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<\/a>KEY WEST, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\nNebraska running back Mekhi Nelson was arrested on Monday in Florida, KETV has confirmed. <\/p>\n
Nelson faces a charge of aggravated battery, according to jail records. He was taken to a nearby jail around 11 a.m., according to On3<\/a>.<\/p>\n He was taken into custody at Blue Flamingo Resort in Key West, according to jail records.<\/p>\n According to the police report, the victim told officers that the altercation stemmed from an argument involving how long it was taking her to get ready for the day.<\/p>\n Nelson scratched the victim, causing visible injuries, according to the report.<\/p>\n Investigators said the victim told officers that she is 7 months pregnant.<\/p>\n According to the police report, the victim also advised officers that Nelson has been physical with her in the past.<\/p>\n Nelson has 147 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries in 12 games last season. <\/p>\n In a statement, Nebraska Athletics said the athletic department and the football program are aware of Nelson’s arrest and has no further comment at this time.<\/p>\n Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search<\/a>.<\/p>\n NAVIGATE: Home<\/a> | Weather<\/a> | Local News<\/a> | National<\/a> | Sports<\/a> | Newscasts on demand<\/a> |<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nebraska running back Mekhi Nelson arrested Monday in Florida KEY WEST, Fla. \u2014 Nebraska running back Mekhi Nelson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[134109,6867,134104,143,123522,123481,28,71702,30,91996,29,134103,101598,134108,2559,134025,134105,134111,4646,113062,134102,134107,134112,134113,98846,12847,121028,134106,134110,121031],"class_list":["post-324123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-147-yards","tag-aggravated-battery","tag-blue-flamingo-resort","tag-college-football","tag-demand-menu-subscribe","tag-email-weather-search","tag-florida","tag-florida-arrest","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-jail","tag-florida-news","tag-husker-running-back","tag-jail-records","tag-ketv","tag-key-west","tag-mekhi-nelson","tag-monday-arrest","tag-nebraska-athlete","tag-nebraska-cornhuskers","tag-nebraska-football","tag-nebraska-running-back","tag-nebraska-sports","tag-noon-watch","tag-nowcast-ketv-newswatch","tag-on3","tag-page","tag-privacy-notice-term","tag-running-back-arrest","tag-two-touchdowns","tag-use-nextfre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324123","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=324123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}