Crime & Safety
Former Falcons Player Charged with Battery
John Abraham is suspected of involvement in a fight outside the Pink Pony in February of last year.

Credit: DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office
Brookhaven police have charged former Atlanta Falcons linebacker John Abraham with battery for a February 2014 incident outside a well-known strip club.
Abraham is accused of getting involved in a Feb. 28, 2014 fight outside the Pink Pony which sent one man to the hospital, CBS Atlanta says. Abraham allegedly attacked the man after the man approached him to end a dispute the two had been having for some time.
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Police have secured an arrest warrant for Abraham on the misdemeanor charge, CBS Atlanta says.
Abraham is no stranger to the Pink Pony nor its associated vices; in June of 2014, Abraham was arrested for DUI after police found him asleep at the wheel of his car after having left the strip club.
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