{"id":147805,"date":"2026-02-08T05:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/147805\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T05:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:05:12","slug":"falcons-james-pearce-jr-arrested-in-florida-on-battery-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/147805\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons&#8217; James Pearce Jr. arrested in Florida on battery charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-falcons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a> rookie linebacker<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/5081394\/james-pearce-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Pearce Jr<\/a>. was arrested Saturday in Florida after a domestic dispute involving<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/la\/los-angeles-sparks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> forward <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/4433630\/rickea-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rickea Jackson<\/a>, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pearce was arrested in Miami-Dade County on two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a count of aggravated stalking. He was also charged with fleeing and eluding police officers, aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer without violence to his person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to online records, Pearce was booked at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:58 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Doral police chief Edwin Lopez <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/02\/07\/falcons-lb-james-pierce-jr-arrested-after-police-chase-crash-in-doral-cops-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told WPLG-TV<\/a>that the dispute was between Pearce and Jackson. Lopez told the outlet that Pearce was arrested after fleeing a domestic dispute and crashing his vehicle during a police chase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We are aware of an incident involving James Pearce Jr., in Miami,&#8221; the Falcons said in a prepared statement. &#8220;We are in the process of gathering more information and will not have any further comment on an open legal matter at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Pearce, 22, was third in AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year voting. He had 10.5 sacks this past season, the most for a rookie since <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4361423\/micah-parsons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Micah Parsons<\/a> in 2024. The Falcons selected Pearce with the 26th pick in the 2025 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons rookie linebackerJames Pearce Jr. was arrested Saturday in Florida after a domestic dispute involvingLos Angeles Sparks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[71451,11558,4899,28,30,29,71448,71449,115,119,71450],"class_list":{"0":"post-147805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-71451","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-espn","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-florida-headlines","13":"tag-florida-news","14":"tag-jackson-rickea","15":"tag-los-angeles-sparks","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-pearce-jr-james"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}