The day after the news broke that Patriots star receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and assault charges, another Patriots player was found to be facing similar accusations.
According to court documents, Christian Barmore is facing a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery on a household/family member. The charge comes pursuant to an incident on August 8, a report was filed December 16.
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According to charging documents obtained by ABC, a woman who was in a relationship with Barmore claims the defensive tackle was angry with her over the temperature in his bedroom. The woman alleged that she and Barmore had also argued over food.
She told police that Barmore grabbed her phone from her hands while she was trying to leave the house. The court documents also state that the woman was trying to open the door and scream for help, but said that &#8220;Christian grabbed her before she could and threw her to the floor.&#8221;
The woman said Barmore grabbed her by the shirt &#8220;in the area of the neck&#8221; while she tried to get up, but then let her go. Allegedly, this all played out in front of their two-year-old child.
WCVB in Boston reports the victim told police she had bruises and that she sent a photo to officers.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel <a href="https://x.com/Patriots/status/2006427724802384272?s=20">addressed</a> the allegations against Diggs and Barmore. Vrabel said he hasn&#8217;t heard of anything that would keep Diggs or Barmore from playing in Sunday&#8217;s regular season finale against the Dolphins.
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During the press conference, the veteran coach took questions about the serious charges against both Diggs and Barmore. Vrabel said at the time that the situation was &#8220;not disappointing at all&#8221; because, thus far, everything is based solely upon allegations.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think we have to jump to any sort of conclusions right now,&#8221; Vrabel said.
The Patriots released a statement regarding Barmore&#8217;s charges on Wednesday.
“The New England Patriots are aware of reports regarding a pending February arraignment involving Christian Barmore, which stems from an alleged domestic incident that occurred in August. The Patriots were made aware at the time of the incident and informed the NFL in a timely manner. The matter remains part of an ongoing legal process. We will respect that process, continue to monitor the situation closely, as we have over the past few months, and cooperate fully with the league. We will have no further comment at this time.”
Vrabel added more context to the statement during the presser, saying that it was not a surprise to the organization when the charges against Diggs and Barmore came to light this week.
Vrabel said that he was &#8220;confident that we will focus on the Dolphins and those two individuals will be able to handle the ongoing legal process.&#8221;
Barmore has been with the Patriots since 2021, after getting drafted in the second round out of Alabama. The tackle is set to be arraigned on February 3, five days before the Super Bowl.

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New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing disturbing allegations stemming from an incident with his private chef earlier this month.
In early December, Diggs allegedly got into an argument with his personal chef via text over an apparent undelivered paycheck. The chef told police that the argument continued in person when Diggs entered her room, hit her in the face, and tried to choke her using his elbow. Diggs&#8217; grip was tight, and when she tried to escape, the wide receiver tightened his hold before throwing her onto the bed, the chef claimed, per TMZ.
According to <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/stefon-diggs-criminal-charges-assault-strangulation/3869390/">NBC Boston</a>, Diggs is charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery.
This altercation happened in Dedham, Massachusetts, the day after the Patriots beat the Giants on Monday Night Football on December 1. The alleged victim filed the complaint against Diggs on December 16. According to NBC Boston, the chef didn&#8217;t want to press charges at first because of Diggs&#8217; fame and status, but ultimately decided to do so.
The chef told police she has worked for Diggs since July of this year, and was supposed to work for him throughout the 2025 football season. At the time of the incident with Diggs, she claims she hadn&#8217;t received a month&#8217;s pay.
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Diggs&#8217; attorney, David Meier, released a statement on Tuesday strongly denying the allegations against the NFL wide receiver.
&#8220;They are unsubstantiated, uncorroborated, and were never investigated &#8212; because they did not occur. The timing and motivation for making the allegations is crystal clear: they are the direct result of an employee-employer financial dispute that was not resolved to the employee&#8217;s satisfaction. Stefon looks forward to establishing the truth in a court of law.&#8221;
The Patriots also released a <a href="https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2006045441360793872?s=20">statement</a>: &#8220;The New England Patriots are aware of the accusations that have been made regarding Stefon Diggs. Stefon has informed the organization that he categorically denies the allegations. We support Stefon. We will continue to gather information and will cooperate fully with the appropriate authorities and the NFL as necessary. Out of respect for all parties involved, and given that this is an ongoing legal matter, we will have no further comment at this time.&#8221;
NBC Boston reports Diggs&#8217; arraignment is scheduled for January 23, which is the Friday before the AFC Championship Game.
The Patriots clinched the AFC East title on Sunday. In that game, Diggs scored a touchdown — his first in nearly two months. The 32-year-old has a team-leading 82 receptions for 970 yards and four touchdowns this season.
The Patriots wrap up the regular season Sunday before their postseason push for a Super Bowl.
In response to The Daily Wire&#8217;s request for comment, Dedham Police Department said: &#8220;We are in receipt of your request for copies of records and information related to this matter. However, we are unable to fulfill this request at this time. A motion to impound records related to this matter is currently pending before the court, and we are awaiting the judge&#8217;s ruling on that motion. Until the court issues a decision, we are not releasing any documents or information.&#8221;

