Former NFL star Antonio Brown will head again to Miami after waiving his extradition on an tried homicide cost, officers mentioned on Friday, November 7.
Brown, 37, was apprehended by U.S. Marshals after he was charged with one rely of tried second-degree homicide with a lethal weapon. The previous vast receiver allegedly tried to shoot and kill a person exterior a celeb boxing match in Miami, Florida, in Might.
TMZ Sports reported that on the time of his apprehension, Brown was within the United Arab Emirates with the aim of allegedly attempting to evade U.S. authorities. After a months-long search, Brown was extradited to New Jersey on Thursday, November 7.
“Brown is again on the Essex County Jail in Newark the place he's awaiting choose up by Florida authorities,” Carmen Martin, spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Workplace, informed the Related Press.
The Might boxing occasion was hosted by widespread streamer Adin Ross.
In a video of the incident that surfaced earlier this yr, Brown might be seen combating with a number of folks exterior the occasion. Based on an arrest warrant issued after the incident, Brown said on the time {that a} safety guard stepped in to interrupt up the combat when Brown allegedly took his gun.
Witnesses say Brown was the one who allegedly fired the photographs which might be heard off digicam within the video. Two shell casings had been discovered on the scene, however Brown was reportedly unarmed when police detained him.
The sufferer, Zül-Qarnaįn Nantambu, is known as within the warrant because the particular person Brown allegedly shot at.
Antonio Brown. Picture by Mitchell Leff/Getty Pictures
“Cellular phone video obtained from social media confirmed Mr. Brown with the firearm in his hand advancing in the direction of Mr. Nantambu on the skin sidewalk,” the arrest warrant states. “The video captures two photographs which happen as Mr. Brown is inside a number of ft of Mr. Nantambu. The video additionally captures Mr. Nantambu ducking after the primary shot is heard.”
The previous NFL participant commented by way of his social media the day after the incident in Might, pleading his innocence to his followers.
“I used to be jumped by a number of people who tried to steal my jewellery and trigger bodily hurt to me,” he wrote by way of X on Might 17. “Opposite to some video circulating, Police quickly detained me till they obtained my aspect of the story after which launched me. I WENT HOME THAT NIGHT AND WAS NOT ARRESTED. I will likely be speaking to my authorized council and attorneys on urgent costs on the people that jumped me.”
Former NFL vast receiver Antonio Brown is needed for tried homicide after allegedly stealing a safety guard's gun and utilizing it to try to kill a person exterior a celeb boxing match in Miami final month. The warrant reveals a cost of tried homicide with a firearm, the Washington Publish reported on Thursday, June 12. […]
A second-degree tried homicide cost in Florida carries a most 15-year jail sentence and as much as a $10,000 wonderful within the occasion of a conviction.
Brown performed 12 seasons within the NFL, spending 9 of these years with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He additionally performed briefly for the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was launched by the Buccaneers after a 2021 on-field incident through which Brown took off his soccer pads and uniform and ran off the sector.
He received a Tremendous Bowl with the Buccaneers in 2020.
Brown has had his share of authorized troubles all through the years. He's been accused of battery, a number of home violence costs and failure to pay little one assist, amongst different incidents.
