Former Detroit Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold was released on $1 million bond after a Florida judge found probable cause for felony armed robbery and kidnapping charges.
The Detroit Lions were dealing with a pretty unimaginable scenario regarding now-former cornerback Terrion Arnold, who was previously being held without bail on felony armed robbery and kidnapping charges.
The charges are serious: four counts each of kidnapping and assault that carry a potential life sentence.
It’s a serious enough situation that the Lions released Arnold on Monday following the preliminary trial hearing.
Hillsborough County Judge Christopher Sabella found probable cause for the charges but denied the motion to hold Arnold without bond.
His bond was set at $1 million with multiple conditions, and Arnold had been in custody since he turned himself in last Wednesday.
Arnold’s conditions were that he was confined to his Tallahassee residence, save for playing and traveling with Detroit and for court-related and legal appointments, though the condition about team activities is now a moot point following his release.
To read more about how the situation deteriorated and what Detroit will do next, here is the full story from Lions Roundtable writer Adam Stark.
The other conditions are that he must surrender his passport within 48 hours, have no contact with the six co-defendants and/or witnesses, and there was discontent over him wearing a GPS device, with the defense arguing it would somehow prevent him from playing football.
That point is also moot with him being released from the team.
It now leaves Detroit with a hole on the field, though Arnold was not promised the starting job.
They will likely see Rock Ya-Sin and Ennis Rakestraw battle to take over Arnold’s role, and potentially hit the open market for a veteran presence who can add experience and settle things a bit in a tumultuous secondary.
