Overview
- Miami-Dade prosecutors filed felony counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, fleeing and eluding, and resisting an officer with violence, plus a misdemeanor stalking charge.
- An aggravated battery-on-officer count was dropped and a previously filed aggravated stalking charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, reflecting revised charging decisions.
- Police reports say Pearce followed Rickea Jackson, rammed her car near a Doral police station, struck an officer with his vehicle, fled, crashed, and was arrested after a brief chase.
- The court order bars Pearce from contacting Jackson or approaching within 500 feet of her home or workplace and within 100 feet of her vehicle, with a hearing to determine permanence on April 21.
- Pearce remains free on bond, maintains his innocence through counsel, and the NFL is reviewing the matter under its Personal Conduct Policy; reports cite at least seven prior 911 calls involving alleged stalking or harassment.