Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers arrested on assault, drug possession charges

New England Patriots seasoned information Jabrill Peppers was arrested connected Saturday connected charges, including strangulation and cause possession, successful Braintree, Massachusetts. 

Police announced the apprehension of Peppers connected Monday, saying they had responded to a residential code aboriginal Saturday greeting aft idiosyncratic called astir a disturbance. 

Peppers, a squad skipper for the Patriots, is expected to beryllium charged with "assault and battery, battle and artillery with a unsafe weapon, strangulation, and possession of a Class B substance believed to beryllium cocaine," the announcement read. 

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Jabrill Peppers of the New England Patriots reacts aft recovering a fumble against the New York Giants astatine MetLife Stadium connected Nov. 26, 2023, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

Peppers is expected to beryllium arraigned connected Monday successful Quincy District Court in Massachusetts.

The unfortunate progressive successful the alleged altercation was treated astatine the scene. 

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The Patriots released a connection to aggregate members of the media connected Monday regarding Peppers' arrest. 

"We are alert of an incidental involving Jabrill Peppers implicit the play successful which the constabulary are presently investigating. We volition person nary further remark astatine this time," the connection read. 

Patriots caput manager Jerod Mayo besides commented connected the concern during an quality connected WEEI 93.7 FM, saying Peppers "called maine that morning."

Jabrill Peppers of the New England Patriots reacts aft being deed during the New York Giantsgame  at MetLife Stadium connected Nov. 26, 2023, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Elsa/Getty Images)

"I knew what was going on," Mayo added, per The Boston Herald. "And the NFL, we’ve informed the NFL what was going connected and we’re inactive gathering information."

Mayo was asked if Peppers remains connected the team, to which the first-year caput manager responded, "I don’t deliberation anyone knows the facts oregon thing similar that. I mean, it’s a process." 

Peppers was not disposable to play against the Miami Dolphins connected Sunday, a crippled the Patriots lost, 15-10, astatine home. 

He had been constricted astatine signifier with a enarthrosis injury, and the squad ruled him retired connected Saturday, though it’s chartless if it was due to the fact that of the ailment oregon his arrest.

New England Patriots information Jabrill Peppers looks toward the scoreboard, Nov. 26, 2023. (IMAGN)

Peppers, a Michigan merchandise who went to the Cleveland Browns successful the archetypal circular of the 2017 NFL Draft, is successful his 3rd play with the Patriots aft spending 2 years successful Cleveland and 3 with the New York Giants, who played adjacent to wherever helium grew up successful East Orange, New Jersey. 

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Peppers has 23 combined tackles and 2 passes defended done 4 games this play for New England.   

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