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In a distant time not too long ago, the NFL stood proudly as a place to witness exciting touchdowns, roaring stadiums, and halftime entertainment that was more cheer than cringe. But these days, the NFL is a shell of its former self. You’re more likely to see Taylor Swift on the jumbotron, and yes, male cheerleaders prancing around the field.  
The <a href="https://x.com/ThePatriotOasis/status/1955289676404727941">Minnesota Vikings</a> and other NFL <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/article/12-nfl-teams-adding-male-212045510.html">teams</a> were in the news this week after video clips of their current cheer squad started making the rounds online. The typical bevy of perky, peppy women outfitted in skimpy outfits and effusive smiles included men with wavy hair and sassy moves standing front and center.
Another team that picked at least one male cheerleader for its squad was the <a href="https://x.com/WallStreetMav/status/1956156347193680139">New England Patriots</a>, who play at Gillette Stadium. You know, that stadium that’s sponsored by the razor company that has pushed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eyeroll-now-gillette-razors-are-talking-about-ashe-schow">campaign</a> speaking out against “toxic masculinity” and once ran a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR-JkiNQ_Ro">commercial</a> about a dad helping his daughter, who identifies as a boy, shave for the first time. So maybe it’s not surprising that a dude could be prancing around with the female cheerleaders this season at Gillette Stadium. 
It may not be the first year NFL cheer squads added men to their roster. For example, the Carolina Panthers have had an &#8220;<a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/first-openly-transgender-nfl-cheerleader-justine-lindsay-a-face-of-the-possible">openly transgender</a>&#8220; member of their squad since 2022. But now that so many other DEI policies are being abandoned, it does seem like a giant step backwards. 
Over here in normal town, we reserve sideline pom-pom routines for women, not men posing as women or men acting like women. 
According to several fans <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxztOLNyLfI">threatening</a> to dump the Vikings, their team has crossed a line with this latest choice. Male cheerleaders in the NFL? That’s a brand knowingly alienating its fan base. It proves there’s still a giant disconnect between what the fans want and what they’re getting.
So many men have given up on the NFL long ago when the first echoes of wokeness started echoing through the locker rooms across the nation. But there are still plenty of fans who want to sit down on a Sunday, crack a cold one, and watch the game with their buddies. They want to unite in their love of football – the real kind, the American kind. They want to see some cheerleaders who don’t have 5 o’clock shadows. Is that too much to ask? 
<h3>Look, we&#8217;re not crazy. You&#8217;re not crazy.</h3>
When you see dudes in pom-poms doing high kicks on the sidelines and think &#8220;what the hell is happening here,&#8221; trust your gut. You&#8217;re witnessing another institution buckle under the weight of progressive nonsense while gaslighting you into thinking YOU&#8217;RE the problem for noticing.
The Vikings and Patriots know exactly what they&#8217;re doing. They&#8217;re betting you&#8217;ll either just shut up, keep buying tickets, and pretend this is normal – or you&#8217;ll fold just enough to &#8220;go along to get along&#8221; and try to ignore the problem entirely. They&#8217;re counting on you to ignore your own eyes and swallow their &#8220;this is progress&#8221; BS sandwich with a smile, hoping you&#8217;ll choose the path of least resistance instead of standing your ground.
<h3>But here&#8217;s the thing – you don&#8217;t have to.</h3>
At Jeremy&#8217;s Razors, we see the same clown show you see – that&#8217;s exactly why we fund articles like this to call out the woke garbage as it crops up. While other brands stay silent or worse, actively promote this madness, we&#8217;re putting our money where our mouth is to push back against the insanity. We&#8217;ll never pat you on the head and tell you that male cheerleaders are &#8220;the future of football.&#8221; We&#8217;re going to call it what it is: ridiculous. And we&#8217;re damn sure not going to abandon our customers to chase approval from people who hate everything we stand for.
