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The American sprinter spent the night in custody before being charged for committing a felony following a nasty confrontation with police who claimed he fought them in Miami.
Olympics bronze medalist Fred Kerley spent time in police custody after he was arrested and charged with a felony in Miami on Thursday.
Kerley landed in trouble after police accused him of assaulting one of them during a confrontation in Miami Beach late Thursday night, leading to a nasty confrontation.
The sprinter had parked his car at a scene that had officers trying to solve an incident but approached them in an aggressive demeanor as was concerned about his vehicle.
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The arrest report states that officers told Kerley to “go around” the area but he continued to be aggressive, arguing with officers and eventually trying to “force” his way through two officers and grabbing the hand of an officer who put it up to “create space” between him and the athlete.
Authorities said Kerley pushed an officer, leading to a struggle with multiple cops on the ground. At one point, police said an officer “delivered multiple hammer fists” to Kerley’s head and elbowed him in the back as he resisted arrest.
The report further states that after “multiple diversionary strikes to his rib cage area,” officers used a stun gun on him and were able to get him in handcuffs. Authorities said despite being in handcuffs, Kerley was able to remove one of the stun gun probes.
Police arrested him on a felony charge of battery on a law enforcement officer and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct with his girlfriend Cleo Jamila Rahman also charged with the misdemeanor of resisting arrest.
An arrest report states that Rahman was screaming, “That’s my boyfriend! That’s my boyfriend!” and “continue(d) yelling and causing a scene trying to pass through the officer barricade” amid the arrest, causing officers to “divert their attention from assisting the officers to deal with her.”
Kerley was arraigned in Miami-Dade bond court Friday afternoon with the judge taking the persecutor to task over the beating the sprinter received from the police.
“It looks like he was beaten up pretty badly by the police, from what I read,” Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer said as per Local10.com with the sprinter’s attorney accusing the law enforcers of using excessive force that escalated what was a small matter.
The judge found probable cause for the counts of battery on an officer and resisting arrest, but not disorderly conduct, and ordered that Kerley be released on his own recognizance.
“Sir, you’re probably smart to stay off Miami Beach,” Glazer warned Kerley. “Go somewhere else to go to dinner, avoid getting in trouble, because if you get re-arrested, you’re going to be locked up in jail until your trial.”
Kerley won bronze in the 100m at the Paris 2024 Olympics, having claimed silver at the 2020 Games and also won gold in 100m at the 2022 World Championships.
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