{"id":1558490,"date":"2022-07-17T13:34:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558490"},"modified":"2022-07-17T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:34:15","slug":"ex-nfl-tight-end-accused-of-pulling-gun-on-cops-in-fight-over-parking-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-nfl-tight-end-accused-of-pulling-gun-on-cops-in-fight-over-parking-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL Tight End Accused Of Pulling Gun On Cops In Fight Over Parking Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-nfl-tight-end-accused-of-pulling-gun-on-cops-in-fight-over-parking-space%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1558490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nfl\">NFL<\/a> player was arrested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/florida\">Florida<\/a> Friday after allegedly pulling a gun on two off-duty police officers who he accused of taking his parking spot.<\/p>\n<p>Orson Charles, 31, who played tight end for four NFL teams during a five-year career, allegedly walked up to the officers\u2019 car, yanked open the driver\u2019s side door, and pointed a gun at them during the incident, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/crime\/gun-law-enforcement-parking-spot-ybor\/67-a4d9837e-9114-4897-ab26-7729a7f34c61\">according to WTSP<\/a>. The off-duty officers said they had just parked in a space on the street in Tampa\u2019s historic Ybor City district when an incensed Charles approached.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat (are) you trying to do?\u201d Charles said while brandishing the gun, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The officers said they showed the hulking former athlete their badges, but he took no notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t give a f***, I have one in the head,\u201d Charles allegedly told the cops before cursing at them.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Orson Charles arrested, police say he pulled gun and threatened to shoot officers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JxIOuRMYPh\">https:\/\/t.co\/JxIOuRMYPh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProFootballTalk\/status\/1548677016651702272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charles was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, carrying a concealed firearm, and introduction of contraband into a detention facility. He was being held in jail on a $6,250 bond, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The officers did not attempt to arrest Charles on the scene, instead leaving the space and calling in the incident, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Charles, a fourth-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012, grew up in Tampa and played his college ball at the University of Georgia. He was arrested for a DUI a month before the draft, and again two years later after a road rage incident in which the victim said Charles had pulled a gun on him.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot, 3-inch, 257-pound receiver played two seasons with the Bengals, then was out of football for two seasons. He caught on the Detroit Lions in 2016, then played a year each for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Cleveland Browns. He has not played since 2018. For his career, Charles recorded\u00a014 catches for 185 yards and no touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former NFL player was arrested in Florida Friday after allegedly pulling a gun on two off-duty police officers who he accused of taking his parking spot. Orson Charles, 31, who played tight end for four NFL teams during a five-year career, allegedly walked up to the officers\u2019 car, yanked open the driver\u2019s side door, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}