If you&#8217;re tired of brands that cave faster than a house of cards, maybe it&#8217;s time to switch your razor too. The <a href="https://www.jeremysrazors.com/products/sprint-3-1-year-bundle-us?selling_plan=3795648725?utm_campaign=cheerleaders&amp;utm_content=202508015&amp;utm_source=editorial">Sprint 3 One Year Bundle</a> gives you 25 cartridges of straight-shooting, no-nonsense shaving that won&#8217;t gaslight you that the “12th man” should be shaking pom-poms in a sparkly outfit. Three barber-grade blades, moisturizing aloe strip, and an ergonomic handle that&#8217;s built to last – just like your principles. For a limited time, you can <a href="https://www.jeremysrazors.com/products/sprint-3-1-year-bundle-us?selling_plan=3795648725?utm_campaign=cheerleaders&amp;utm_content=202508015&amp;utm_source=editorial">get the Sprint 3 plus a full year of blades for just $49.99</a>, so you never have to worry about running out of razors or running into virtue-signaling BS in the shaving aisle.
<h3>We get it. We see you. And we&#8217;re not going anywhere.</h3>
While the NFL is busy alienating half its audience in the name of performative inclusivity, <a href="https://www.jeremysrazors.com/?utm_campaign=cheerleaders&amp;utm_content=202508015&amp;utm_source=editorial">Jeremy&#8217;s Razors</a> is over here making razors for men who refuse to pretend the emperor has clothes, and who know that it&#8217;s ok to be men. Because real recognizes real – and that includes recognizing when something&#8217;s gone completely off the rails.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-belichick-leaves-new-england-patriots-after-24-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New England Patriots</a> owner Bob Kraft has announced that he will no longer provide funding to Columbia University until the “school can protect its students” amid “extreme anti-Semitism” from pro-Palestinian protestors.
In a message posted on Monday on <a href="https://x.com/StandUp2JewHate/status/1782388392438686076" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, the Patriots owner — who’s the founder of The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCASorg) — wrote that he’s “deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus&#8221; at his alma mater Columbia University and &#8220;throughout our country&#8221; following the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.
“&#8230;The school I love so much — the one that welcomed me and provided me with so much opportunity — is no longer an institution I recognize,” Kraft’s statement read. “I am no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff and I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken.”
“It is my hope that Columbia and its leadership will stand up to this hate by ending these protests immediately and will work to earn back the respect and trust of the many of us who have lost faith in the institution,” he added. 
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“It is my hope that in this difficult time, the Kraft Center at Columbia will serve as a source of security and safety for all Jewish students and faculty on campus who want to gather peacefully to practice their religion, to be together, and to be welcomed,” the NFL team owner’s statement concluded.
On Monday, the New York City university moved to remote learning out of safety concerns stemming from pro-Palestinian protests that have unsettled the Ivy League school’s <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2024/04/for-the-first-time-people-were-truly-afraid-antisemitism-hits-boiling-point-at-columbia-university/">Jewish population</a> as the Passover holiday is set to begin, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge">reported</a>.
Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, announced the move in a <a href="https://president.columbia.edu/news/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-22">statement</a> calling for a “reset” after a rabbi for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap">urged</a> Jewish students to go home due to the “extreme antisemitism and anarchy” that the university and New York Police Department could not contain.
“To deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday,” Shafik said early Monday morning. “Faculty and staff who can work remotely should do so; essential personnel should report to work according to university policy. Our preference is that students who do not live on campus will not come to campus.”
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this piece.

