Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Derrick Ward, a former NFL running back who won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants, was arrested in Los Angeles on a felony charge on Monday, according to online jail records.
He was arrested around noon local time and booked into the Valley Jail in Van Nuys around 6:30 p.m. He was being held on $250,000 bail. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Derrick Ward, #34 of the New York Giants, runs the ball against the Carolina Panthers on Dec.
21, 2008 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Ward is being accused of being involved in multiple robberies across the city and using force to get money from several businesses, including gas stations, according to TMZ.
The 43-year-old was a seventh-round pick of the New York Jets in the 2004 draft out of Fresno State and later Ottawa University in Kansas.