Former NFL Star Arrested on Charges

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A former New England Patriots defensive back was arrested and charged with felony assault on an 82-year-old man on September 18. CBS News and many other outlets.

Patrick Pass, 46, was taken into custody following an incident in Rhode Island on Aug. 28, when he allegedly pushed an unidentified octogenarian during an argument over exercise equipment at a Planet Fitness. The victim reportedly suffered injuries to his lower back.

According to the reviewed arrest records CBSPass was charged with assault on a person over 60, causing bodily injury (a felony in Rhode Island) and disturbing the public order (a misdemeanor). Pass was released on $10,000 bail and ordered to have no contact with the victim.

The Patriots drafted Pass in 2000, the same year Tom Brady joined the team. The team won three Super Bowls during Pass' tenure. Pass completed 1,096 yards receiving in his career, threw for three touchdowns and caught another in his seven years with the team.

Pass never fully recovered from a hamstring injury he suffered in 2005, and played only four more games before retiring from the NFL in 2009. He went on to coach the Boston Freedom Fighters and Massachusetts Pirates, but was suspended indefinitely by the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2023 after a riot in which Pass and several players entered the stands and fought with attendees. However, he is still listed as the Pirates' Director of Football Personnel Development.

He is due to appear in court in January.

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