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Cameron Sutton, a former Detroit Lions cornerback who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lions-cameron-sutton-wanted-domestic-violence-charge-florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was wanted by police</a> in Florida last month for a domestic violence warrant, turned himself in on Sunday night.The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office</a> released a video showing Sutton, 29, arriving at a jail in Tampa. Sutton was wanted for domestic battery by strangulation, which is a third-degree felony and could result in a prison term of up to five years.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</a>"After weeks of evading law enforcement, this man has finally made the right choice to turn himself in," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said. "Domestic violence has no place in our community, and no one is above the law here in Hillsborough County. My thoughts are with this woman as she continues to heal from this man’s gruesome actions."The Lions released Sutton after police announced he was being sought.Authorities said officers responded to a call about domestic violence in progress involving the former Pittsburgh Steelers player and a female around 5 a.m. on March 7. The sheriff’s office then asked the public for help trying to find Sutton.Lions president Rod Wood said at the time that Sutton was at the team’s training facility when the warrant was issued.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/police-seek-chiefs-rashee-rice-connection-major-crash-dallas-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLICE SEEK CHIEFS' RASHEE RICE IN CONNECTION WITH 'MAJOR' CRASH IN DALLAS: REPORT</a>"We learned about the warrant at the same time everybody else did on social media," Wood told Fox 2 Detroit last week. "We were able to speak to Cam because he was actually in our building. We found him. He was down with our strength staff. He kind of showed up unexpectedly to work out."Sutton signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Lions before the start of the 2023 season after spending six years with the Steelers. He played and started all 17 games for Detroit and their three playoff games.He had a career-high 65 tackles and an interception in 2023. He was projected to be a starting cornerback going into the 2024 season along with newly signed Carlton Davis.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pittsburgh selected</a> the Jonesboro, Georgia, native in the third round of the 2017 draft out of Tennessee. He earned his way to being a starting cornerback in his fifth season with Pittsburgh.With the Steelers, he had 168 total tackles in 84 career games along with eight interceptions.Follow Fox News Digital’s<a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> sports coverage on X</a> and subscribe to<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.

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content: 'Cameron Sutton, a former Detroit Lions cornerback who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/lions-cameron-sutton-wanted-domestic-violence-charge-florida"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">was wanted by police</a> in Florida last month for
 a domestic violence warrant, turned himself in on Sunday night.The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/florida"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office</a> released
 a video showing Sutton, 29, arriving at a jail in Tampa. Sutton was wanted for domestic
 battery by strangulation, which is a third-degree felony and could result in a prison
 term of up to five years.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM</a>"After
 weeks of evading law enforcement, this man has finally made the right choice to
 turn himself in," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said. "Domestic violence
 has no place in our community, and no one is above the law here in Hillsborough
 County. My thoughts are with this woman as she continues to heal from this man’s
 gruesome actions."The Lions released Sutton after police announced he was
 being sought.Authorities said officers responded to a call about domestic
 violence in progress involving the former Pittsburgh Steelers player and a female
 around 5 a.m. on March 7. The sheriff’s office then asked the public for help trying
 to find Sutton.Lions president Rod Wood said at the time that Sutton was
 at the team’s training facility when the warrant was issued.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/police-seek-chiefs-rashee-rice-connection-major-crash-dallas-report"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLICE SEEK CHIEFS'' RASHEE RICE IN CONNECTION
 WITH ''MAJOR'' CRASH IN DALLAS: REPORT</a>"We learned about the
 warrant at the same time everybody else did on social media," Wood told Fox 2 Detroit
 last week. "We were able to speak to Cam because he was actually in our building.
 We found him. He was down with our strength staff. He kind of showed up unexpectedly
 to work out."Sutton signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Lions
 before the start of the 2023 season after spending six years with the Steelers.
 He played and started all 17 games for Detroit and their three playoff games.He
 had a career-high 65 tackles and an interception in 2023. He was projected to be
 a starting cornerback going into the 2024 season along with newly signed Carlton
 Davis.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/sports/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pittsburgh selected</a> the Jonesboro, Georgia, native
 in the third round of the 2017 draft out of Tennessee. He earned his way to being
 a starting cornerback in his fifth season with Pittsburgh.With the Steelers,
 he had 168 total tackles in 84 career games along with eight interceptions.Follow
 Fox News Digital’s<a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSports_" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener"> sports coverage on X</a> and
 subscribe to<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter</a>.'
summary: Former Detroit Lions star cornerback Cameron Sutton turned himself in after
 police issued a warrant for his arrest over an alleged domestic violence incident.
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