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NFL Patriots Owner Bob Kraft Yanks Money From Columbia Until ‘School Can Protect Its Students’

NFL Patriots Owner Bob Kraft Yanks Money From Columbia Until 'School Can Protect Its Students'

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Bill Belichick is out as head coach of the New England Patriots after 24 years and leading the team to nine Super Bowl trips and six rings.
The veteran coach took to the podium on Thursday and told members of the <a href="https://x.com/Patriots/status/1745490547303686547?s=20">press</a> he would be a Patriot forever as he thanked the fans and the organization, <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39285303/bill-belichick-leaving-patriots-24-seasons-sources-say">ESPN</a> reported.
&#8220;[Patriots owner] Robert [Kraft] and I, after a series of discussions, have mutually agreed to part ways,&#8221; Belichick said. &#8220;For me, this is a day of gratitude and celebration.&#8221;
&#8220;We had a vision of building a championship football team that has exceeded my wildest dreams and expectations,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;m very proud of that. I&#8217;ll always have those great memories, I&#8217;ll carry those with me the rest of my life.&#8221;
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&#8220;It&#8217;s with so many fond memories and thoughts that I think about the Patriots, and I&#8217;ll always be a Patriot,&#8221; Belichick continued. &#8220;I look forward to coming back here, but at this time, we&#8217;re going to move on. And I&#8217;m excited for the future.”
Kraft followed Belichick at the press conference and said, &#8220;This is a move that we mutually agreed that is needed at this time. What Bill accomplished, in my opinion, will never be duplicated.&#8221;
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&#8220;Coach Belichick will forever be celebrated as a legendary sports icon here in New England, and I believe go in as a Pro Football Hall of Famer on the first ballot,&#8221; Kraft added. &#8220;Why? Because he is the greatest coach of all time. Which makes this decision to part ways so hard.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39285303/bill-belichick-leaving-patriots-24-seasons-sources-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Belichick</a> will undoubtedly be in the NFL Hall of Fame for the incredible run he had in New England, which includes six Super Bowl titles, 333 career victories (including playoffs), second only to Don Shula’s 347, and nine conference championships, the most by a head coach in the Super Bowl era.
Speculation that Belichick&#8217;s reign in New England would end has been trickling out all week as reports surfaced that the coach and Kraft had met several times throughout the week.
Belichick leaves the team after a dismal season as New England finished with a 4-13 record. Since the Super Bowl-winning QB <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-brady-posts-cryptic-quote-about-betrayal-after-gisele-bundchen-breaks-silence-on-their-divorce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Brady</a> left the Patriots after the 2019 season, the Patriots have had a losing record three of the last four years, ESPN noted.

