VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Titans wide receiver Justin Hunter has been arrested and is being held without bond for an assault that allegedly took place at a bar during the Fourth of July weekend.
Hunter, 24, was booked into his hometown jail at the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office on Monday afternoon for a charge listed as malicious intent, stabbing, cutting, wounding.
Neither a sheriff ’s office spokesman nor the Virginia Beach Police Department immediately returned messages left by The Associated Press.
Officer James Cason told The Virginian-Pilot that Hunter is charged with felonious assault.
Cason said police broke up a large brawl July 3 at the Sandbar Raw Bar, which is in an oceanfront tourist area, with one person taken to a hospital for treatment.
Tennessee traded up six spots to draft the 6-foot-4, 207- pound Hunter out of the University of Tennessee in 2013 with the 34th pick overall. Hunter played in 14 games as a rookie, catching 18 passes for 354 yards and four touchdowns.
He played 12 games before a season-ending injury in 2014 and finished with 28 receptions for 498 yards and three TDs
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