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Eagles linebacker Akeem Jordan was arrested in connection with an incident in Harrisonburg, Va., early Sunday and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery, according to the Harrisonburg Police Department.
Jordan, 25, is a Harrisonburg native and played at James Madison University.
The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Firetap Bar and Grill on Evelyn Byrd Avenue at 2 a.m.
“They got into a verbal altercation, which led to a physical disorderly incident,” said police spokeswomen Mary-Hope Vass. “The incident was reported to us on Sunday afternoon. The victim went to the magistrate and obtained the warrant. Jordan turned himself in Sunday without any issues.”
Jordan was released on his own recognizance yesterday.
“It’s always unfortunate when these things happen,” Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, Jordan’s agent, said. “Circumstances happen, but I’m confident it will be figured out.
“He is cooperating fully. Getting into the details doesn’t help anybody, it impedes the process. I stand behind the kid 100 percent. He’s a first-class kid, but you always wish these things never happen. He’s got a great track record as a citizen.”
An Eagles spokesman said the team is aware of the reports and will not have any further comment.
Asked the severity of the victim’s injuries, Vass said, “It was nothing life-threatening.”
The victim being referred to the magistrate is not unusual, Vass said.
“A lot of times if there is not probable cause or a case like this that happened hours before and there is no physical evidence, we refer to victim to go to the magistrate and get their warrant,” she said.
The Eagles did not tender Jordan a contract before the lockout began.
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since 2002.
Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les
only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no
penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite
what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News
from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much
lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their
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selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
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daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
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