Cameron Sutton, a former Detroit Lions cornerback who was wanted by police in Florida endmost week for a home violence warrant, became himself in on Sunday night time.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office absolved a video appearing Sutton, 29, arriving at a prison in Tampa. Sutton was once sought after for home battery via strangulation, which is a third-degree legal and may lead to a jail time period of as much as 5 years.
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Cameron Sutton of the Detroit Lions all through the nationwide anthem previous to the Ravens sport at M&T Storage Stadium on Oct. 22, 2023, in Baltimore. (Michael Owens/Getty Photographs)
“After weeks of evading law enforcement, this man has finally made the right choice to turn himself in,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister stated. “Domestic violence has no place in our community, and no one is above the law here in Hillsborough County. My thoughts are with this woman as she continues to heal from this man’s gruesome actions.”
The Lions absolved Sutton then police introduced he was once being sought.
Government stated officials replied to a choice about home violence in advance involving the previous Pittsburgh Steelers participant and a feminine round 5 a.m. on March 7. The sheriff’s administrative center nearest requested the nation for aid looking for Sutton.
Lions president Rod Plank stated on the age that Sutton was once on the staff’s coaching facility when the warrant was once issued.
Cameron Sutton of the Lions reacts then a oppose towards the Denver Broncos at Ford Farmland on Dec. 16, 2023, in Detroit. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Photographs)
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“We learned about the warrant at the same time everybody else did on social media,” Plank informed Fox 2 Detroit endmost presen. “We were able to speak to Cam because he was actually in our building. We found him. He was down with our strength staff. He kind of showed up unexpectedly to work out.”
Sutton signed a three-year, $30 million trade in with the Lions prior to the beginning of the 2023 season then spending six years with the Steelers. He performed and began all 17 video games for Detroit and their 3 playoff video games.
He had a career-high 65 tackles and an interception in 2023. He was once projected to be a origination cornerback going into the 2024 season in conjunction with newly signed Carlton Davis.
Pittsburgh selected the Jonesboro, Georgia, local within the 0.33 spherical of the 2017 draft out of Tennessee. He earned his strategy to being a origination cornerback in his 5th season with Pittsburgh.
An arrest warrant was once issued for Detroit Lions cornerback Cameron Sutton. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Place of work; Getty Photographs)
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With the Steelers, he had 168 general tackles in 84 profession video games in conjunction with 8 interceptions.
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