Three police officers were supposed to pile on top of the former New York Giants, who attack Chad Wheeler and use a Taser to take him into custody after drowning his girlfriend’s unconscious.
Several police reports obtained by TMZ Sports detail the fight between Kent police officers and the former NFL line officer during the alleged January 22 attack on his girlfriend’s apartment, which left the woman with a dislocated arm, she told police.
“When I took Chad, I realized that he was very strong and muscular, because he was not easy to move,” an officer wrote in a police report of the 27-year-old, who was tall. of 6 feet and 7 inches and 315 pounds.
Kent police have been informed that the suspect in the internal attack – Wheeler – has described as the result of a “manic episode” – He was the NFL lineman, TMZ reported.
Three officers who responded then had to collectively climb on top of Wheeler to subdue him, but still tried to take him into custody, an officer recalls.
“Since the three of us (with a combined weight of about 700 pounds) were above Chad, I could feel him lifting his body as if pushed up to escape,” a police report read. .
At one point, Wheeler used his “massive size” while rummaging with cops in a bathroom to currently stand up to six inches off the floor, while apparently using “little effort,” he wrote. officer in a report.
Police eventually used an uncooperative Wheeler Taser, but the device had “little or no effect” on it, according to the report.
“Chad was so strong that, even with the combined weight of three officers, it managed to move and prevent us from putting our arms behind our backs,” one officer wrote in a report.
The three officers eventually took Wheeler into custody, but asked for a prison van to take him to the police station, fearing that his considerable staff would not fit into a standard police cruiser. reported TMZ.
Wheeler, who previously played for the New York Giants in 2017 and 2018, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree domestic violence, illegal domestic violence imprisonment and resistance to arrest in the alleged attack.
Wheeler was cut by the Seattle Seahawks on January 27 after his arrest and is due to return to court on February 11. He was released from custody, but was ordered to remain under house arrest and stay away from the victim.
After being abandoned by the Seahawks, Wheeler later posted on Twitter that he has moved away from football, saying that he needs help following the “manic episode” that he claims led to the alleged attack.
“I can’t express my pain or remorse enough,” Wheeler wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. “I’m really ashamed.”
Officer Seahawks had taken medication for the bipolar disorder, but recently stopped taking it, a separate police report said.