Boxing champion Jermain Taylor turned himself in to authorities Wednesday after his bond was revoked in an August shooting involving his cousin.
Taylor, 36, was charged with felony contempt of court after prosecutors said that his arrest on drug and gun-related charges earlier this week violated the conditions of his release.
Little Rock police arrested Taylor near downtown Monday after he purportedly threatened to kill a family of five at gunpoint after attending the city's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. Officers recovered a handgun and a bag of marijuana in Taylor's pocket.
He was arraigned Tuesday morning in District Court on five counts of aggravated assault, three counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and possession of marijuana.
Taylor, the International Boxing Federation middleweight champion, posted $50,000 bond that afternoon and was released from the Pulaski County jail.
Hours later, Circuit Judge Leon Johnson approved a motion by prosecutors to revoke Taylor's $25,000 bond in the August shooting case. An arrest warrant was issued.
Taylor turned himself in about 2:30 p.m. at the Pulaski County sheriff's office at Roosevelt Road and Brown Street, blocks away from the county jail. Sheriff's office spokesman Capt. Carl Minden said Taylor will be separated from the general inmate population, as he was during his first stint behind bars this week.
Deputy prosecuting attorney John Johnson said a hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday, but noted the date could be changed. If the court finds Taylor willfully violated the conditions of his release, Judge Johnson "may impose different or additional conditions of release upon the defendant or revoke his release," Arkansas law states.
Taylor, nicknamed "Bad Intentions," faces charges of first-degree battery and first-degree terroristic threatening in that case. He allegedly shot his 41-year-old cousin, Tyrone DaWayne Hinton, and threatened another man during a dispute at his North Little Rock home.
Taylor, a Little Rock native, posted a profanity-laced video to his Facebook page Tuesday night that was recorded while the boxer was in a bathtub. In the video, which has since been deleted, Taylor apologized to his fans, complained about a lack of candy for children at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade and said "that boy" shouldn't have messed with him.
Three more videos of the boxer were posted on his Facebook page Wednesday.
In another since-deleted clip, Taylor recorded himself and his girlfriend in bed together and announced they were engaged. The footage was posted about 3 a.m.
Shortly after noon, a video was posted on Taylor's Facebook page showing him in tan coveralls lying on the side of a road attempting to fix a flat tire on a Jeep Rubicon. The boxer was apparently on his way to turn himself in.
"I got two hours to be free and I got a d * * * flat. Ain't that f * * * * * up," he said, laughing.
Another video posted about 2 p.m. on his Facebook page shows the boxer driving and smoking a cigarillo with rap music blaring.
Taylor had been scheduled to defend his first title in seven years Feb. 6 against Sergia Mora. The fight was cancelled Friday after Taylor suffered a fractured rib in training.
Boxing promoter Lou Dibella told USA Today on Tuesday that he had begun seeking Taylor's replacement in the fight. He also told the paper he had "grave concerns about [Taylor's] mental well-being right now and the decisions he's making."
Taylor's attorneys have not commented on his recent legal troubles.
Sports on 01/22/2015