Former NFL participant Antonio Brown will return to Miami from a New Jersey jail after deciding to not contest his extradition to Florida on an tried homicide cost, officers mentioned Friday.
Brown, 37, was delivered to the jail in Essex County, New Jersey, after his arrest by U.S. marshals in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He waived extradition at a quick courtroom listening to Friday.
“Brown is again on the Essex County Jail in Newark, the place he's awaiting pickup by Florida authorities,” mentioned Carmen Martin, spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor's Workplace.
In accordance with an arrest warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a safety staffer after a star boxing match Could 16 and firing two pictures at a person he had gotten right into a fistfight with earlier. The person, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, instructed investigators one of many bullets grazed his neck.
“Cellphone video obtained from social media confirmed Mr. Brown with the firearm in his hand advancing towards Mr. Nantambu on the surface stroll. The video captures two pictures which happen as Mr. Brown is inside a number of ft of Mr. Nantambu,” the arrest affidavit says. “The video additionally captures Mr. Nantambu ducking after the primary shot is heard.”
Brown was not instantly arrested that evening as a result of initially police didn't determine Nantambu as a sufferer. It wasn't till Could 21 that Nantambu gave a full assertion concerning the incident to police and recognized Brown because the shooter, the affidavit says.
Primarily based on his social media posts, Brown had been dwelling in Dubai for a number of months. It wasn't instantly clear why it took investigators so lengthy to arrest him or why he was delivered to New Jersey quite than Miami. It additionally wasn't clear from courtroom or jail data whether or not Brown has a lawyer.
In a social media submit after the altercation, Brown mentioned he was defending himself as a result of he was “jumped by a number of people who tried to steal my jewellery and trigger bodily hurt to me.”
A second-degree tried homicide cost in Florida carries a most 15-year jail sentence and as much as a $10,000 tremendous within the occasion of a conviction.
Brown, who spent 12 years within the NFL, was an All-Professional huge receiver who final performed in 2021 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers however spent most of his profession with Pittsburgh Steelers. For his profession, Brown had 928 receptions for greater than 12,000 yards and 83 touchdowns. He was a seven-time Professional Bowl choice.
He was a key a part of the Buccaneers staff that defeated the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LV in February 2021, together with catching a landing go thrown by Tom Brady.
Brown has handled a number of authorized issues over time. He beforehand had been accused of battery of a moving-truck driver, a number of home violence prices, failure to pay baby assist and different incidents. Throughout a 2021 sport with the Buccaneers in opposition to the New York Jets, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the sector, resulting in his launch by Tampa Bay and successfully ending his soccer profession.
