Overview
- Arnold has not been arrested or charged, and his lawyer says prosecutors confirmed no charges have been filed against him.
- The seven-page Feb. 24 order by Judge J. Logan Murphy grants pretrial detention for Boakai Eugene Hilton on three kidnapping counts and three robbery-with-a-firearm counts, offenses that can carry life sentences.
- Court documents tie the alleged Feb. 4 ambush to efforts to recover items stolen from an Airbnb Arnold rented in Largo, including designer bags, about $100,000 in cash, an $80,000 necklace and an NFL-issued phone.
- Prosecutors say victims were lured to a Tampa apartment, where they were held for roughly an hour, beaten and pistol-whipped, with one victim threatened at gunpoint, and the order states there is no evidence they took part in the Airbnb thefts.
- The order describes Hilton orchestrating the plan via group texts, allegedly including messages sent while riding with Arnold and a request to record the encounter on FaceTime, with multiple arrests made in the case and Hilton pleading not guilty.