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/travis-kelce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> weighed in on talk of New England Patriots fans booing his girlfriend, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift,</a> when she attended their game in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Sunday.
During Kelce&#8217;s weekly podcast &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evir0tFk1VI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Heights</a>&#8221; with his brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Travis gushed about the 34-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-spills-details-about-travis-kelce-romance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pop singer</a> and shut down the idea that all Patriots&#8217; fans were booing Swift after cameras showed her wearing Chiefs attire on the Jumbotron at Gillette Stadium.
&#8220;They showed Taylor at the game, and I mean you don&#8217;t see an entire home team fan base go insane for somebody wearing the opposite team&#8217;s colors,&#8221; Travis said.
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&#8220;It just shows you how amazing that girl is,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They went absolutely insane when they showed Taylor on the screen. There might have been a few Brads and Chads that were booing, but for the most part everybody was f***ing screaming their tail off for her.&#8221;
&#8220;I was trying to keep it cool,&#8221; Travis continued with a laugh. &#8220;I was like, &#8216;Don&#8217;t show your cards, don&#8217;t show your cards.&#8217; It was fun, man. Shout out to the Patriots, New England. Taylor, she&#8217;s on record saying that that stadium is one of the funnest that she&#8217;s played at, so for them to show her is just kind of showing her some love. So shout out to the Patriots for doing that.&#8221;
The &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; hitmaker recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-finally-spills-details-about-travis-kelce-romance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spilled</a> the details about her romance with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-spills-details-about-taylor-swift-relationship-and-when-it-really-began" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kelce</a> and said they were already a couple when she went to his first game back on September 24.
Swift, who was named by Time magazine as its &#8220;Person of the Year&#8221; for 2023, gave a wide-ranging interview that included the timeline of her and the Kansas City player&#8217;s relationship, which now dates back to Kelce&#8217;s podcast in July.
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&#8220;This all started when Travis [Kelce] very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell,&#8221; Swift said. &#8220;We started hanging out right after that. So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I&#8217;m grateful for, because we got to get to know each other.&#8221;
&#8220;By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date.&#8221;
&#8220;When you say a relationship is public, that means I&#8217;m going to see him do what he loves, we&#8217;re showing up for each other, other people are there and we don&#8217;t care,&#8221; Swift continued. &#8220;The opposite of that is you have to go to an extreme amount of effort to make sure no one knows that you&#8217;re seeing someone. And we&#8217;re just proud of each other.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-reveals-nickname-he-has-for-taylor-swift" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce Reveals Nickname He Has For Taylor Swift</a>

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A New England Patriots season ticket holder died Sunday night after he was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12533829/New-England-Patriots-season-ticket-holder-53-beaten-death-Gillette-Stadium-Miami-Dolphins-cops-investigation.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> punched three times by a Miami Dolphins fan at the Patriots-Dolphins game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
Dale Mooney, 53, of Newmarket, New Hampshire, a married father of two children, had attended the game with three friends; they told Mooney’s wife later that they were taunted in the 300-tier section during the game by other fans, WCVB <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/foxborough-massachusetts-new-england-fan-death-patriots-gillette-stadium/45194876" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported.</a>
Joseph Kilmartin, who witnessed the incident, said of Mooney, “He basically grabbed another fan. They started tussling around for a few minutes. At one point, another Dolphins fan walked over. He punched him three times, and the man just went out. It was pretty hard to watch.”
“It was really one punch that I saw and the victim got punched really hard on the side of the head, and went down. He&#8217;s a bigger guy but he just crumbled,” a witness told <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/district-attorney-state-police-investigating-fans-death-at-gillette-stadium-during-sundays-patriots-game/3138822/">NBC Boston</a>. “First responders got there and they instantly start doing compressions, they had to lay him out in the aisle between the seats. They were doing compressions by my estimation for easily 10 minutes. It was pretty heartbreaking and the game was still going on so the general public clearly knew what was going on in our section so the game was going on, people are cheering for the Patriots comeback, and this poor guy has passed away before our eyes. It was pretty brutal to watch.”
Mooney was transported to the Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, where he was pronounced dead.
“I just feel numb; I can&#8217;t even believe this is for real,” Mooney’s wife Lisa said. “I don&#8217;t understand why people have to go to that extreme. Why can&#8217;t it just be fun? That&#8217;s all it&#8217;s supposed to be, just a fun family event.&#8221; Mooney said she didn’t know of any medical condition her husband had that would precipitate a blackout, adding that he “has the patience of a saint. &#8230; I don&#8217;t know what happened &#8230; it takes a lot to get him mad.”
 “I would use this terrible situation as a reminder that this is just a game and people are just going to enjoy themselves and cheer on their team but everyone should be able to attend a game and feel safe in their environment,” a fan at the game commented.
The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office stated that “the matter remains under active investigation.” A spokesman for the state police sad they were investigating “the facts and circumstances of the man&#8217;s death, including the sequence of events prior to the medical incident.”

