{"id":261608,"date":"2025-08-04T17:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/261608\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:43:11","slug":"chargers-linebacker-denzel-perryman-arrested-held-without-bail-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/261608\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman arrested, held without bail in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CAC5DDED00D43B34DDA8C091FAFDA976.jpg\" alt=\"Denzel Perryman arrested in LA\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">LOS ANGELES &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/sports\/nfl\/chargers\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> linebacker Denzel Perryman remained in custody after being arrested in South LA on Friday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Perryman was pulled over for a traffic violation by LA County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies on Friday, Aug. 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">During the traffic stop, officials said they found five guns in Perryman&#8217;s vehicle, including two illegal assault-style rifles.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The University of Miami alum was subsequently arrested. He was booked on felony charges and was held without bail at the South LA Sheriff&#8217;s Station.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">His agent, Ron Butler, said the 32-year-old linebacker will fully cooperate with the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754329391_220_gettyimages-2191134462.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Denzel Perryman #6 of the Los Angeles Chargers. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images)  (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>  LA Chargers release a statement <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">&#8220;We are aware of a matter involving Denzel and are gathering information,&#8221; the Chargers said in a released statement.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The arrest comes the day after the Chargers defeated the Detroit Lions in a preseason game, 34-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Perryman is due to appear in an Inglewood courtroom on Tuesday, Aug. 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">SUGGESTED COVERAGE:<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story also used information provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and the Southern California News Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/sports\/nfl\/chargers\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/los-angeles\/south-los-angeles\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Los Angeles<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8211; Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman remained in custody after being arrested in South LA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[682,241,11242,7,1014,262,9681,2444,2443,6,51468,9,800],"class_list":{"0":"post-261608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","14":"tag-los-angeles-county","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleschargers","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-south-los-angeles","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114971738865865699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261608","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=261608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}