Former Detroit Lions defensive back Terrion Arnold will not have to wear an ankle monitor while on bond for an alleged kidnapping and robbery, a Florida judge ruled Friday morning, keeping open the possibility that Arnold could land with another NFL team as he awaits a trial.Arnold, arrested on June 24 in connection with the case near Tampa, Fla., appeared in court virtually Friday morning. Christopher C. Sabella, the chief judge of the Florida 13th Circuit Court, previously ruled that Arnold would be allowed to travel for court appearances, meetings with his attorneys and work-related purposes — all without an ankle monitor — before his trial.Sabella said on June 29 that forcing Arnold to wear an ankle monitor would interfere with football activities. Arnold was still on the Lions’ roster at the time of the bond ruling. But when the team released Arnold hours later, the state motioned to modify the conditions of his bond and revisit the ankle monitor.“Given the fact that this change that the state is alleging is a change in no longer being employed, I don’t think that that rises to the level (of) a substantial change that will require a modification in the bond, so I am going to deny the state’s request to modify the bond,” Hillsborough County circuit judge Jeffrey Rich said in Friday’s virtual hearing.Prosecutors had argued that Arnold’s release meant he was no longer in the unique position of being an NFL player.
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Prosecutors had attempted to modify the conditions of Arnold's bond by requiring him to wear an ankle monitor.