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Patriots Fan Dies After Reportedly Being Punched By Dolphins Fan At Game

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New England Patriots</a> defensive back Jack Jones was arrested this week at Boston Logan International Airport for allegedly trying to bring two firearms onto a plane.
TSA agents found the firearms in Jones&#8217; carry-on luggage when he went through airport security on Friday evening in Terminal B.
The 25-year-old was later arrested by Massachusetts State Police and taken to the State Police-Logan Airport Barracks where he posted bail.
NBC Boston <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/sports/patriots-jack-jones-arrested-after-trying-to-bring-2-guns-onto-logan-flight-police-say/3070548/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Jones was charged with possession of a concealed weapon inside a secure area of an airport, possession of ammunition without a firearm ID card, unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, and possession of a large-capacity feeding device.
The Patriots said in a statement that they were aware of the incident and that they were reviewing the matter.
&#8220;We have been notified that Jack Jones was arrested at Logan Airport earlier today,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;We are in the process of gathering more information and will not be commenting further at this time.&#8221;
He will be arraigned in federal court next week.
Social media users pointed out online Friday night that Jones commented last month on Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant being suspended by the NBA for 25 games without pay after he was seen waving a gun in a video posted to social media.
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&#8220;@JaMorant dumb.. you letting social media and yo pride ruin yo real money,&#8221; Jones wrote on Twitter. &#8220;Put them guns down and run that money up. Make one of yo homies sign up for security or concealed carry if you feel like you need it that bad.. but you the bread winner you gotta start acting like it.&#8221;
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&mdash; Jack Jones🏄🏽‍♂️ (@presidentjacc) <a href="https://twitter.com/presidentjacc/status/1658127913001074692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Former Super Bowl champion Charles Johnson&#8217;s death was ruled a suicide by an apparent drug overdose, according to a report from the North Carolina medical examiner&#8217;s office.
Johnson, a former first-round draft pick who won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots in 2001, was found dead in a hotel room near his Raleigh home on July 17, 2022.
“The only personal items in the hotel room appeared to be two empty bottles of water, an empty travel (sized) bottle of body lotion, an empty travel container, a pair or sandals and a pair of eyeglasses,” the report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh said, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2023/01/09/charles-johnson-ex-nfl-player-died-suicide-july-medical-examiner/11020068002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> USA Today.
“A query of the North Carolina Prescription Monitoring Service showed no active prescriptions. An old (2018) short-term hydrocodone prescription was documented,&#8221; it added.
Raleigh police officers found Johnson when the hotel placed a call for a welfare check after he did not check out on July 17. Johnson reserved the room on July 15, returned home, and then came back to the hotel without his wallet, cell phone, or keys. His car was also left at his home.
Johnson, 50, had been reported missing by his wife, Tanisha, one day earlier. The report also noted that in the week prior to his death that he had been &#8220;acting strange&#8221; and had recently purchased a funeral and cremation service.
The former NFL star suffered multiple injuries during his nine years as a player that reportedly left him unable to play football, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2022/09/27/charles-johnson-ex-nfl-brain-health-problems-before-death/10439944002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> concerning documents filed as part of a workers compensation case in California. The Steelers disputed his claims but agreed to pay $150,000 in 2013 to settle the case, per the report.
Johnson was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers out of Colorado in the first round as the overall number 17 pick in 1994, CBS 17 <a href="https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/super-bowl-winning-receiver-heritage-high-school-assistant-athletic-director-charles-johnson-dies/">noted</a>. The wide receiver also played with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills.
During his five seasons with the Steelers, Johnson finished 10th in the league in yards per reception (16.8) and led the team in receiving yards (1,008) in his third year. He ranks 16th all-time among Steelers receivers, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/10/ex-nfler-charles-johnsons-death-ruled-suicide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the New York Post.
The former NFL athlete was serving as a coach at Heritage High School in Wake Forest, North Carolina, at the time of his death.
&#8220;RIP Coach. You will be missed by so many, especially your Husky Family,&#8221; the school tweeted following the news.
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RIP Coach. You will be missed by so many, especially your Husky Family. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPCJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPCJ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HuskyFamily?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HuskyFamily</a> <a href="https://t.co/JUfkjELMMB">pic.twitter.com/JUfkjELMMB</a>
&mdash; Heritage Huskies (@heritagehsfball) <a href="https://twitter.com/heritagehsfball/status/1549378901293547522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

