KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks has been charged with illegally possessing firearms.
The U.S. attorney's office said Monday in announcing the charges against 40-year-old Saousoalii Siavii Jr. that he was twice stunned with a Taser after he resisted arrest when he was taken into custody in August.
The confrontation began after he was spotted getting out of a vehicle that had been reported stolen. Prosecutors say he fought off officers in the Kansas City suburb of Independence before he was restrained. At the time, he was in possession of a gun, ammunition, methamphetamine and marijuana.