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Detroit Lions’ Cam Sutton wanted in Florida for physical altercation

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8 months ago

March 21, 2024

Detroit Lions cornerback Cameron Sutton (1) celebrates a play against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half of the wild-card round game at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday, Jan, 14, 2024.

Editor’s discover: Story updates at 1:11 p.m. after sheriff’s office issued a correction on Sutton’s warrant.

Detroit Lions cornerback Cam Sutton is required in reference to a house violence incident in Florida.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for Sutton’s arrest earlier this month on one rely of house battery by strangulation for an incident in Lutz, Florida, a suburb of Tampa.

Phil Martello, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, talked about the division responded to a reputation for house violence in progress involving Sutton, 29, and a female spherical 5 a.m. March 7.

The sufferer suffered wounds that indicated an incident happened, Martello talked about, and an arrest warrant was issued the similar day. On Wednesday, the division posted a message on social media asking for help discovering Sutton.

Throughout the submit, the sheriff’s office talked about Sutton is also driving a Jeep Grand Wagoneer and provided the license plate amount. Martello talked about Sutton is believed to be in Florida, not Michigan.

“We served his warrant on the seventh on account of the entire proof that we found there,” Martello talked about. “Couldn’t uncover him proper right here in Tampa, pretty sure he fled. We obtained a pair hits on his license plate (on) license plate readers, nonetheless haven’t been able to monitor him down proper right here, so that’s the place we’re at correct now.

“They’ve tried to make contact with him, can’t get him on the phone, so that they’ve launched — our detectives have exhausted the whole thing to attempt to get ahold of him and that’s why we discover your self inserting the stuff on social media.”

Courtroom info current that on March 6, a listening to by way of Zoom occurred in a paternity case between Sutton and Kortnee Alexander, and that on March 7, one different listening to throughout the case was canceled. The Free Press reached out to the lawyer for Alexander, nonetheless a message was not immediately returned.

The Lions launched a press launch on the state of affairs on Wednesday afternoon: “We turned aware of the persevering with licensed state of affairs involving Cam Sutton this morning. We’ll proceed to watch the state of affairs and will not have further comment presently.”

Sutton’s lawyer, Jason Setchen, did not immediately return a message in quest of comment.

Sutton had a disappointing first season with the Lions after signing a three-year, $33 million deal last offseason. He made 65 tackles and had one interception whereas starting all 17 frequent season video video games, nonetheless struggled late throughout the season and throughout the playoffs in opposition to No. 1 receivers.