Three police officers reportedly had to pile on top of the ailing former New York Giants to tackle Chad Wheeler and use a Taser to get him in custody after he allegedly strangled his girlfriend unconscious.
Several police reports obtained by TMZ Sports give an account of the fight between police in Kent and the former NFL attacking linebacker during the alleged January 22 attack on his girlfriend’s apartment, which left the woman with a dislocated arm said the police.
“When I caught Chad, I could see that he was very solid and muscular, because he was not easy to move,” an officer wrote in a police report about the 27-year-old man who was 6 feet 7 inches tall. and 315 was. pound.
Kent police have alerted the suspect in the domestic attack, which Wheeler has described as the result of a ‘manic episode’ – was the NFL linebacker, TMZ reported.
Three reactionaries then had to climb on top of Wheeler to subdue him, but still struggled to arrest him, one officer recalled.
“As the three of us (with a combined weight of about 700 pounds) were on top of Chad, I could feel him lifting his body as he pushed to get away,” reads a police report.
At one point, Wheeler used his ‘massive size’ when he scraped with police in a bathroom to lift himself up to six inches off the floor while apparently making ‘little effort’, an officer in one report written.
Police eventually used a Taser on the cooperating Wheeler, but the device reportedly had ‘little or no effect’ on him.
“Chad was so strong that even with the combined weight of three officers, he was able to move around and prevent us from putting his arms behind his back,” one officer wrote in a report.
The three officers eventually arrested Wheeler, but asked a jailer to take him to the police station because they feared his substantial frame would not fit in a regular police officer, TMZ reported.
Wheeler, who previously played for the New York Giants in 2017 and 2018, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault on domestic violence in the first place, unlawful imprisonment in domestic violence and resistance to arrest in the alleged attack.
Wheeler was cut off by the Seattle Seahawks on Jan. 27 after his arrest and is due to appear in court again on Feb. 11. He was released from custody, but he was ordered to stay in the house and stay away from the victim.
After Wheeler later resigned by the Seahawks tweeted that he stepped down from football and said he needed help following the ‘manic episode’ which he said led to the alleged attack.
“I can’t express my sadness or remorse enough,” Wheeler tweeted Wednesday. “I’m really ashamed.”
The Seahawks lineman took medication for bipolar disorder, but recently stopped using it, according to a separate police report.