Cameron Sutton, the veteran cornerback wished for weeks by police in Florida for his alleged involvement in a domestic violence case, turned himself in Sunday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office stated.

Police had been unable to find Sutton since March 7, when an arrest warrant was issued for him. They had responded to a name early that morning at a home in Lutz, Florida, the place Sutton allegedly battered a lady earlier than fleeing the scene.

Sutton’s lawyer contacted the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office final Monday to say he would flip himself in, solely to take action six days later, officers stated. He was booked in the Orient Road Jail in Tampa, Florida, at 8:24 p.m. native time on Sunday.

“After weeks of evading law enforcement, this man has finally made the right choice to turn himself in,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister stated in an announcement. “Domestic violence has no place in our community, and no one is above the law here in Hillsborough County.”

Sutton is going through a cost of domestic battery by strangulation, a third-degree felony punishable by as much as 5 years in jail. A sheriff’s workplace spokesperson beforehand advised ESPN there was proof of wounds on the girl’s physique.

Sutton, 29, joined the Detroit Lions as an unrestricted free agent in 2023 on a three-year, $33 million contract after spending his first six NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Lions launched him March 21, the day after the crew discovered concerning the warrant for his arrest.

Speaking final week on the NFL homeowners conferences, Lions crew president Rod Wood advised Fox 2 in Detroit that Sutton was in the Lions’ exercise facility once they discovered concerning the warrant and {that a} member of the crew was capable of discuss with him and advise him to show himself in.

“Suggested he get counsel and do the right thing to turn himself in,” Wood advised the tv station. “After that, we met the rest of the day and the following morning to decide to release him.”

Information from ESPN’s Eric Woodyard was used in this report.