{"id":242654,"date":"2025-10-27T03:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/242654\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T03:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:41:07","slug":"adrian-peterson-arrested-on-dwi-unlawful-weapon-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/242654\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Peterson arrested on DWI, unlawful weapon charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawful carrying of a weapon, according to online jail records in Texas&#8217; Fort Bend County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The arrest took place Sunday morning in Sugar Land, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A Fort Bend County spokesperson told the Houston Chronicle that Peterson was to spend Sunday night in jail ahead of a meeting with a judge Monday morning, after which he can post bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Peterson also was arrested in April on a fourth-degree driving while impaired charge after he was clocked at 83 mph in a 55 mph zone following a public NFL draft party for the Minnesota Vikings, his longtime team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Peterson, 40, has been involved in a number of incidents over the years, including domestic violence, child abuse and financial issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was the Vikings&#8217; first-round pick in 2007. In his 15 NFL seasons, he was a four-time All-Pro, a seven-time Pro Bowler and the MVP in 2012. His 14,918 rushing yards rank fifth all time in the NFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL MVP Adrian Peterson was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawful carrying of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-242654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}