TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detroit Lions starting cornerback Terrion Arnold has been arrested and is accused of being the ringleader in an armed robbery and kidnapping in Florida, and state prosecutors plan to charge him with multiple felonies.Three men in their late teens were held at gunpoint, battered, pistol-whipped and robbed in Tampa on Feb. 4, and the 23-year-old Arnold was the “primary conspirator,” the Tampa Police Department said in a statement Wednesday. Arnold surrendered to authorities Wednesday and is slated to appear in Hillsborough County court Thursday afternoon.The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office posted on X that prosecutors will charge Arnold with “multiple felony charges which carry a potential sentence of up to life in prison.” Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrest records show he faces four counts of a weapon-related charge and four charges related to kidnapping, harming or terrorizing.
Six other suspects were arrested. Two of them pleaded guilty and the others are being held without bond, prosecutors said.The Lions declined to comment on Arnold’s arrest Wednesday night. Arnold was a first-round pick in the 2024 draft after playing at the University of Alabama. He comes from Florida.
