{"id":124873,"date":"2024-11-12T06:13:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124873"},"modified":"2024-11-12T06:13:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:13:59","slug":"rays-wander-franco-who-awaits-sex-abuse-trial-arrested-in-armed-altercation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124873","title":{"rendered":"Rays&#8217; Wander Franco, who awaits sex abuse trial, arrested in armed altercation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) \u2014 Tampa Bay Rays shortstop <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/franco\">Wander Franco<\/a><\/span>, who awaits trial in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wander-franco-tampa-bay-rays-c03d428708ad5d4e5d93b9a1718b7b01\">a sexual abuse case<\/a><\/span>, was arrested for his involvement in an armed altercation in the Dominican Republic countryside, police said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Meregirdo Espinosa, a Dominican police spokesman, told The Associated Press the altercation happened in a parking lot in San Juan de la Maguana, a city that is located 116 miles (187 kilometers) west of Santo Domingo. Franco was arrested Sunday. Another man and a woman were also detained, and two firearms were seized, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Espinosa said one of the guns presumably belonged to Franco, who was allegedly fighting with the other man over the woman\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>Police didn\u2019t say whether there were injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Franco is scheduled to go to trial Dec. 12 in the northern province of Puerto Plata in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl. He was also charged with sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Franco was conditionally released Jan. 5, four days after his arrest on the abuse allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Franco, who has refused to speak to the media, has said about the case: \u201cEverything is in God\u2019s hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franco was in the midst of his third major league season when his career was halted in August 2023. 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