--- title: Chad Johnson Says He Watched the FBI Arrest Roger Stone description: Chad "Ocho Cinco" Johnson has claimed that he witnessed federal agents take Roger Stone into custody ahead of his morning jog. canonical: https://time.com/5513115/chad-johnson-roger-stone-arrest/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-25T16:23:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:06.669Z og:title: Chad Johnson Says He Watched the FBI Arrest Roger Stone og:description: The former NFL star claims he was heading out for his morning jog og:url: https://time.com/5513115/chad-johnson-roger-stone-arrest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta821d2db529423bd/698943ff86f68e35616eb39e/chad-johnson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: chad-johnson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chad Johnson Says He Watched the FBI Arrest Roger Stone twitter:description: The former NFL star claims he was heading out for his morning jog twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta821d2db529423bd/698943ff86f68e35616eb39e/chad-johnson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chad 'Ocho Cinco' Johnson Says He Watched the FBI Arrest Roger Stone Before His Morning Jog  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 25, 2019 4:23 PM UTC  NFL Star Chad Johnson discusses 'Warriors of Liberty City' with the Build Series at Build Studio on September 4, 2018 in New York City. NFL Star Chad Johnson discusses 'Warriors of Liberty City' with the Build Series at Build Studio on September 4, 2018 in New York City.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 25, 2019 4:23 PM UTC [Chad Johnson](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/10/seriously-this-time-chad-ochocinco-says-he-will-change-his-name/) — a.k.a. Ocho Cinco — has claimed that he witnessed federal agents [take his “neighbor” Roger Stone into custody](http://time.com/5513027/roger-stone-arrest-fbi/) ahead of his Friday morning jog. The former NFL and reality TV star took to Twitter on Friday to share his take on the FBI’s pre-dawn arrest of Stone at his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home. “FBI arrested my neighbor Roger before my morning jog, I’ve only seen sh-t like that in movies, crazy to start to my Friday,” Johnson tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/ochocinco/status/1088791420511678466) Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, was arrested in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and [faces a seven-count indictment](http://time.com/5512984/roger-stone-arrested-mueller/). The charges against him include obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements related to his contacts with WikiLeaks, the organization responsible for the release of hacked Democratic emails in the 2016 presidential election. 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