Anthony "Rumble" Johnson Arrested For Identity Theft Just Days After Spectacular Bellator Knockout
Uhhh, what the fuck?!
Just this past weekend, I wrote the headline "RUMBLE JOHNSON IS BACK IN A BIG BAD WAY" after his comeback win and ruthless knockout over in Bellator....
...but he's been arrested for - identity theft? Like....he stole someone's credit card?? What???
MMAFighting- Anthony “Rumble” Johnson was arrested and charged with identity theft in Connecticut just after he made a successful debut in Bellator MMA.
Police records show Johnson was detained by the New Canaan Police Department at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn., which was the site of his win over Jose Augusto.
“On 11/09/2019 the New Canaan Police took a complainant regarding a victim having their credit card being used by a third party without permission,” New Canaan police stated in the arrest record for Johnson.
“The illegal use of the credit card was used to purchase a round-trip airline ticket from Ft. Lauderdale, FL (FLL) to Newark, NJ (EWR). The name of the passenger was Anthony Johnson. A subsequent Investigation determined Johnson used the illegally obtained credit card to purchase the airline ticket. An arrest warrant was obtained for Johnson for the above charges.”
Sounds like he stole a fuckin credit card! What the fuck?!
How is Rumble THAT down for cash? Why is Bellator not booking his flights to and from the fights?! I have so many questions!
Unfortunately, the only information I know about identity theft comes from that god awful Jason Bateman/Melissa McCarthy movie, so I can't provide any answers, but if he goes to jail, I sure hope everybody knows not to fuck with him. They'll have themselves a baaad night if not.
Poor Scott Coker.
P.S. I think I've told this story before, but Rumble called me on the phone in like 2017 (I was an intern at Barstool at the time just starting to cover MMA, don't even remember how he got my number) because Dave had allegedly said something about his girlfriend on radio.
I don't think any of us every figured out what he was talking about or if Dave had even said anything about his girlfriend at all, but it was a pretty intimidating phone call. He kept saying "We're gonna have to figure this out." and I had nothing to say in return.
