Packers TE Andrew Quarless arrested for firing gun in public
Green Bay Packers tight end Andrew Quarless was arrested in Miami Beach over the weekend for allegedly firing two gunshots in the air during an argument.
The incident reportedly occurred around 5 a.m. Saturday outside of a parking garage and Quarless has been charged with discharging a firearm in public, a misdemeanor.
Miami Beach Police say a witness reported that Quarless was riding in a black Porsche with three other people around 5 a.m. Saturday when they pulled up to a car full of women. An arrest affidavit says the football player and another man approached the car. It said the conversation eventually escalated and the witness told authorities he heard the women yelling for Quarless and his friend to leave them alone.
That’s when authorities say Quarless, who is entering his sixth season with the Packers, pulled out a handgun and fired two shots in the air. Quarless and the driver of the Porsche fled, but were later found and the gun was recovered, the affidavit states.
The arrest affidavit says that Quarless was discovered a few blocks away from the scene outside a restaurant “attempting to conceal himself and the black firearm in a nearby plant.” Quarless was detained “without incident” and an officer found the gun “hidden within a potted plant.”
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The Packers are aware of the incident.
“We are aware of the matter involving Andrew Quarless and are in the process of gathering more information,” the team said in a statement. “We will withhold further comment.”
The 26-year-old Quarless is entering his sixth season with the Packers after the team selected him in the fifth round of the 2010 draft out of Penn State. He started 11 games last season and registered 29 catches for 323 yards and three touchdowns.
Overall in his career, Quarless has 85 catches for 909 yards and six scores.
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