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Ex-NFL Player Charles Johnson’s Cause Of Death Revealed

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It wasn’t just the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-england-patriots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New England Patriots</a> who got torched Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/miami" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami</a>.
A fire apparently started by a tailgater’s unattended grill destroyed several cars while fans were inside the stadium watching the hometown Dolphins burn the Patriots by a 20-7 score. Photos online showed at least eight cars reduced to charred shells.
“Around 1 pm, a vehicle fire began in a remote Hard Rock Stadium parking lot,” a stadium spokesperson said in a statement. Several vehicles were affected.
“Miami Dade Police Department and Miami Dade Fire Rescue were on the scene,” it continued. “The fire has been extinguished and is being investigated by Fire Rescue. No injuries have been reported and there is no current threat to the stadium.”
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During the game, fans and reporters tweeted about seeing smoke billowing nearby.
“Something is smoking over behind the NorthWest [sic] corner of Hard Rock Stadium … not sure if it’s a fire but it’s gotten thicker over the past five minutes,” tweeted ESPN’s NFL Nation reporter Marcel Louis-Jacques.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said that the cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known. But subsequent reports claimed that a tailgater who was grilling a pre-game feast forgot to shut down the asphalt kitchen before going inside.
Scott Dellorfano told NBC Miami his luxury Mercedes S63 was completely destroyed, and claimed he also had $3,000 cash inside.
“They said a grill caught on fire, it set off another car that blew up and it took our 5 or 6 cars,” Dellorfano said. “That’s what the police told me. I got insurance, you call stadium legal people, and then go from there.”
While a handful of Dolphins fans likely Ubered home unhappy, most were thrilled after the game. It was the debut of new Coach Mike McDaniel, and the defense throttled a New England team that has spent the last two decades owning the Dolphins and most of the rest of the NFL.
New acquisition Tyreek Hill, who previously starred for the Kansas City Chiefs, was his usual electric self, leading the team with 94 receiving yards. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa wasn&#8217;t particularly impressive, but did enough to win.

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Cars Torched After Tailgater's Grill Sparks Huge Fire At Dolphins-Patriots Game

