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Saints' Marcus Maye Arrested in New Orleans

The Saints secondary takes another hit this week, as Marcus Maye was arrested on Thursday morning.

John Hendrix

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The plot thickens in New Orleans for the Saints. According to a Thursday afternoon report by Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football, safety Marcus Maye was arrested on Thursday morning for aggravated assault with a firearm. The incident happened on Monday.

Maye, who was not spotted at practice on Thursday, already had a hearing pushed back to Nov. 21 from his February 2021 DUI arrest. This is far from ideal for the Saints secondary, who just traded away C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Eagles on Tuesday. Maye signed a three-year contract worth up to $28.5 million with the Saints this offseason, and was looking strong in training camp to be the starter alongside Tyrann Mathieu.

According to Louisiana legislature, here's the definition of aggravated assault with a firearm. You can read up more on it here.

A. Aggravated assault with a firearm is an assault committed with a firearm.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" is defined as an instrument used in the propulsion of shot, shell, or bullets by the action of gunpowder exploded within it.
C. Whoever commits an aggravated assault with a firearm shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, with or without hard labor, or both.

The Saints are set to have a few days off after practice on Thursday. We'll see what this means for Week 1, and what the NFL will ultimately do under the personal conduct policy.

UPDATE: CBS Sports Senior NFL Insider Josina Anderson put out on her Twitter a statement from Eric Hessler, Maye's New Orleans attorney. 

“Marcus vehemently denies the allegation from a motor vehicle incident, and looks forward to defending himself when all the facts come out.”

Again, we'll have to see how this plays out.

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JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net

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