Former NFL participant Antonio Brown will return to Miami from a New Jersey jail after deciding to not contest his extradition to Florida on an tried homicide cost, officers mentioned Friday.
Brown, 37, was dropped at the jail in Essex County, New Jersey, after his arrest by U.S. Marshals in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He waived extradition at a quick courtroom listening to Friday.
“Brown is again on the Essex County Jail in Newark the place he’s awaiting pickup by Florida authorities,” mentioned Carmen Martin, spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
Based on an arrest warrant, Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a safety staffer after a celeb boxing match on Could 16 and firing two photographs at a person he had gotten right into a fistfight with earlier. The sufferer, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, advised investigators one of many bullets grazed his neck.
“Cellphone video obtained from social media confirmed Mr. Brown with the firearm in his hand advancing towards Mr. Nantambu on the surface stroll. The video captures two photographs which happen as Mr. Brown is inside a number of toes of Mr. Nantambu,” the arrest affidavit says. “The video additionally captures Mr. Nantambu ducking after the primary shot is heard.’
Brown was not instantly arrested that night time as a result of initially police didn’t establish Nantambu as a sufferer. It wasn’t till Could 21 that Nantambu gave a full assertion in regards to the incident to police and recognized Brown because the shooter, the affidavit says.
Based mostly on his social media posts, Brown had been dwelling in Dubai for a number of months. It wasn’t instantly clear why it took investigators so lengthy to arrest him, or why he was dropped at New Jersey reasonably than Miami. It additionally wasn’t clear from courtroom or jail information if Brown has a lawyer.
In a social media publish after the altercation, Brown mentioned he was defending himself as a result of he was “jumped by a number of people who tried to steal my jewellery and trigger bodily hurt to me.”
A second-degree tried homicide cost in Florida carries a most 15-year jail sentence and as much as a $10,000 effective within the occasion of a conviction.
Brown, who spent 12 years within the NFL, was an All-Professional broad receiver who final performed in 2021 for Tampa Bay however spent most of his profession with Pittsburgh. For his profession, Brown had 928 receptions for greater than 12,000 yards and 88 touchdowns. He was a seven-time Professional Bowl choice.
He was a key a part of the Buccaneers group that defeated Kansas Metropolis in Tremendous Bowl LV in February 2021, together with catching a landing go thrown by Tom Brady.
Brown has handled a number of authorized issues over time. He beforehand had been accused of battery of a shifting truck driver, a number of home violence costs, failure to pay baby assist and different incidents. Throughout a 2021 sport with Tampa Bay in opposition to the New York Jets, Brown took off his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the sphere, resulting in his launch by the Buccaneers and successfully ending his soccer profession.