{"id":755558,"date":"2026-02-16T08:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755558\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T08:08:51","slug":"atlanta-falcons-linebacker-james-pearce-jr-taken-into-custody-following-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755558\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. taken into custody following chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">DORAL, Fla. \u2014 Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. was taken into custody Saturday following a domestic incident and subsequent vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash, according to jail records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police responded to an altercation involving a man and woman. Pearce, 22, allegedly left the scene and subsequently wrecked his vehicle at Northwest 103rd Avenue and 66th Street, where officers apprehended him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Authorities charged Pearce with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, along with aggravated stalking and eluding law enforcement. He remains at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center awaiting bond determination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The 2025 first-round selection finished second in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting after tallying 10.5 sacks, a franchise rookie record since 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error that needs correction? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walb.com\/2026\/02\/08\/atlanta-falcons-linebacker-james-pearce-jr-taken-into-custody-following-chase\/mailto:walb-digitalproducers@gray.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Let us know.<\/a> Please include the article\u2019s headline in your message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">To stay up to date on all the latest news as it develops, follow WALB on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WALBNews10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WALBNews10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">X (Twitter)<\/a>. For more South Georgia news, download the WALB News app from the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/walb-news-10\/id449395459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Apple Store<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/search?q=walb+news+10+app&amp;c=apps&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Google Play<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WALB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DORAL, Fla. \u2014 Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. was taken into custody Saturday following a domestic incident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,106536,2554,108114,224,7,106331,6,108113,108115],"class_list":{"0":"post-755558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-falcons","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons-linebacker","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-doral-police-chase","13":"tag-falcons","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-james-pearce-jr-arrest","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-domestic-dispute","18":"tag-wnba-rickea-jackson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116079294152132599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755558","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=755558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}