DENVER — A Denver Broncos coach has been arrested after he allegedly punched a Denver police officer exterior the airport on Sunday.
Michael D’Andre Wilhoite, who works for the Broncos as their exterior linebackers coach, faces a cost of second-degree assault on a peace officer, in line with an arrest affidavit obtained by Denver7 on Monday morning.
Based on the affidavit, at 2:09 p.m. on Sunday, a Denver police officer was working a curb task alongside the east arrivals space on the Denver Worldwide Airport. Wilhoite pulled into the departure space in a 2021 Grey Ford Bronco and left the car unattended, the affidavit reads.
The officer noticed Wilhoite return to his car and advised him that he couldn’t depart the automotive unattended. Wilhoite allegedly advised the officer to “shut the f*** up,” and the officer repeated that he couldn’t depart the automotive alongside the curb. Wilhoite once more advised the officer to “shut the f*** up,” the affidavit reads.
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“Because the suspect said this the second time, he approached the sufferer in an aggressive method and bumped his chest into the sufferer inflicting him to step backwards,” the arrest affidavit reads. “The sufferer shoved the suspect again away from him, and the suspect punched the sufferer in the appropriate aspect of the face with a closed left fist. This induced the sufferer to fall to the bottom.”
As Wilhoite walked again to the automotive and opened the driving force’s aspect door, the officer deployed a Taser, which was efficient for about 5 seconds, the affidavit says. After this, Wilhoite received into his automotive and drove away.
The officer had accidents to each of his knees and his jaw, and attainable inner accidents to his wrist.
Based on the affidavit, he was arrested round 3:25 p.m. Sunday. Court docket paperwork present that he’s going through a cost of second-degree assault on a peace officer.
Wilhoite appeared in courtroom on Monday morning, the place his legal professional argued the cost needs to be a category 4 felony, not a category 3 felony. The choose expressed considerations about what was detailed within the affidavit, noting that the airport pickup line is a “routine, on a regular basis” factor that folks undergo on a regular basis with out resorting to violence. The choose awarded the defendant a $5,000 skilled surety bond or a $500 money possibility.
A Denver Broncos spokesperson supplied the next assertion to Denver7 on Monday morning: “We’re conscious of a state of affairs involving Michael Wilhoite that occurred Sunday and are within the means of gathering extra info.”
Wilhoite was employed by the membership in February 2023.
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