NFL Linebacker Leaves Police Sergeant With Concussion and 3 Stitches

Colin Fredericson
By Colin Fredericson
January 27, 2019New York
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NFL Linebacker Leaves Police Sergeant With Concussion and 3 Stitches
New England Patriots linebacker Trevor Bates celebrates during the New England Patriots victory parade in Boston, Massachusetts on Feb. 7, 2017. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

A linebacker for the Detroit Lions allegedly punched an NYPD sergeant in the face after he was arrested for refusing to pay cab fare.

Third year NFL player Trevor Bates from Maine was dropped off at his hotel near LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York City, when he allegedly didn’t want to pay the $32 cab fare. It was around 1:30 a.m. when the violence broke out, NBC 4 reported.

The cab driver called police, who arrested 25-year-old Bates and took him to the 115th precinct. Although he was arrested without incident, once at the precinct he became increasingly agitated.

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The 6-foot 2-inch, 247-pound linebacker was told he would be released as long as he didn’t have any outstanding warrants, and that he would be given a desk appearance ticket. But then he allegedly punched a sergeant. Officers had to subdue him with stun guns, and rearrested him, NBC reported.

Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins told the New York Post that the violence started before Bates was to be fingerprinted.

“The sergeant assured him that it was no big deal. He told him, ‘You’ll get scanned. You’ll get paper. You’ll get a court date,’” Mullins said. “Out of the clear blue sky, he just wailed on the sergeant. The sergeant said he never saw it coming.”

Mullins described how the scene then got wilder.

“They tased him and he ripped the prongs out [of his skin].”

The sergeant was taken to the hospital and treated for a concussion and received three stitches over an eye. Bates was taken to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Bates is expected to be charged with second-degree assault, obstructing governmental administration, theft of services, and resisting arrest, NBC reported.

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Bates could face probation, or up to seven years in prison, according to the Post.

Lions management responded to the situation via the Detroit Lions official Twitter account.

“We are aware of the arrest of Trevor Bates earlier today in New York. We have not spoken to Trevor as of yet and are still in the process of gathering more information. The Detroit Lions will have no further comment at this time.”

The statement was tweeted on Jan. 26, and subsequent Twitter posts have not yet addressed the situation.

Bates’s mother and paternal grandmother told the Post they were shocked to learn the news, and that it is out of character for Bates. A friend of Bates’s mother said Bates was “frayed from the season,” the Post reported.

Bates’s Twitter and Facebook accounts also have no updates but Bates’s retweet of a post by Denise Strong Harris from Jan. 7 is somewhat ironic. Harris’s organization Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree Kids helps children who have parents that are incarcerated.

“How awesome to have several Detroit Lions sponsor Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree kids this past Christmas! Linebacker – Trevor Bates, whose father is incarcerated, helped coordinate this effort & enlisted the help of some team mates for the AT party in Detroit. @Lions.”

Bates played for the University of Maine Black Bears and was drafted in the seventh round by the Indianapolis Colts in 2016. He was played with the practice squads of the Giants and Patriots, and was on the Patriots practice squad when they won the Super Bowl. Bates currently has a two-year $1 million contract with the Lions, according to the Post.

Bates played in nine games this NFL season, with a total of three tackles, according to ESPN.

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