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Alshon Jeffery Was Arrested
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Alshon Jeffery — who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2017 season — was arrested for insurance fraud earlier this week, TMZ Sports has learned.
Jeffery — who was also busted for conceal/fail to disclose insurance benefit or payment — was booked in jail around 8 AM on Wednesday and has since been released.
Not a lot of details. Context clues suggest this happened in California, as TMZ staff writes – “According to California law, the insurance fraud charge is a felony and can carry up to five years in prison and/or a fine that’s double the amount of the fraud.” Alshon is from South Carolina and played his college ball down there at USC.
I couldn’t find anything in the court records, no dockets or anything. Every state has a different system, which is a pain in the ass.
Somewhat related, this made me think of Wendell Smallwood’s arrest from a few years ago. He also played on the 2017 Super Bowl team and was charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the IRS, based on accusations that he ripped off COVID-19 relief programs. Not sure if you saw the story a few weeks ago, but while serving 18 months on those charges, Smallwood pled guilty to second degree unlawful possession of an assault firearm. That’s according to Chris Franklin at NJ.com.
There’s not much out there yet on Alshon. He was awesome in the 2017 playoff run. He had 12 receptions for 219 yards and three touchdowns against the Falcons, Vikings, and Patriots.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com