{"id":514404,"date":"2026-03-21T04:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/514404\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T04:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T04:25:56","slug":"troubled-former-penguins-winger-arrested-again-reports-say-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/514404\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubled former Penguins winger arrested again, reports say \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/\">PGHHockeyNOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Former Johnstown Chiefs and <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-penguins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> forward Billy Tibbetts is again behind bars, according to a report in the Time Leader newspaper in Wilkes-Barre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Penguins signed Tibbetts in November 2000, a year after he was paroled in Massachusetts for multiple violent offenses. For three seasons, Tibbetts played in the NHL with the Penguins, the Philadelphia Flyers, and the New York Rangers. Tibbetts then played for many teams in the AHL, ECHL, a couple of seasons in the SM-liiga, before finishing his career in the low levels of the minors, bottoming out in the SPHL in 2008-09.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to multiple reports, police and U.S. Marshalls arrested Tibbetts, 51, on Tuesday at a Red Roof Inn near Mohegan Sun Arena on a bench warrant. 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