Ravens Zay Flowers' Assault Case Ends With No Charges Filed: Reports

BALTIMORE, MD — The investigation into a domestic assault allegation against Baltimore Ravens player Zay Flowers was suspended without any criminal charges filed against the wide receiver, multiple reports said Tuesday.

The Baltimore Banner first reported the news Tuesday afternoon. The Baltimore Sun followed quickly with its own report.

Both outlets first reported Feb. 8 that Flowers was involved in a domestic assault investigation stemming from a Jan. 21 call in the Owings Mills area.

Flowers was never named an official suspect, but The Banner and The Sun both reported that he was tied to the investigation.

FOX 45 reported that Baltimore County police were called to Flowers' home on Jan. 16 around 7 a.m. for a welfare check. The TV station said an unknown woman called 911 and quickly hung up.

"Female answered and was crying, said she didn't have an emergency, but she seemed in distress when she hung up the phone," a Baltimore County police dispatcher said, according to a recording obtained by FOX 45.

Baltimore County Police released a redacted police report that said a woman told police officers in Acton, Massachusetts, she was bruised in an assault, and she was reluctant to give details because the person involved was a high-profile NFL player, WBAL TV reported.

The woman told officers the brother of the person involved had a gun, police records obtained by Patch said.

The Baltimore County Police Department suspended the investigation Friday morning, records say.

"This matter is considered closed, but the department reserves the right to reopen the case if additional information becomes available," police spokesperson Joy Lepola-Stewart told Patch in an email Tuesday.

The Banner also reviewed the dispatcher's recording and confirmed that 911 operators called the female back after the first call disconnected. The caller was geolocated in the house next to Flowers', The Banner said.

Neighbors told FOX 45 they saw police outside Flowers' home for over an hour that day.

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Patch contacted Baltimore County Police on Tuesday and requested all of the documents in the investigation involving Flowers. Police sent Patch all the police reports, the 911 call and the radio dispatch. Authorities redacted, or blocked out, any identifying information for all the parties involved.

Patch could not independently verify that Flowers was involved in this investigation because of the redacted identifying information. We can confirm that the investigation involved an NFL player in Owings Mills and that the Ravens were contacted for help reaching somebody tied to the situation.

Police were dispatched to an Owings Mills home on Jan. 16 around 7:15 a.m.

Officers conducted a welfare check after getting a call from a crying female, who called 911 but quickly hung up. 911 operators called the number back and said there was no emergency.

"Female answered and was crying, said she didn't have an emergency, but she seemed in distress when she hung up the phone," a police dispatcher said in a recording reviewed by Patch.

Officers arrived at the estimated location of the call and knocked on the door of that address. Without giving an exact address, authorities can only estimate where a call originated by triangulating the cell phone towers that a call used. That leaves some room for error when homes are close together.

The person who answered the door said they didn't call 911.

Flowers played in Baltimore's AFC Championship loss on Jan. 28, seven days after the date listed for the assault allegation. It's unclear when the investigation began. It's also unclear whether the Ravens knew about the investigation before playing Flowers in the AFC Championship.

Flowers, the Ravens’ first-round draft pick, set team rookie records for catches (77) and receiving yards (858) and scored six total touchdowns in 16 games, NBC Sports reported.

Flowers, a Fort Lauderdale native, graduated from Boston College. That's about 25 miles from Acton.

Patch editor Jacob Baumgart reported this story.