Cash Wheeler Arrested On Assault Charge, Incident Report Released

One half of the AEW Tag Team Champions, Cash Wheeler was arrested last night related to an incident that happened on July 28th. He is being charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, which is a third degree felony. According to PWInsider Wheeler had an arraignment today after he turned himself in to the authorities.

The arrest was due to a “road rage incident” where Wheeler is being accused of “flashing a gun” at least to one other person. The word “victims” (as in plural) was used more than one time during the hearing.

Bond was set for $2,500. Wheeler was ordered to turn in any weapons that he currently owns to the Orange County Sheriff’s office within 12 hours of being released, pending the resolution of the case. He was also ordered not to have any contact with any of the victims or witnesses.

Orange County, Florida has released the incident report from the responding officer with the license plate and personal address of Wheeler being redacted. You can see the full incident report below.

“On July 27, 2023, at 0959 I, Officer M. Bowhay #19932, responded to [REDACTED] in reference to an aggravated assault with a firearm call. Upon my arrival I spoke to the victim, Daniel Matta, who provided me with a sworn written/verbal statement that said the following: Matta stated he was driving west on Interstate 4 north of Exit 83. He noticed a Jeep Gladiator weaving in and out of traffic honking its horn, so he moved over to the far-right lane to let the Jeep pass. Matta said the Jeep took the right shoulder to drive around him on the passenger side of his vehicle. Matta looked over and noticed a white male with a beard pointing a black semi-automatic handgun out of the driver’s window at him with a strong stare. Matta said he feared for his life at this time. Matta stated he slowed down to get out of the way of the firearm and ended up behind the suspect vehicle at this time.

At this time both were committed to exit 83 (Ivanhoe Blvd). Matta took pictures of the Jeep as it turned right onto College Park Drive and began to drive reckless. Matta said the Jeep beared Florida tag [REDACTED]. After taking the picture, Matta said he called 911 and gave the vehicle information to dispatch the details of what occurred. He explained he could not be late for work and asked an officer to meet him at his work [REDACTED].

I created a photo line-up using ELVIS (a database used by law enforcement for investigative purposes). Elvis selected five random photos based on the suspect’s Florida driver’s license picture Page 1 of 2 and put them in a randomized order with the suspect being the sixth picture. Officer Blinn #34211 met with Matta and presented him with the photo lineup instructions and the photo lineup. Matta quickly selected the correct picture, photo #2, of the suspect, later identified as, Daniel M. Wheeler, W/M D.O.B 5/17/1987 with 100% certainty. (See Officer Blinn’s supplement for more details.) Based on Mattas sworn statement and the positive photo lineup identification, probable cause exist to charge Wheeler with, aggravated assault with a firearm violation of F.S.S. 784.021(1)(A)-1.”