Former NFL Running Back Derrick Ward Charged With Robberies

In this handout image provided by the NFL, Derrick Ward of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL football team is seen posing for a portrait taken in Tampa Bay, Fla., in 2010. NFL via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Former NFL Super Bowl-winning running back Derrick Ward was charged Dec. 20 with five counts of robbery.

Ward, 43, pleaded not guilty and is due back in a Van Nuys courtroom Jan. 3, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.