Richard Sherman arrested for burglary domestic violence

Free-agent cornerback Richard Sherman was booked on a burglary domestic violence charge Wednesday morning in Seattle, King County Correctional Facility records show.

Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe said Sherman tried to force his way into his in-laws' residence, according to The Athletic's Matt Barrows. The case is classified as domestic violence because of the relationship of the parties involved, even though no family members were harmed, police said.

The case is being investigated as a felony, according to USA Today's Scooby Axson. Sherman, 33, was denied bail, though suspects in domestic violence cases typically aren't released until they appear before a judge.

Sherman also faces a malicious mischief charge for the damage he caused to the door of the residence, Lowe said.

"At this time we're going to make no statements, except he didn't harm anybody," Sherman's wife, Ashley Moss, told The Seattle Times' Bob Condotta. "My kids were not harmed in the incident. He's a good person and this is not his character. We're doing all right, just trying to get him out. I want people to know no one was injured."

Police said they responded to a 911 call around 1:49 a.m. PT from someone complaining that an adult family member who didn't live at the residence was forcibly trying to enter the home.

Sherman allegedly fought with police when they arrived, and he suffered minor injuries. He was eventually apprehended, taken to the hospital, and then booked into the correctional facility, according to police.

Meanwhile, Washington State Police are recommending DUI and hit-and-run misdemeanor charges against Sherman after investigating a single-car incident that preceded the burglary domestic violence arrest, a spokesperson told Barrows.

Sherman's vehicle sustained significant damage on the driver's side door after crashing in a highway construction zone, Washington State Patrol captain Ron Mead said. Mead noted that one of the tires was nearly separate from the vehicle.

State officials wound up at the same home where local enforcement apprehended Sherman after screening the license plates on an abandoned vehicle near the crash site, according to Barrows.

The NFL Players Association addressed the domestic violence charge through a statement, but the union didn't mention Sherman - a vice president of its executive committee - by name.

"We were made aware of an arrest last night of one of our player leaders for an alleged domestic violence incident and have activated our domestic violence crisis protocol for the protection and support of everyone involved," the statement read. "We will continue to monitor events closely as more facts are made available to us."

Sherman became a free agent in March after completing a three-year, $39-million contract with the San Francisco 49ers. He spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Seattle Seahawks, and the veteran won a Super Bowl while anchoring the "Legion of Boom."