Lions CB Terrion Arnold mentioned in texts tied to assault case
Terrion Arnold's attorney said Arnold's expectations are that he will not be charged in a case that already has 6 people under arrest.
Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold’s name was mentioned in a text message thread prosecutors allege was the start of a kidnapping and assault plot that’s led to the arrest of six people in Florida. Arnold was mentioned by his first name multiple times in messages shared with the Free Press under a Freedom of Information Act request. The messages were turned over to defense attorneys this week as part of the discovery phase of a case against four men and two women who face life in prison for the February incident in Tampa.
Arnold has not been charged with a crime and has denied involvement in the case through his attorney , though police continue to investigate the incident. “His expectations are he’s not going to be charged,” Arnold’s attorney, Tim Jansen, told the Free Press on Thursday, March 26. “He hasn’t been charged and I haven’t seen these text message but they obviously have them and they haven’t charged hm.
The fact that he knows some of these people is hardly evidence he committed a crime and we believe he’s not going to be charged. ” Arnold was not a recipient of any of the messages in the 101-page document, which starts with a simple text from one co-defendant to the other, “here. ” Prosecutors allege that Boakai Hilton orchestrated the robbery and beating of three men on behalf of Arnold, who suspected one of the men was involved in the robbery of $100,000 in cash, an $80,000 watch and cell phone from Arnold's rental unit in Largo, Florida.
Arnold’s rental unit allegedly was robbed twice before the incident in Tampa. Hilton, Arianna Del Valle, Jasmine Randazzo, Lyndell Hudson, Christion Williams and Freddie Hughes all face at least eight felony counts of kidnapping with a firearm, robbery with a firearm, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to commit robbery. All are being held in jail without bond and have pleaded not guilty, though assistant state attorney Justin Diaz indicated in a pretrial detention hearing for Hughes on Thursday, March 26, that two of the defendants have since confessed to their roles in what prosecutors allege was a case of street justice.
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