Lions release Terrion Arnold after court hearing

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Allen Park — The Detroit Lions released former first-round draft pick Terrion Arnold after the cornerback appeared in a pretrial detention hearing on Monday in Hillsborough County Circuit Court.

Arnold, 23, is alleged by prosecutors to be one of the main organizers of an armed robbery and kidnapping that took place in Tampa, Florida, in February. Arnold faces three counts of armed robbery, three counts of kidnapping, one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and one count of conspiracy to kidnap. The charges are punishable by up to life in prison.

Arnold, who has denied all charges, is one of seven codefendants in the case. He is the only codefendant who has been granted bond. On Monday, Judge Christopher Sabella denied the state's motion for pretrial detention, setting Arnold's bond at $1 million. The decision would have allowed the Lions defender to return to practice, had he not been released by the team on Monday.

"What distinguishes Mr. Arnold from those other six (co-defendants) is he has no hands on, he never goes into the apartment, there’s nothing on his phone, his social media, his texts,” Sabella said.



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