BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Patriots captain Jabrill Peppers was arrested over the weekend on assault, strangulation and different fees following a disturbance at a house, police stated Monday.
Peppers, 29, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Quincy District Courtroom on the fees, which additionally embody assault and battery with a harmful weapon and possession of a Class “B” substance believed to be cocaine, based on a police information launch.
He was arrested early Saturday.
Braintree police stated they had been referred to as to a house for an altercation between two individuals. One particular person was handled on the dwelling, they stated.
It wasn’t instantly clear if Peppers has a lawyer for the fees. A cellphone quantity for him couldn’t be discovered.
Coach Jerod Mayo, on a press name Monday, stated the staff continues to be gathering info on Peppers’ arrest and can go from there. The state of affairs has been addressed with the staff and Peppers can be allowed within the Patriots’ amenities for now.
“We don’t know enough to say he shouldn’t be in the building,” Mayo stated.
Peppers performed with the College of Michigan from 2014 to 2016.
Michigan Wolverines linebacker Jabrill Peppers (5) warms up earlier than an NCAA faculty soccer sport in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. (AP Photograph/Paul Sancya)
The Patriots signed Peppers, a security in his third season with the staff, to an extension over the summer season. Peppers was initially drafted by Cleveland in 2017 and spent two seasons with the Browns earlier than taking part in for the New York Giants for 3 seasons.
Peppers, who’s coping with a shoulder damage, did not play Sunday within the Patriots 15-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins.
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