Los Angeles Chargers veteran linebacker Denzel Perryman was arrested Friday, according to online jail records.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Perryman was booked on a felony charge at 9:41 p.m. Friday.
Perryman was stopped by South Los Angeles Station deputies for vehicle code violations, authorities said, and during a search, deputies discovered five firearms in Perryman’s vehicle, two of which were assault style rifles.
‘He was arrested and booked on weapons violation charges and was cooperative with deputies,’ Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
Perryman is being held without bail at the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station and is scheduled to appear at Inglewood Court on Tuesday.
The Chargers said in a statement that they are aware of Perryman’s arrest and are gathering information.
‘At this time, we are still in the process of gathering all the facts and working with the appropriate parties. While I can’t comment on specific details, we remain confident that the situation will be resolved fairly and in accordance with the law,’ Perryman’s agent, Ron Butler, said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports.
Perryman is in his second stint with the Chargers, having played for them from 2015, when he was a second-round pick by the team when they were in San Diego, until 2020. Perryman also played for the Las Vegas Raiders and Houston Texans before returning to the Chargers for the 2024 season.
In 2023, while with the Texans, Perryman was suspended for three games for repeated violations of player safety. He was flagged for unnecessary roughness following a helmet-to-helmet hit on Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase in Week 10. The suspension was later reduced to two games on appeal.