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Former NFL running back is in a pile of trouble now

Armond Smith

Carolina Panthers’ Armond Smith (36) runs against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone)

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Armond Smith wasn’t able to rake up enough yards to keep an NFL job, and the latest news about him is going to leaf a lot of people disappointed.

According to Aimee Jones of the Rockdale (Ga.) Citizen, the former Panthers and Browns running back was arrested for stealing a leaf-blower out of the back of a landscaper’s truck parked outside the county courthouse.

Smith was charged with theft by taking (no word on whether he sped away by going fast) after a witness said he saw Smith place a $500 Stihl leaf blower in the back of his own truck.

The witness said Smith’s license plate was obscured by a T-shirt, but courthouse surveillance footage showed him, since he was at the courthouse regarding a domestic violence matter earlier in the day.

So it sounds like his issues may be really piling up.