Battery arrest warrant issued for former Bucs receiver Antonio Brown in Hillsborough County
The warrant, for a misdemeanor battery charge, was issued Monday.
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TAMPA — An arrest warrant has been issued for controversial former Bucs receiver Antonio Brown on a misdemeanor battery charge, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office records.
Details of the warrant weren’t immediately available. The alleged offense occurred Monday.
The Tampa Police Department petitioned for a risk-protection order against Brown on Tuesday, but it was denied by a judge the same day, according to TPD records. A risk-protection order, which must be filed by either a law-enforcement officer or a law-enforcement agency, is used when there is evidence that a person poses a significant danger of harming themselves or others by possessing a firearm or ammunition.
Tampa Police Department spokespersons didn’t immediately respond to inquiries regarding the warrant or risk-protection order.
No stranger to legal problems, Brown was ordered in October to pay $1.2 million in damages to a Broward County moving-truck driver after previously being arrested for allegedly attacking the driver during a 2020 incident.
Brown, 34, hasn’t played in the NFL since being formally released by the Bucs on Jan. 6, four days after his bizarre and viral exit from the sideline during his team’s game against the Jets at MetLife Stadium. A month earlier, he had been suspended with two other players for three games without pay for using fake COVID-19 vaccination cards.