Charges of grand theft and battery have been dropped against free-agent safety Matt Elam, according to Palm Beach County (Florida) online records.
The charges were stemming from his May 22 arrest in Delray Beach, Florida after an argument with his girlfriend over a cellphone turned physical, according to the police report. The woman, 22, and Elam, 25, fell outside a residence as they wrestled for the phone, before Elam got the phone and walked away, the report said.
The woman told police that Elam said the phone was his because he paid for it, but she paid the bills, according to the report.