When the Lions take the field this fall, they expect Terrion Arnold to be with them.
The third-year cornerback and former first-round pick has been linked to an armed robbery and kidnapping case in alleged retaliation for stolen goods from a rental property under his name in Florida, but Arnold has denied any involvement through his attorney and has not been charged with a crime.
Dan Campbell said Monday at the NFL meetings in Arizona that Arnold has told the Lions "probably everything you guys know," and they trust him.
"We got all the information that says he wasn’t involved," Campbell told reporters. "That’s what we know, that’s all we know. And that’s really all I can say. I mean, we’re monitoring what’s out there. As of a month ago, this was nothing. So I have no idea what this is. As far as I know, it’s still not a big deal. It seems like he wasn’t involved with this."
After Arnold had more than 100K worth of property stolen from his rental unit in Largo, Florida, his first name appeared nine times in a thread of text messages between acquaintances of his who are accused of carrying out the retaliation plot on Arnold's behalf, which led to six arrests.
But Arnold's "expectations are he's not going to be charged," his attorney said last week, via the Free Press.
“He hasn’t been charged and I haven’t seen these text messages but they obviously have them and they haven’t charged him. The fact that he knows some of these people is hardly evidence he committed a crime and we believe he’s not going to be charged," said the attorney.
Campbell said that the Lions feel good about their depth at corner should the case take a turn, referencing Rock Ya-Sin, Roger McCreary and Ennis Rakestraw as options opposite D.J. Reed.
"So we’ve got some things there, and we’ll just take it as it comes," Campbell said. "Until something happens, I feel like we’re going to be good here. I’m going to trust what the kid said. I think we’re alright."
