Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold arrested in connection with Florida kidnapping and robbery

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold has been arrested in connection with a kidnapping and robbery in Florida and faces felony charges, officials said Wednesday.

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold has been arrested in connection with a kidnapping and robbery in Florida and faces felony charges, officials said Wednesday.

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Arnold, 23, is accused of being the “primary conspirator” before three men in their late teens were held at gunpoint, battered and pistol-whipped in February in Tampa, the city’s police department said in a statement. Some of their belongings were stolen, police said.

Arnold is facing four counts of a weapon-related charge and four more counts of a charge related to kidnapping, harming or terrorizing, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrest records.