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Things haven’t exactly gone according to plan for Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold since the team selected him No. 24 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft out of Alabama.
Arnold was one of the most penalized players in the league as a rookie, and he played in just eight games this past season due to injury. Additionally, he’s become more notable for his talk on social media than he has for his play on the field.
But now it appears things could soon get much, much worse for not only Arnold, but also the Lions’ organization.
Terrion Arnold Tied To Kidnapping And Armed Robbery
Nolan Bianchi of The Detroit News reports that Arnold’s name popped up in a court order tied to an armed robbery and kidnapping that took place in Tampa, Florida shortly after midnight on Feb. 4.
According to the order, the state field and was graned a motion for pretrial detention against Boakai Hilton. Hilton is alleged to have planned a kidnapping and multiple robberies while riding in a car with Arnold. The alleged crimes were supposedly in retaliation for a pair of thefts from Arnold’s rental home in Largo, Florida, just days prior to the kidnapping and robberies.
The court order claimed that the kidnapping and robberies were a direct result of “Arnold and his friends” deciding to “take matters into their own hands” after his rental home was robbed multiple times
“While traveling in a car with Arnold back from Tallahassee, Hilton orchestrates the ambush,” according to the order.
Arnold Could Find A Way To Get Out Of This Unscathed
At this time, Arnold himself is not facing charges. According to a police report filed by Arnold with the Largo Police Department on Feb. 3, thieves stole high-end bags, guns, jewelry, a cellphone, and $100,000 in cash from Arnold’s rental property.
Arnold’s agency has not responded to requests for comment from Bianchi and The Detroit News. The Detroit Lions also declined to comment.
The court order claims that Arnold suspected his private driver, Yan Lopez, was involved in the burglaries.
Lopez and two associates were later lured to a home, where they were allegedly kidnapped and held at gunpoint in an attempt to get them to admit to stealing Arnold’s property as well as return it.
“This was all done ostensibly to get Lopez, Tenesaca and Anderson to admit that they stole the property from the Airbnb, which they never do,” Judge J. Logan Murphy writes.
Thus far, five people have been arrested in relation to the incident.