Lions' Terrion Arnold's name appears in alleged robbery plot texts

Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold’s name was at the center of a text exchange planning an alleged armed robbery and kidnapping on Feb. 4 in Tampa, according to court documents obtained by The Detroit News. Text messages in the possession of the Florida State Attorney's office, referenced in the case against what is now six co-defendants, reveal Arnold's name in the planning of the incident.

Arnold's name first came up in a Feb. 24 order from Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J. Logan Murphy that granted the state's motion for pretrial detention against Boakai Hilton, one of the defendants who've been arrested following the incident.

The order from Judge Murphy stated that the armed robbery and kidnappings against three victims were the direct result of "Arnold and his friends" deciding to "take matters into their own hands" after Arnold reported thefts at his rental home in Largo, Florida. The thefts included high-end bags, guns, jewelry, a cell phone and $100,000 in cash, according to a report filed by Arnold with the Largo Police Department on Feb. 3.

Arnold has not been charged in the matter. Text messages that were obtained Thursday by The News via an open records request with the state attorney's office show that on the morning of Feb. 3, the same day that Arnold filed a police report, co-defendant Arianna Del Valle instructed another co-defendant, Jasmine Randazzo, to invite one of the victims to her house at Arnold's direction.