Former Detroit Lions participant Cameron Sutton has handed himself in to Florida police to face home violence allegations, greater than three weeks after an arrest warrant was issued.
ESPN reported the warrant was issued on 7 March and police requested for public assist to hint Sutton on 20 March.
On Sunday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace (HCSO) in Tampa mentioned it had taken Sutton, 29, into custody.
Sutton faces allegations of home battery by strangulation.
The Lions released the defensive back, external on 21 March after the police attraction.
His lawyer mentioned his consumer was going handy himself in to authorities in Tampa on 25 March, however he didn’t report back to Orient Street Jail till 8:24pm native time on Sunday, the HSCO mentioned in an announcement.
“After weeks of evading regulation enforcement, this man has lastly made the precise selection to show himself in,” mentioned Sheriff Chad Chronister.
“Home violence has no place in our neighborhood, and nobody is above the regulation right here in Hillsborough County. My ideas are with this girl as she continues to heal from this man’s ugly actions.”
Home battery by strangulation is classed as a third-degree offence and carries a punishment of as much as 5 years in jail.
The Lions signed Sutton on a $33m (£26.1m) three-year contract from the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2023 and he began all 17 regular-season video games in addition to three play-off video games final season.