{"id":193804,"date":"2026-03-06T20:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193804\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:57:14","slug":"dallas-wings-star-arike-ogunbowale-arrested-after-allegedly-punching-man-outside-miami-restaurant-affidavit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193804\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale arrested after allegedly punching man outside Miami restaurant: affidavit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2153173685.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">ARLINGTON, TEXAS &#8211; MAY 15: Arike Ogunbowale #24 of the Dallas Wings looks on against the Chicago Sky at the College Park Center on May 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or usin <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/wnba\/wings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dallas Wings<\/a> guard Arike Ogunbowale was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly punching a man in the face outside a Miami restaurant, according to an arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The physical altercation occurred around 4:20 a.m. Thursday outside an establishment near NE 11th Terrace and NE Miami Court. According to the affidavit, a man told police he was attempting to escort a large crowd out of the restaurant following a separate disturbance when he encountered Ogunbowale.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The man alleged that during the process, Ogunbowale struck him in the face with a closed fist, causing him to fall to the ground.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Ogunbowale was arrested at the scene and charged with battery. She was released after posting a $1,000 bond. No further details regarding the cause of the initial altercation have been released.<\/p>\n<p> Dallas Wings respond to Ogunbowale arrest <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The Dallas Wings issued a statement Friday morning addressing the arrest.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">&#8220;The Dallas Wings are aware of the incident involving Arike Ogunbowale,&#8221; the team told FOX 4. &#8220;We are in the process of gathering more information and will provide further comment once we have thoroughly assessed the situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article comes from an arrest affidavit and an official statement from the Dallas Wings.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/wnba\/wings\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Wings<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article ARLINGTON, TEXAS &#8211; MAY 15: Arike Ogunbowale #24 of the Dallas Wings looks on against the Chicago&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1046,102,581,104,103,2683,223,216,393,1072,14422],"class_list":{"0":"post-193804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-county","11":"tag-dallas-headlines","12":"tag-dallas-news","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wings","18":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}