Former Ferris State football QB Jayru Campbell didn’t have the best holidays due to an incident on Christmas that landed him in jail.
While at an Auburn Hills (Detroit) hospital, Campbell got into an argument with the staff, leading to police being called, and things escalated, according to The Detroit News.
Campbell was live-streaming the incident where he was holding his daughter and scissors while he and about four police officers were having a back-and-forth. Halfway through the video, things got worse, and one of the officers had to let him know they weren’t trying to kill him which he responded by telling them they had the guns in their hands.
He eventually put the scissors and his daughter down. They arrested and charged him with fourth-degree child abuse, three counts of felonious assault on a police officer, disturbing the peace, and trespassing. He faces a one-year jail sentence or five years probation for the child abuse charge, up to 4 years, and a $2,000 fine for each of the felonious assault charges and is being held on a $30,000 cash bond.
His lawyer says he was trying to let his daughter see her mom.
McCarty, Campbell’s lawyer, provided details about the incident at the hospital, saying his client had taken his 2-year-old daughter to the hospital on Christmas so she could see her mother.
“Obviously there’s much more than meets the eye than what the world saw by way of the Facebook live video,” McCarty said.
“I know Mr. Campbell, if he were here and he were speaking on his behalf, he’d want you to know this: He brought his daughter to see her mother on Christmas Day.”
According to the attorney, Campbell had called 911 himself after his efforts to have his daughter visit with her mom were unsuccessful.
“He called 911 when apparently that wasn’t going to happen,” McCarty explained. “He sought help … instead of a crisis intervention we saw an escalation.”
Ryan Gagnon, chief of police of the Auburn Hills Police Department, said officers worked to de-escalate the situation.
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