The latest incident involving (former) pup Jalen Carter:
There was a rumor floating around on Twitter earlier this week involving Eagles DT Jalen Carter, who, alongside his girlfriend, was ALLEGEDLY involved in some sort of shoplifting incident at Target. E.J. Smith at the Inquirer asked about it: I asked Carter about the social-media rumors that he...
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Sgt. Mark Fusetti, who typically has good information on these kinds of things in Philly, wrote this a few hours later: “
Here’s the incident – Self check out girlfriend failed to ring up stuff. He (Jalen Carter) grabbed bags and went to walk out they stopped him and he got nasty with cops. Someone from eagles or nfl called and he was released.”
Fusetti notes that “
Had he not gotten mouthy with the cop we never would’ve heard about it.”
No mainstream media outlets reported on the story. There was no statement from the Eagles, or the police, or Carter, or anybody, really. No charges were filed and no one was arrested, so the rumor just sort of fizzled out over 48 hours.