Federal investigators conducted a raid at the Washington Football Team’s training facility on Friday, and the team’s head athletic trainer is on leave due to an investigation, authorities and team officials said.
The searches at the team facility were conducted Friday afternoon at the INOVA Sports Performance Center in Ashburn and at a home in Loudoun County, sources told a local NBC affiliate.
Ryan Vermillion, the WFT’s director of sports medicine and head athletic trainer, is also on leave, team officials said Monday.
“Ryan Vermillion has been placed on administrative leave due to an ongoing criminal investigation that is unrelated to the team,” the team said.
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Breaking: Federal law enforcement conducted raid at Washington facility last week, team says head trainer Ryan Vermillion “placed on administrative leave due to an ongoing criminal investigation that is unrelated to the team.” Reporting with @granthpaulsen & @JulieCareyNBC
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Witnesses of the search at the Loudoun County home say they saw multiple U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents.
Vermillion also did not travel with the football team to Atlanta this weekend, according to a reporter with NBC Sports.
According to a biography on the team’s webpage, Vermillion is in his second season as Washington’s head athletic trainer and spent 18 seasons as the head athletic trainer for the Carolina Panthers.
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The Washington Examiner contacted the WFT and the DEA but did not immediately receive a response.
