{"id":357106,"date":"2026-07-30T03:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357106\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T03:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:16:28","slug":"former-lsu-wide-receiver-arrested-in-miami-beach-after-allegedly-threatening-man-at-knifepoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/357106\/","title":{"rendered":"Former LSU wide receiver arrested in Miami Beach after allegedly threatening man at knifepoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI BEACH \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/demetrius-byrd-s-fight-10-years-after-the-catch-vs-auburn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former LSU wide receiver <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrz.com\/news\/demetrius-byrd-s-fight-10-years-after-the-catch-vs-auburn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Demetrius Byrd<\/a> has been arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, after allegedly threatening a man at knifepoint on a bus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/demetrius-byrd-assault-miami-beach-arrest-july-28-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News reports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Byrd, who played at LSU from 2007 to 2009, is accused of getting into an argument with another passenger on a Miami Beach bus before pulling a multi-tool from his pocket and opening a blade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who wants to die?&#8221; Byrd allegedly asked the man.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deputies in Miami-Dade County then arrested the 40-year-old former Chargers player. Byrd was granted a $5,000 bond at a Tuesday hearing, though he was ordered to appear before a judge regarding an outstanding domestic violence warrant.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI BEACH \u2014 Former LSU wide receiver Demetrius Byrd has been arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, after allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[145729,692,145727,38162,123,125,124,1064,145728,145730,145731],"class_list":["post-357106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-aggravatedassault","tag-arrest","tag-demetriusbyrd","tag-lsu-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade","tag-miamibeach","tag-multi-tool","tag-sandiegochargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357106","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=357106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}