The troubled father of NFL rookie and 2024 Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter has been arrested for violating the phrases of his probation — after his court-ordered location monitor misplaced monitor of him for 11 minutes, based on authorities.
A warrant was issued for Travis Hunter Sr. on July 10 after his probation officer mentioned authorities briefly misplaced monitor of him the evening of June 28 when he was “too far away from his monitoring device to be accurately tracked,” based on court docket paperwork obtained by USA At this time.
The 39-year-old dad, who’s on probation associated to drug and gun fees from an arrest in November 2023, was taken into custody in Palm Seashore, Florida on Tuesday, based on court docket data. He’s being held on the West Palm Seashore jail with out bond.
Hunter Sr. triggered a “bracelet gone” alarm between 8:07 and eight:18 p.m. on June 28, based on the probation officer’s report.
When contacted by the monitoring middle, Hunter Sr. mentioned he was simply in his bed room whereas the system was in his front room, the docs present. Three days later, he claimed he had misplaced it in the course of the time it went off and was on the lookout for it, USA At this time reported.
The probation officer examined the system on July 4 and decided it was working correctly. Hunter Sr. instructed the officer he was “moving too fast and forgot it,” court docket paperwork confirmed.
A decide dominated that he violated the circumstances of his probation for failing to undergo digital monitoring.
Hunter Sr. was initially arrested in 2023 at a visitors cease in Palm Seashore County after police found the gun and medicines in his automobile. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years on probation, together with one yr of home arrest.
He was unable to attend his son’s Heisman Trophy-winning presentation in December in New York, however was granted an exception to attend this yr’s NFL draft in Inexperienced Bay, the place his son, a two-way College of Colorado star, was chosen second total by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
