Terrion Arnold Tied to Alleged Florida Robbery and Kidnapping in Court Order
terrion arnold appears by name in a seven‑page Hillsborough County Circuit Court order that details an alleged armed robbery and kidnapping in Tampa linked to the theft of items from an Airbnb he had rented in Largo, Fla. The court action prompted pretrial detention for one defendant on six first‑degree felony counts, while Arnold has not been arrested or charged.
Boakai Eugene Hilton held without bond on six counts
Boakai Eugene Hilton, 23, was ordered held without bond after a Feb. 24 hearing in State of Florida v. Boakai Eugene Hilton. The state secured pretrial detention on three counts of kidnapping to harm or terrorize and three counts of robbery with a firearm, each charged as a first‑degree felony punishable by life in prison. Hilton pleaded not guilty. The judge’s written order describes evidence presented at the hearing and states that none of that evidence was contradicted.
Hillsborough County Circuit Court order and Judge J. Logan Murphy
Circuit Judge J. Logan Murphy authored the seven‑page order that links the robbery and kidnapping to an earlier burglary of an Airbnb in Largo. The order lays out a narrative in which the Airbnb was burglarized twice, triggering a confrontation that culminated in the Tampa incident. Murphy summarized the events as a decision by those connected to the rental to take matters into their own hands rather than relying solely on law enforcement.
Terrion Arnold named in the court document
The court record names Terrion Arnold and recounts that he had engaged a private driver, Yan Lopez, to transport him and companions to and from the Largo rental. Arnold, 22, is identified in the documents as the renter of the Airbnb and as a person who reported the theft to Largo authorities. The order notes that Arnold called the Largo police station at 10 p. m. on Feb. 3 to file a report about missing money and items; the alleged kidnapping and robbery of three victims occurred about two hours later on Feb. 4 in Tampa.
Largo Airbnb theft: losses detailed
The order describes the burglaries of the Largo rental as resulting in the loss of $100, 000 in cash, an $80, 000 necklace, designer bags and an NFL‑issued cellphone. Those reported losses are cited as the motive for the subsequent confrontation that led to the Tampa incident. The written findings say text messages show individuals discussing plans to retrieve stolen property and to confront suspected participants.
Sequence of the Tampa incident and named victims
Three men — Daniel Tenesaca, Soljah Anderson and Yan Lopez — were brought to an apartment after one co‑defendant, Jasmine Randazzo, allegedly lured one victim there. Arianna Del Valle is identified in the order as having instructed Randazzo to act as bait, with promises of payment from Arnold and friends; Arnold’s lawyer later said the court order incorrectly identified Del Valle as Arnold’s girlfriend. When Tenesaca and Anderson entered, Lyndell Hudson and Christion Williams confronted them in a bedroom closet, armed with a rifle and a handgun. The victims were held in a bedroom for about an hour, interrogated, beaten and pistol‑whipped, the order states.
Lopez, who had remained in a car, later entered the apartment and was also assaulted. One co‑defendant placed the barrel of a firearm in Lopez’s mouth while demanding the return of the stolen property and Arnold’s phone. Before the victims were released, their phones and wallets were taken. The order explicitly states there is no evidence the three victims were involved in the Largo burglaries.
Text messages, FaceTime and the alleged orchestration
The court documents describe text messages and a group chat in which Hilton asks whether a co‑defendant had a gun and instructs Del Valle to video the encounter on FaceTime so he could see and hear what was happening. Messages directed co‑defendants to seize the victims’ phones and leave them in a bedroom corner until "terrion [a]nd Boakai [Hilton] and Fredo" arrived. The judge wrote that text messages show Hilton appearing to orchestrate the ambush while traveling with Arnold back from Tallahassee, Fla., and that Hilton later arrived at the apartment and was identified by a victim as he escorted them out.
Arnold’s legal position and team response
Online court and police records indicate Arnold, a 2024 first‑round pick out of Alabama who has started 22 of 24 games for Detroit, has not been arrested or charged. R. Timothy Jansen, Arnold’s lawyer, issued a statement stressing that Arnold had no involvement in the conduct that led to the arrests, that he was neither present nor a participant, and that police reports, text messages and witness statements contain no evidence implicating him. The Detroit Lions declined to comment on an ongoing legal matter.
What makes this notable is the combination of detailed digital evidence and contemporaneous police reporting used by the court to connect the Largo thefts to the violent Tampa confrontation; the judge found the accounts, messages and victim statements to be consistent. The broader implication is that the pretrial detention decision rests not only on the charges themselves but on the judge’s assessment of coordinated behavior traced through multiple communications and actions.
Several defendants remain subject to the criminal case in Hillsborough County, and the court record outlines that the alleged retaliatory plot followed the reported thefts from the Largo Airbnb. Further criminal proceedings are pending, and the identities, charges and statements noted in the court order are part of the public record in the ongoing prosecution.
