Five-time Pro Bowl cornerback Richard Sherman was arrested in a Seattle suburb early Wednesday morning on three charges, including felony domestic violence residential burglary, according to police.

Sherman, who is an unsigned free agent, also was charged with resisting arrest and for malicious mischief for damage caused to a door while trying to force entry into his in-laws’ home shortly before 2 a.m., Redmond police chief Darrell Lowe said during a news conference. He was denied bail, as reportedly is common practice in Washington before a person accused of a domestic-violence crime appears in front of a judge.

The domestic violence charge is because of the relation to his wife’s parents and “not because of violence against any family member [or] significant other,” according to Lowe. That distinction could be important when it comes to how teams view the risk of signing Sherman and how the NFL penalizes him (if he joins a team) under its personal code of conduct separate from the legal system.

“At this time we’re going to make no statements, except he didn’t harm anybody,” Ashley Moss, Sherman’s wife, told the Seattle Times. “My kids were not harmed in the incident. He’s a good person and this is not his character. We’re doing all right, just trying to get him out. I want people to know no one was injured.”

Sherman did not gain entry to the house before police arrived on the scene. The interaction was “amicable” for about 10 minutes, until Sherman was informed he was being taken into custody, according to Lowe.

At that point, Sherman moved away from police, an altercation ensued and the K-9 unit was deployed to subdue Sherman, who suffered lacerations on his leg. He and a police officer were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, police said.