CALIFORNIA – Super Bowl champion running back with the New York Giants, Derrick Ward, is facing five second-degree robbery charges in California.
All five charges are felonies.
Ward was arrested in Los Angeles on Monday and was booked into Valley Jail in Van Nuys. He was being held on $250,000 bail.
He’s accused of being involved in multiple robberies across the city and using force to get money from several businesses that include gas stations, according to TMZ.
The 43-year-old was a seventh-round pick of the New York Jets in the 2004 draft out of Fresno State and later played for Ottawa University in Kansas. He was then cut by the Jets before he played a game.
He went on to spend five years in with the Giants.
During the 2007 season, the Giants running back helped the team make the Super Bowl and upset the undefeated New England Patriots led by Tom Brady.
Ward joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2009. He went on to play for the Houston Texans between 2010 and 2011 and retired from the NFL in 2012.
He was still in custody as of Thursday.
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