The attorney for Atlanta Falcons rookie James Pearce Jr. says Pearce “maintains his innocence” as he faces five felony charges following his arrest near Miami on Saturday night.
Pearce’s charges include fleeing police after what Doral police said was a domestic dispute with WNBA player Rickea Jackson. Pearce was arrested after crashing his car. His charges include two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated stalking.
According to details of the arrest in the complaint/arrest affidavit obtained by The Associated Press from the Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office on Monday, Pearce allegedly refused an initial order from police to “get on the floor” when they responded to the report of the domestic dispute. The police account says Pearce then drove away and hit a police officer’s left knee with his Lamborghini “intentionally in an attempt to evade arrest.”
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