Former New England Patriots Player Held On Stalking Charge

CONCORD, NH — A former New England Patriots defensive end who was arrested at Concord High School on a stalking charge last week is being held on cash bail. Gregory Spires, 44, of Cypress, TX, was arrested on May 10, 2019, on a misdemeanor stalking charge. He was held without bail after his arrest.

At his arraignment yesterday in Concord District Court, bail was set at $50,000 and he was not released, according to Sgt. Matthew Casey of the Concord Police Department.

Last Friday, at just before 2 p.m., school personnel called police because they believed that a man who showed up at the school to visit a student there had an active protective order preventing him from being at the school. Dispatch radioed the school resource officer about the subject – Spires – and stated that the order issued on May 9, the day before. The SRO took Spires into custody without incident.

Spires, via video arraignment recorded by WMUR-TV, claimed that this incident was the first he had ever been arrested and pleaded with the judge to be released.

“I just want to say that I’m totally innocent,” he stated.

Concord City Prosecutor Tracy Connolly alleged that Spires flew up from Texas this week to visit a student at the school but offered no notice to the child with the protective order. His wife, Alzadia Spires, said allegations against her husband were “bogus.”

The mother of the student stated in court that she divorced Spires more than 10 years ago, fleeing their home in Massachusetts to New Hampshire, due to domestic violence, according to the Concord Monitor.

Spires played for the Patriots from 1998 to 2000. He played for the 2002 Super Bowl winners, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Spires retired from football in 2007.

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