{"id":467978,"date":"2026-02-11T12:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467978\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:11:18","slug":"falcons-rookie-ordered-to-stay-away-from-wnba-player-after-arrest-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/467978\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons rookie ordered to stay away from WNBA player after arrest in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Miami-Dade%20County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami-Dade County <\/a>judge ordered<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Atlanta Falcons <\/a>rookie linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/james-pearce-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Pearce Jr.<\/a> to stay away from his girlfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/players\/29362974\/rickea-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WNBA player Rickea Jackson<\/a>, following his arrest over the weekend in <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/South%20Florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">South Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Pearce allegedly attacked Jackson on Saturday and then attempted to avoid officers who moved in to arrest him. He was taken into custody and appeared in court, where the judge set his bond at $20,500 along with the no-contact order.<\/p>\n<p>Pearce posted bond on Sunday and was released from jail, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/30k-damages-utility-pole-crash-fpl-att-palm-beach-county-homeownertruck-property-damage-responsibility-cbs12-i-team-wire-broken-pole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lake Park homeowner says utility pole crash left him with $30K in damage and no answers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Falcons selected the linebacker in the first round of 2025\u2019s NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/thehotline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">thehotline.org <\/a>for confidential support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Miami-Dade County judge ordered Atlanta Falcons rookie linebacker James Pearce Jr. to stay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-467978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467978","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=467978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}