There are papers that were obtained indicate that former National Football League running back Derrick Ward is currently being held in detention in a Los Angeles jail after being booked on a felony charge on Monday.
NBC News was informed by the Los Angeles Police Department that Ward, 43, is suspected of robbing five different businesses, including gas stations. According to the authorities, there is no evidence to suggest that he used a firearm during any of the incidents. According to the records, Ward is currently being held on a bail of $250,000.
The documents do not provide any information regarding the reason why Ward was taken into custody, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not respond to calls made to them right away.
Ward played in the National Football League for a total of eight years, the first five of which were spent with the New York Giants, from whom he was taken in the seventh round of the NFL draft in 2004. Despite the fact that he was on injured reserve at the time of the Super Bowl victory with the Giants in 2007, he did not participate in the game.
During the 2008 season, Ward had his best season, during which he carried for 1,025 yards. Both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Houston Texans were among the teams he played for during his career. He finished his career with 2,628 running yards and 12 touchdowns.
Records from the jail indicate that he is currently being held on a bail of $250,000.
While attending Fresno State and then Ottawa University in Kansas, Ward played college football. He was born in Los Angeles and attended Valley View High School in Moreno Valley during his high school football career. In the same year that he was drafted into the National Football League, he signed a contract with the New York Giants.
Although Ward and the New York Giants were victorious against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII in 2008, he moved on to negotiate a contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that was for $17 million over the course of four years beginning in 2009.
After that, Ward went on to play for the Houston Texans, and in 2012, he made the announcement that he was retiring from the National Football League via his Twitter account.