What a strange week it has been for Lucky Whitehead. First, an arrest warrant was issued for the wide receiver when he failed to appear at the arraignment for a previously unknown shoplifting charge. Hours later, the Cowboys decided to release him. Today, agent Dave Rich says that all charges have been dropped against his client and the warrant has been rescinded (Twitter link via Ian Rapoport of NFL.com). According to Rich, the cops had the wrong guy. 
The good news Whitehead is now clear of any serious legal trouble. The bad news is that Whitehead’s name has been sullied by a bogus accusation and he may or may not be out of a job.
Apparently, the Cowboys did not file the paperwork on Whitehead in time to make his release official for Monday (Twitter link). If they still go through with releasing him, teams will have the opportunity to claim him on Wednesday afternoon. If they opt to retain Whitehead in light of today’s news, they’ll have to first mend a bridge with a player who may be harboring some bad feelings against the team.
Whitehead also has a bone to pick with the Prince William County Police Department. In a statement from Sergeant Jonathan L. Perok (link), the department says that they cuffed a man for petit larceny who provided Whitehead’s date of birth and social security number, but did not produce identification. The cops crosschecked the info with Whitehead’s DMV photo and decided to take the man at his word.
The Cowboys probably moved to quickly dump Whitehead because of the other headaches they are also dealing with. The team is still waiting for a ruling on the league’s Ezekiel Elliott investigation while linebacker Damien Wilson deals with the fallout from his 4th of July blowup.
Fourth of July blowup. Pun intended
I hope things work out for him. I heard he wasn’t even in the state when this incident happened. Mistakes happen but when you are dealing with people’s lives you need to be more careful.
Yet Elliot’s starting job was never in question. If you are a star you can rape, murder, beat your wife, you just can’t have a cousin who fights dogs….
Unfortunately with cops like the ones in this case. Guys like Elliot can get away with anything.
Evidence?
there is no evidence against elliot, also vick admitted to killing dogs that lost. ur statement has no merrit. also what player has murdered there wife and still plays… ill wait
Ray Lewis
Not his wife
They signed Greg Hardy, let Irvin coke out of his mind. If this was a star player he would still be on the team
Wow….just wow to that response
Needs to change his name. He’s anything but Lucky
Idk what has less proof both of zekes cases he’s dealing with or trump colluding with Russia… People completely disregard the texts from the girl friend (that have been made public) that explicitly say “I’m going to lie to the police and ruin your career” and people like our pal “Renochris” want to throw terms like rape and murder around like he did either of those. Take a hike pal
My post was players in general (Roethlisberger rape, Ray Lewis Murder, Greg Hardy domestic violence, Stallworth dui murder) all stayed in the league
Fair enough, agree with you on all those accounts except Vick, he legit changed
He didn’t do it