Saints' Lattimore arrested on suspicion of possessing stolen gun

New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was arrested Thursday night for possessing a loaded handgun that had been reported as stolen, Cleveland police said Friday, according to ESPN's Mike Triplett.

Lattimore and three others were arrested after the car they were traveling in was stopped for multiple traffic violations. Lattimore, a Cleveland native, was a passenger, and he was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon (failure to notify) and receiving stolen property.

The other two passengers were arrested for having weapons while under disability, and the driver was arrested for improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

Lattimore was charged with a fourth-degree felony for receiving stolen property and his bond was set at $5,000, reports Amie Just of NOLA.com, citing court records.

The 24-year-old Lattimore was booked into the Cuyahoga County Jail by the police's gang investigators, according to records obtained by Adam Ferrise of Cleveland.com.

"Mr. Lattimore, a proud Cleveland native with no prior criminal record or history, is fully cooperating with law enforcement's investigation of this matter," Marcus Sidoti, Lattimore's lawyer, said in a statement, according to Ferrise. "He was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by police and was arrested without incident and was not formally charged. We believe that this was a misunderstanding and that this will become even clearer as new information becomes available and is shared with the authorities."

Lattimore was the 2017 Defensive Rookie of the Year and earned his third Pro Bowl selection in 2020. He's entering the fifth and final year of his rookie contract with the Saints and went into the offseason as a candidate to receive a lucrative extension.