Tag: Arrested

Ryan Leaf arrested on misdemeanor domestic battery charge

Former NFL QB and current ESPN analyst Ryan Leaf was arrested Friday in Palm Springs, Ca.

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

Leaf, 44, was taken into custody around 2 PM PT. He was booked on a charge of misdemeanor battery of a spouse, ex-spouse, fiance, dating partner or co-parent, more commonly known as domestic battery.

Leaf was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Center at 3:32 p.m.,  according to the records. He is set to appear at 8 a.m. on May 27, and is currently being held on $5,000 bond.

The incident comes at a time when Leaf was covering college football as an analyst for ESPN and had been forthcoming about his sobriety and the abuse issues that led to him spending time in prison.

Leaf, 44, played college football at Washington State. He was the second pick in the 1998 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers behind Peyton Manning. He was 4-17 as a starter in three NFL seasons, two with the Chargers and one with the Dallas Cowboys. Leaf threw 36 interceptions against 14 touchdown passes.

Leaf found all sorts of trouble on and off the field with San Diego after his short time there. Later on, he was arrested twice in 2012 and charged with burglary and theft of prescription drugs. In 2014, Leaf was sentenced to five years for breaking into a home in Montana to steal prescription drugs, and for violating probation.

Leaf has been engaged to Anna Kleinsorge, a former Georgetown volleyball player, since 2017. Kleinsorge gave birth to their first child, McGyver, in October of 2017.

The incident comes a day after Leaf posted this video to Twitter:

 

Report: Former Seahawks safety Earl Thomas held at gunpoint by wife

Former Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas was held at gunpoint by wife, Nina, in April in an alleged domestic violence incident in Texas.

Former Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas was held at gunpoint by his wife during a violent domestic incident that allegedly occurred on April 13, according to a report Wednesday night by TMZ.

“When cops arrived, they say ‘we observed that a black female wearing an orange sweater with a knife in her hand, later identified as Nina Thomas, was chasing a shirtless black male, later identified as Earl Thomas, with a pistol in his hand around a vehicle,'” TMZ reports.

According to TMZ, Thomas had wrestled the gun away from his wife after she confronted him about her suspicions of his infidelity.

“Cops also spoke with Earl, who essentially corroborated the story . . . adding that Nina repeatedly hit him while he attempted to take the firearm away,” TMZ continues. “After speaking with everyone, cops ultimately arrested Nina and both members of her posse. Nina was booked for burglary of a residence with intent to commit aggravated assault with a deadly weapon – family violence, and later bonded out.”

Thomas, aware of the impending TMZ story, issued the following statement on his Instagram account along with the following video.

“I guess I’ll be on TMZ in the morning somehow they got a police report with details …” Thomas wrote. “Obviously this is not how I wanted my birthday breakfast to start out or my birthday but it is what it is ..”

This story is continuing to develop.

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Notre Dame Football: 2020 Signee Facing Burglary Charge for Stealing Guns

Landon Bartleson is facing burglary charges for breaking into a business in Danville, Kentucky and stealing nine guns.

WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky is reporting Notre Dame signee to the football recruiting class of 2020, Landon Bartleson is facing burglary charges for breaking into a business in Danville, Kentucky and stealing nine guns.

Bartleson and two juveniles were taken into custody Friday.

The report states that police are also investigating a vehicle theft that happened overnight that the three are believed to be linked to.

Bartleson signed his letter of intent to play football for Notre Dame on December 18. The 6-1, 182 pound cornerback received a three-star grade from Rivals.

We’ll obviously let things play out but if the the report is true it’s safe to assume Bartleson will never enroll at or play for Notre Dame.

We will have on this troubling story as it develops.

Georgia football RB arrested

Georgia football running back James Cook was arrested on two misdemeanors charges.

Georgia running back James Cook was arrested early Saturday morning on two misdemeanor charges.

Possession of open container of alcoholic beverage in passenger area and driving without a valid license are the details that can be seen on the Athens-Clarke County jail logs.

Bond for each was $1,000.

According to the report, he was booked at 1:46 a.m. and released at 2:57 a.m.

 

 

Former Seahawk Malik McDowell sentenced to 11 months in jail

Former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Malik McDowell was sentenced to 11 months in jail according to Michigan court records.

Former Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Malik McDowell has been sentenced to 11 months in jail after pleading guilty to multiple crimes in Michigan, according to court records obtained by ESPN.

McDowell was also given three months of probation and ordered by a judge to write four essays over the next 90 days. The essay topics included finding meaning in life other than committing crimes, the importance of respecting the rule of law, the principles of the Declaration of Independence and how his behavior undermined them, and the importance of respecting property rights.

McDowell was the 35th overall pick in the 2017 draft by the Seahawks, but he was involved in an ATV accident just three months later and never played a down in the NFL.

McDowell was arrested in February of this year and charged with assault, resisting arrest and operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was found in possession of a stolen F-150 Raptor, which led to charges of receiving and concealing stolen property.

McDowell was also been previously arrested and given 12 months of probation for a drunken-driving incident, also in 2017, as well as a disorderly conduct charge outside an Atlanta nightclub.

After his latest sentence, McDowell apologized and vowed to be better, while indicating he still has hopes of playing in the NFL.

“I’m doing everything I need to do, seeing all the doctors I need to, working out … doing everything I can to get back to where I was, back to the NFL,” McDowell said, according to the Oakland Press, and added that he’s “very remorseful.”

McDowell’s legal issues don’t just stem from arrests. He has been sued by the Seahawks, who seek repayment of about $800,000 of his signing bonus after an arbitrator’s ruling.

McDowell spent two seasons on Seattle’s non-football injury list before getting waived.

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