AEW’s Cash Wheeler arrested for aggravated assault with firearm

  • Ian Carey
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Cash Wheeler is facing a third-degree felony charge stemming from a road rage incident in Florida. 

As first reported by The Orlando Sentinel, Wheeler has been charged with one count of aggravated assault with a firearm and booked in Circuit Court. 

Wheeler is alleged to have flashed a handgun at another person during a road rage incident on July 27. A warrant for his arrest was filed the following day. According to county records, he pled not guilty through a lawyer on August 3 and turned himself in on Friday morning to Orlando Police. 

Wheeler appeared in court for a hearing on Friday afternoon. He was given a $2500 bond, ordered to turn in any weapons he owns, and to have no contact with the alleged victim. 

Video of Wheeler’s hearing was posted on Reddit.

Video: Cash Wheeler’s arraignment + notes
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AEW issued a statement in response to the news. 

“AEW has been made aware of the charge, and we are closely monitoring the situation. (Wheeler) is fully cooperating with local authorities,” the company stated to the Orlando Sentinel.

According to Hanlon Law, the maximum penalty for the charge in Florida is five years in prison or five years probation, plus a $5000 fine. The firm notes that even first-time offenders can face jail time for the offense. 

From Hanlon Law regarding aggravated assault with a firearm charges:

Florida Statutes section 784.021 requires a prosecutor to prove beyond a reasonable doubt certain elements to obtain a conviction for aggravated assault. These are that the defendant intentionally and illegally threatened through words or acts to do violence to the alleged victim, the defendant appeared to be able to carry out this threat at the time, the threat created in the alleged victim a reasonable fear that violence was about to happen, and the assault was made with a deadly weapon or a fully formed conscious intent to perpetrate a felony.

Wheeler along with his FTR teammate, Dax Harwood, is scheduled to defend the AEW World Tag Team Championships against The Young Bucks at All In later this month.