Former All-Pro safety Thomas arrested in Texas

Former Seattle Seahawks security Earl Thomas was arrested Friday, greater than two weeks after a warrant was issued following his alleged violation of a court docket protecting order.

In keeping with a report by WFAA in Dallas, Thomas was arrested by the Orange Police Division after he was acknowledged at a restaurant.

An arrest warrant for Thomas was issued on April 27 in Austin, Texas, after police stated he violated the protecting order by sending threatening messages to a girl about her and her kids, the Austin American-Statesman reported final week.

Orange, Texas, is situated close to the Louisiana border, greater than 250 miles from Austin.

Thomas faces a third-degree felony for at the very least two violations inside 12 months of a protecting order from Could 2021 that acknowledged he might talk with the lady solely via a co-parenting cellphone app, based on the newspaper. The girl had instructed police that Thomas not too long ago started threatening her and her kids through textual content, together with one message on April 18 informing her that he had simply obtained two handguns and one other later that day during which he instructed her he would “kick [her] ass.”

Trey Dolezal, who represents Thomas in his ongoing divorce, instructed the American-Statesman that the arrest warrant stems from Thomas reaching out to the lady to see their kids.

Thomas, 33, instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on April 22 that he needs to renew his NFL profession. The seven-time Professional Bowl choice and three-time First Crew All-Professional has not performed in a sport for the reason that 2019 season, the 12 months he signed a four-year, $55 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens in free company. Baltimore launched him in August 2020 after an altercation during which Thomas punched teammate Chuck Clark throughout a coaching camp follow.

Data from ESPN’s Brady Henderson was used on this report.