NFL player Isaiah Adams is facing firearm charges following a Durham Regional Police guns and gangs investigation that also led to drug trafficking charges against three other people.
Officers concluded an investigation on July 17 right into a man believed to be in possession of a firearm and involved in drug trafficking, in response to a police news release.
Investigators arrested a person and a lady in a vehicle in Ajax, Ont., where they allegedly found greater than three kilograms of suspected fentanyl.
Police later executed a search warrant at a house in Pickering, where they are saying they seized a loaded firearm with a prohibited over-capacity magazine and a duplicate Uzi firearm.
The loaded firearm had been reported stolen from Georgia, police said.
Adams, 25, is charged with possession of a firearm obtained by crime, possession of a restricted or prohibited firearm with out a licence, possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a prohibited device, in response to the discharge.
Allyson Mae Adams, 27, and Jaelin Jared Gamble, 27 , from Pickering, and Natasha Rotta, 32, from Ajax face multiple charges including firearm-related charges and possession of medicine, trafficking.
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All 4 were held for bail hearings. Not one of the allegations have been proven in court.
Adams’ lawyer, Adam Weisberg, denied the allegations.
“Isaiah is totally innocent on this matter,” Weisberg told The Associated Press. “He had no knowledge of any firearm, and he will likely be fully exonerated.”
Adams, an Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman, reported to the team’s training camp Thursday.
Asked concerning the Ajax, Ont., native, head coach for the Arizona Cardinals Mike LaFleur declined to debate the case but said Adams gave the impression to be doing well.
“He’s doing good,” LaFleur said. “I’m not going to comment an excessive amount of on that, obviously … but he’s doing good and it’s good to see him.”
Global News contacted the Cardinals for comment before publication but didn’t receive a response by deadline.
–with files from The Associated Press
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