Why was Mark Walton arrested? Ex-NFL star, 24, who punched pregnant GF in trouble AGAIN
MIAMI, FLORIDA: Former NFL running back Mark Walton has been arrested for an alleged armed robbery that took place in Miami last month. Walton and an accomplice reportedly pulled a gun on a person and demanded they give him “everything”. They eventually fled with a Rolex in an incident that was reportedly caught on surveillance video. On Tuesday, March 22, Walton, 24, was arrested and held without bond on charges of armed robbery.
Walton played for the Bengals in 2018. He was drafted in the fourth round out of the University of Miami and for the Dolphins in 2019. This is not the first time Walton is facing legal troubles. In 2020, he was released by the Miami Dolphins after he was arrested for assaulting a pregnant woman in Davie. General Manager Chris Grier said in a statement, "We hold our players to a high standard and take these matters very seriously." Walton was arrested for punching his pregnant girlfriend in the face and head and charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant person.
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At the time, officers went to a home in the Fort Lauderdale suburban area where his pregnant girlfriend told the cops that Walton had punched her in the face and head numerous times and left her left eye swollen and also pushed her against a wall. She said that she was five weeks into her pregnancy with his child and had informed Walton about it.
Again, in 2021, a video showed Walton getting involved in an argument with staff members of a Pizza Hut, screaming at police officers, and also fighting with his cousin before asking cops if he could “pee" on himself. The video showed cops approaching Walton while he had a heated conversation at the pizza joint's ordering counter. When further questioned by police, he said he was angry with the workers because they canceled one of his orders. He also alleged that one of the staff members called him the 'N-word'. He went on to explain that he came to the restaurant to confront them over the alleged insult.
Pizza Hut workers told officers that Walton was “banging on the windows” before they reached the scene. Walton, however, did not back out even after the cops asked him to and later started yelling at them. He also told one of the officers, “You don't know who I am! I don't care! I'm about money!” He subsequently left the scene with his cousin but did not go very far as the two got involved in a fight between themselves. When cops went on to check, they found Walton standing over his cousin, who was bleeding heavily from his forehead.
Police officers soon took out their tasers and ordered Walton to the ground while he claimed his cousin was hurt due to a fall after grabbing him during their altercation and not because he hit him. He argued as cops handcuffed him before asking if he could “pee on myself” and when cops permitted him, he actually went on to do it. He also confessed to a cop that he had been drinking previously in the day. Walton was then pressed with two charges — misdemeanor trespassing and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. However, some reports stated that according to court records he reached a deal with prosecutors so that the case could be closed.