Wednesday, January 8, 2003

Former pro football player arrested for assault on wife By JOHN MUNFORD jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com A former National Football League player who lives in Fayette County has been arrested for pointing a gun at his wife during an argument at the couple's south Fayette home. Gregory Lloyd, 37, a former defensive standout with the Pittsburgh Steelers, is charged with simple battery, pointing a gun at another person and cruelty to children in the second degree. The arrest warrants against Lloyd were taken out by his wife instead of a police agency. According to the warrants, which were signed by a magistrate court judge, Lloyd choked her and put the gun to her head during an argument Dec. 30 between 3 and 4 a.m. The victim is also seeking a temporary protective order from the court that would keep Lloyd from her presence. "He told me that one of us was going to end up in the hospital and the other in jail," the victim wrote in her petition for a temporary protective order. The following day, Lloyd told her he was going to leave the home and as she watched what he was doing with the gun, he told her "to go ahead and call the police, that he didn't have a clip in the gun and that any other man would have put me six feet under," the petition states. The victim also said in the petition that her only injuries were from scratches to her neck. Lloyd also owns several guns and "has a very bad temper," the petition stated. What do you think of this story? Click here to send a message to the editor. Back to the News Home Page| Back to the top of the page