A former NFL player has been arrested and charged with kidnapping in Mississippi, police said.
Jerrell Powe, 35, who played football for Ole Miss in college and played multiple seasons in the NFL, was booked into the Madison County Detention Center on a kidnapping charge Thursday at 7:30 p.m. show booking records.
Ridgeland police officers found Powe and his accomplice Gavin Bates, 35, at a Chase Bank on Highland Colony Parkway Thursday, Police Chief Brian Myers told the NBC affiliate. Jackson’s WLBT. Ridgeland is about 10 miles northeast of Jackson.
Police said a victim contacted police and told officers he was abducted «against his will» and «forced to withdraw money» at the bank, Myers said.
The victim is safe, the police chief said, and the matter is under investigation, the station reported.
Powe and Bates were later arrested on a kidnapping charge. Bates was also charged with a controlled substance violation.
Both are being held without bail pending a hearing on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. It is not immediately clear if the couple have retained attorneys.
The athlete played for Ole Miss beginning in 2008. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs as the sixth round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. He went on to play for the Houston Texas and signed with the Washington Redskinsnow renamed Washington Commanders, in 2015, but was later published One year later.
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