{"id":22539,"date":"2025-10-27T04:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/22539\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T04:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T04:41:09","slug":"adrian-peterson-arrested-in-texas-for-dwi-unlawful-possession-of-weapon-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/22539\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Peterson arrested in Texas for DWI, unlawful possession of weapon, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NFL<\/a> running back Adrian Peterson was reportedly arrested over the weekend in the Houston area.<\/p>\n

According to Chron.com<\/a> and KHOU 11,<\/a> Peterson is facing charges of DWI and unlawful possession of a weapon after a Sunday morning arrest in Sugar Land. A spokesperson for the Fort Bend Sheriff\u2019s Office told Chron.com\u2019s Michael Shapiro that Peterson would spend Sunday night in jail and would meet with a judge Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Peterson has faced legal issues in the past. Back in April, he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Minnesota<\/a> after appearing at an NFL draft party.<\/p>\n

The former Oklahoma standout was well-known as one of the NFL\u2019s top rushers throughout his professional career. Peterson currently ranks fifth on the league\u2019s list of all-time rushing leaders<\/a> with 14,918 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n

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Peterson was in the NFL from 2007-21, spending the majority of his career with the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota originally selected the Palestine, Texas native with the seventh overall pick in the 2007 NFL draft.<\/p>\n

This post will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n

Find more NFL coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson was reportedly arrested over the weekend in the Houston area. According to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[294,113,80,772,154,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-22539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-oklahoma-sooners","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-headlines","15":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22539","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=22539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}