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The Miramar (Fla.) police department issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Giants corner DeAndre Baker for four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm stemming from an alleged incident Wednesday night.
The affidavit also says one of Baker’s alleged accomplices was wearing a red mask and alleges, according to testimony from multiple witnesses, that “Baker directed the assailant in the red mask to shoot (an unnamed person), who was just walking into the party.”
Seattle Seahawks corner Quinton Dunbar also has a warrant out for his arrest connected to the alleged incident for four counts of armed robbery.
The affidavit and application for arrest warrant, submitted by detective Mark Moretti of the Miramar Police Department, states that at approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday, Baker, 22, was “armed with a semi-automatic firearm” and “took money and watches belonging to the victim (s) with force” at a party at a Miramar residence.
Baker is charged with aggravated assault because he allegedly “intentionally and unlawfully threatened the victim(s) with a firearm, creating a reasonable fear that violence or harm is imminent.”
A witness said under oath that Baker “pointed a gun at him and he was in fear for his life.”
One witness said Baker and Dunbar had lost “about $70,000” at a party in Miami two nights prior. Multiple witnesses said Baker and his alleged cohorts had getaway cars “pre-positioned outside the residence in a manner that would facilitate an expedited departure from the residence.”
Baker and his accomplices are alleged to have stolen at gunpoint, in order of the listed items: $7,000 in U.S. currency and a $25,000 Hublot watch; $4,000 in U.S. currency and a $17.500 Audemars Piguet watch; $600 in U.S. currency and “a Richard Mille knock-off valued at $600.”
The Giants released a statement saying: “We are aware of the situation. We have been in contact with DeAndre. We have no further comment at this time.”
The NFL released a statement: “We are aware of the matter but will decline further comment at this time.”
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