Florida State tailback James Wilder Jr. arrested

TALLAHASSEE — Florida State running back James Wilder Jr. was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with obstructing a law enforcement officer without violence and battery on a law enforcement officer.

Wilder ran for 160 yards and a touchdown last season as a freshman. The son of former Tampa Bay Bucs running back James Wilder, he was a Scout.com five-star recruit after a standout prep career at Tampa's Plant High.

According to the police report, Leon County deputies went to an apartment on Chapel Drive after Wilder's girlfriend, Bianca Camarda, failed to appear in court on a criminal mischief charge. Wilder answered the door and allowed the deputies to search the apartment for Camarda, who was found hiding in the bathroom.

Once a deputy placed Camarda in handcuffs and escorted her to the police car, Wilder allegedly told the deputy that she was not going to jail, stepped between the deputy and Camarda and pushed him.

The deputy threatened to use his Taser and advised Wilder that he "would be Tased if he continued to interfere." Wilder then began yelling obscenities at the deputy, the report said.
Both Camarda and Wilder were taken to Leon County Jail and bonded out.

"There was miscommunication between him and the officer," Wilder's attorney, Tim Jansen, told the Tallahassee Democrat. "He never touched the officer and he never attempted to touch the officer."