Feb. 7, where Pearce allegedly used his vehicle <\/a>to strike Jackson\u2019s multiple times.\u00a0<\/p>\nFalcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. (27) is interviewed after an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints. AP<\/p>\n
After that incident, she told police that they had recently broken up after being together for three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The police reports obtained by ESPN span from late November through the day that Pearce allegedly rammed his car into Jackson\u2019s in Doral, Florida, in a terrifying episode that resulted in Pearce being arrested on felony battery and stalking charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new information published showed an allegedly escalating pattern of incidents, which included one on Jan. 28, where cops responded to a woman\u2019s residence in Doral after she was \u201cin fear\u201d after Pearce had damaged the front door of her home.<\/p>\n
The woman told responding officers that she had not wanted Pearce to enter the residence, which she had shared with the football player occasionally, and she opted to go to a hotel to \u201cavoid further incidents,\u201d the police report stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pearce was not there when law enforcement arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officers responded to a separate incident earlier that same day that was reported as a daytime burglary in progress with Pearce described as \u201cthe subject.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jets quarterback Tyrod Taylor (2) breaks away from Falcons defensive end James Pearce Jr. (27). Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n
The police report was redacted and it was not clear what had happened, though it did say that a woman, who was listed as \u201cMs. Jackson,\u201d had told police that she had seen Pearce leaving before police had gotten to the scene.<\/p>\n
ESPN found that the first incident occurred on Nov. 24 around 11 p.m. when police responded to a domestic disturbance after Pearce had allegedly had been knocking on her door and called the landline several times.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The unnamed woman did not let Pearce in and he left 20 minutes before authorities arrived, however, they were called again hours later on Nov. 25, when she became concerned that Pearce was \u201clikely going to return to her residence again\u201d after his dad called her to let her know that Pearce was coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He did not show, but the woman was spooked over the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police \u201cadvised\u201d Pearce \u201cnot to return to the residence\u201d on Jan. 13 after being called to a domestic disturbance incident and authorities found themselves back there on Feb. 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The police report for the Feb. 1 incident was heavily redacted; however, ESPN reported that it appeared to indicate that it had occurred inside a garage and that \u201cother incidents have occurred outside of the City of Doral jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officers were back a day later and a security guard told officers that Pearce was stalking his client.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pearce found himself under arrest days later after he allegedly rear-ended Jackson\u2019s car and then struck her vehicle head-on while she tried to escape him by driving toward the Doral Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police say Pearce attempted to drive away after they arrived on the scene, allegedly getting back in his white Lamborghini SUV, shutting the door when an officer opened it and driving off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He is said to have struck an officer in the left knee when he fled and then crashed the SUV at an intersection, before fleeing on foot, with officers eventually apprehending him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rickea Jackson #2 of the Breeze looks to shoot against the Vinyl during the first quarter of the Unrivaled 2026 game. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Pearce has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, one count of aggravated stalking, fleeing and eluding police officers, and aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer \u2013 all of which are felonies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pearce\u2019s legal team claims their client is innocent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to working with the State Attorney\u2019s Office in fully investigating this case and uncovering the truth,\u201d Pearce\u2019s lawyers Jacob Nunez, Yale Sanford and Joshua Cohen said in a statement. \u201cMr. Pearce maintains his innocence and urges the public to understand that while allegations have the power to shape a narrative, that it is hardly the full, complete story.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to vigorously defending our Client and remain confident that he will continue contributing positively to both his team and the community he serves so well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A disturbing pattern has come to light around Falcons linebacker James Pearce Jr. in the months leading up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[223,254,2554,224,7,40439,6,9,12370],"class_list":["post-803621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-atlantafalcons","tag-falcons","tag-football","tag-los-angeles-sparks","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116202783712108320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803621","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=803621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}