{"id":256037,"date":"2025-08-02T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T13:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/256037\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T13:42:11","slug":"denzel-perryman-arrested-in-l-a-for-possession-of-an-assault-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/256037\/","title":{"rendered":"Denzel Perryman Arrested in L.A. for Possession of an Assault Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Denzel Perryman<br \/>\n                          NFL Linebacker Arrested for Possession of an Assault Weapon<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published August 2, 2025 6:10 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250802_090b1ec1dde04d77bdf54f22af1477ca\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3e50bd69-df7b-4ec6-b444-f11f2bd3c87f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/090b1ec1dde04d77bdf54f22af1477ca_md.jpg\" alt=\"denzel perryman main getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denzel Perryman, a linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers, was arrested on Friday in Los Angeles, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to law enforcement sources &#8230; the NFL player was picked up by the South Los Angeles Sheriff&#8217;s Station officers Friday evening and booked on a felony charge of possessing an assault weapon.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250802_948ee337081c446ea9aecd03f57313d7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3e50bd69-df7b-4ec6-b444-f11f2bd3c87f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/948ee337081c446ea9aecd03f57313d7_md.jpg\" alt=\"denzel perryman sub getty swipe 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told he was en route to the gun range when cops searched his car and found he had 2 AR rifles and 3 handguns in his trunk &#8212; with the rifles being non-compliant &#8212; which is illegal in California.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s still in jail as of Saturday morning and is due in court on Tuesday. This is Denzel&#8217;s first felony charge.<\/p>\n<p>Fans may remember he got in trouble with the rules of the NFL back in 2023 and was suspended without pay for 3 games for repeatedly violating player safety rules. He was with the Houston Texans at the time.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250802_30ba0ff48ee44c53ae2e0fdf986e6067\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3e50bd69-df7b-4ec6-b444-f11f2bd3c87f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/30ba0ff48ee44c53ae2e0fdf986e6067_md.jpg\" alt=\"denzel perryman sub getty swipe 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denzel was first drafted by San Diego in 2015, which later became the L.A. Chargers. He played for the team for 6 years before being signed by the Carolina Panthers. However, he was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders a few months later and then signed by the Texans in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He made his way back to the Chargers in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ reached out to his team for comment &#8230; so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Denzel Perryman NFL Linebacker Arrested for Possession of an Assault Weapon Published August 2, 2025 6:10 AM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,88,6,9,266,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-256037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-chargers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangeleschargers","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sports-news","18":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114959466201342165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}