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-england-patriots">New England Patriots</a> head coach <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-belichick">Bill Belichick</a> runs a notoriously tight ship, but one former player just revealed the desperate lengths he said he once went to avoid getting fired by the legendary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl">football</a> icon — he crashed his car.
Rich Ohrnberger played for the Patriots on and off for three seasons from 2009 to 2011. One of the rules in the Patriots organization has been to never be late for a meeting or practice. One morning during his rookie year, the right guard found himself in a precarious situation with his back against the wall.
Ohrnberger, co-host of the &#8220;The Hartman and Rich O Show&#8221; in San Diego, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2022/08/05/patriots-rich-ohrnberger-bill-belichick-wrecked-car/10246737002/">recalled</a> on Thursday, “You don’t want to be the guy wandering into a squad team meeting with Bill Belichick and the rest of the squad team looking at you.&#8221;
“I wake up, my phone died overnight, and I realize I wake up to the sound of chirping birds and not my alarm going off, and I am frantic,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;I don’t even bother looking at the clock.”
&#8220;I had this sinking feeling in my stomach,” Ohrnberger said. “Like ‘I’m gonna get cut. Like, he’s not going to have me on this football team come tomorrow. What do I do?&#8217;”
That&#8217;s when he decided to make a last-ditch effort to conjure up an excuse that might not get him fired. He said he rammed his vehicle into a van.
&#8220;I see a church van in front of me that&#8217;s all dinged up. It&#8217;s got the black smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe. I&#8217;m like, &#8216;I&#8217;m gonna hit this car.&#8217; I&#8217;m gonna rear end this car. I&#8217;m gonna hit this car because it&#8217;s better to pay the insurance or peel off this guy a couple hundred bucks than embarrass myself for being late to this Patriots team meeting,&#8221; he explained.
Then, the NFL rookie realized that he had hit an elderly man, which he felt awful about.
&#8220;I rear end this poor old man, who by the way, was like minutes from being 100 years old,&#8221; he added.
Once Orhnberger arrived at the Patriots facility, he spoke with Belichick&#8217;s assistant before seeing his offensive line coach, Dante Scarnecchia. His boss wasn&#8217;t buying his story.
&#8220;First one in there was Dante Scarnecchia, my offensive line coach,&#8221; Ohrnberger continued. &#8220;He goes, &#8216;How&#8217;s it going, speed racer?&#8217; I was like, &#8216;What&#8217;s that?&#8217; He says, &#8216;Running a little late this morning?&#8217; I was like, &#8216;Dante, I got into an accident.&#8217; He&#8217;s like, &#8216;Yeah, yeah, yeah. That stuff may fly at IBM if you&#8217;re one of those geeks working on the computers and stuff. That stuff doesn&#8217;t work here. You be on time from now on.'&#8221;
He didn&#8217;t get fired. He went on to play for the Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers before exiting the NFL after the 2014 season.

Former Patriots Player Claims He Crashed His Car To Avoid Getting Fired By Bill Belichick

Super Bowl legend Buccaneers star Rob Gronkowski announced he was retiring once again from the NFL and said he was able to walk away from professional football knowing he &#8220;gave it everything I had.&#8221;
The Pro-Bowl 33-year-old tight end of the Tampa Bay team posted a lengthy letter on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CfE8oI1OhE7/">Instagram</a> Tuesday about how he dreamed in college about one day being able to play for the Buccaneers, and said the opportunity he had in Tampa Bay for the last two years was more than he ever could have hoped for.
&#8220;In college, I was asked to write about a dream job opportunity that I wanted to pursue and where the location would be,&#8221; Gronkowski wrote. &#8220;Every time I had to write about my future, no matter what, I picked being a professional football player.&#8221;
&#8220;For that assignment though, we had to pick the location,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So I wrote that I wanted to play in Tampa for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, for many reasons, the sunny weather being #1. I completely forgot about writing this report until 2 years ago when I had the opportunity to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And let me tell ya, the journey in Tampa over the last 2 years has blown away what I originally wrote about in college, big time.&#8221;
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&#8220;And for this, I want to thank the whole entire first class Buccaneers organization for an amazing ride, trusting me to come back to play and help build a championship team,&#8221; Gronk continued. &#8220;I will now be going back into my retirement home, walking away from football again with my head held high knowing I gave it everything I had, good or bad, every time I stepped out on the field.&#8221;
He concluded his post by noting that the &#8220;friendships and relationships&#8221; he made there will last forever. He also wrote about the opportunity he was given to come out of retirement and win another &#8220;championship.&#8221;
The former New England Patriots star previously walked away from professional football briefly in 2018 due to injuries before coming out of retirement to join his old pal Tom Brady, <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34126136/tampa-bay-buccaneers-te-rob-gronkowski-retiring-nfl-second">ESPN</a> noted. At the time, Brady had left the Patriots and signed with the Buccaneers. The pair ended up leading their team all the way to the Super Bowl and winning, beating the Kansas City Chiefs in February 2021. During his career, Gronk won four Super Bowls, three with New England and one with the Bucs.
No word yet on what his next plans will be.

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