Illegal firearms
FILE - Kansas City Chiefs football player Saousoalii Siavii Jr.is seen at the NFL football team's training camp in 2004. Saousoalii Siavii Jr. a former Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle was found dead in a Kansas federal prison where he was being held on charges of illegal firearms possession, a prison official said on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP, File)
Former NFL player Siavii found dead in Kansas federal prison

Jan. 14, 2022 10:02 PM EST

New York Jets player reaches deal on airport gun charge

Associated Press Oct. 05, 2020 04:16 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Jets player has reached a deal with prosecutors downgrading criminal charges he tried to bring a gun on a commercial flight to...

File-This April 27, 2019, file photo shows Buffalo Bills first round draft pick Ed Oliver posing for photographs following an NFL football news conference in Orchard Park N.Y. Oliver was arrested Saturday, May 16, 2020, by police in the Houston area and charged with drunk driving and illegally carrying a gun. Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies pulled Oliver over after receiving reports around 9 p.m. of someone driving recklessly in a construction area north of the city, local media outlets reported, citing jail and police records and statements from sheriff's officials. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes, File)
Buffalo Bills' Oliver charged with drunken driving in Texas

May. 17, 2020 03:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2019, file photo, then New York Giants wide receiver Cody Latimer (12) runs in the second half of an NFL football game in East Rutherford, N.J. Latimer is facing five charges, including felony illegal discharge of a firearm, following his arrest in a Denver suburb Saturday morning, May 16, 2020. The Douglas County sheriff's office says deputies arrested 27-year-old Cody Latimer after responding to a report just after midnight of shots fired inside an apartment in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
Washington Redskins player arrested in Colorado

May. 16, 2020 02:57 PM EDT

These booking photos provided by the City of Independence Missouri Police Department show Saousoalii Siavii Jr. A former defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks has been charged with illegally possessing firearms. The U.S. attorney's office said Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, in announcing the charges against 40-year-old Saousoalii Siavii Jr. that he was twice stunned with a Taser after he resisted arrest when he was taken into custody in August. The confrontation began after he was spotted getting out of a vehicle that had been reported stolen. Prosecutors say he fought off officers in the Kansas City suburb of Independence before he was restrained. (City of Independence Missouri Police Department via AP)
Ex-NFL player charged with illegally possessing firearms

Aug. 27, 2019 08:45 AM EDT