they were not progressive successful the Airbnb theft.
Six males were arrested betwixt 4 February and 21 March successful narration to the alleged kidnapping.
Arnold turned himself successful connected Wednesday and was taken into custody. He faces 4 counts of kidnapping and 4 counts of equipped robbery.
The Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office said the charges transportation a imaginable condemnation of up to beingness successful prison.
Denise White, main enforcement of Arnold's representatives EAG Sports Management, said: "There is nary credible grounds linking Mr Arnold to these allegations.
"Instead, the authorities appears to beryllium relying connected grounds from aggregate convicted felons who person admitted their ain engagement and whitethorn person important incentives to displacement blasted successful an effort to lessen their sentences.
"Mr Arnold looks guardant to his time successful tribunal and is assured that the judicial process volition pb to his eventual vindication."
The Detroit Lions, for whom Arnold has played successful 24 games since being a first-round draught prime successful 2024, issued a little statement.
"We are alert of the ineligible concern regarding Terrion Arnold," it read. "We volition not remark astatine this clip retired of respect for the ongoing ineligible process."
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