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Old 05-04-2008, 01:35 PM
HPF Bob HPF Bob is offline
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Default Bears' Benson Arrested On Lake Travis

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

AUSTIN, Texas (AP)—Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson failed a sobriety test while operating a 30-foot boat, then resisted arrest before being hit with pepper spray and dragged ashore by officers.

Benson faces charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest after the incident Saturday night on Lake Travis, Travis County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Roger Wade said.

Benson was released from jail early Sunday on a $14,500 bond. A call to Benson’s agent was not immediately returned.

Benson was operating the boat with 15 passengers aboard when he was stopped by a Lower Colorado River Authority officer for a random safety inspection. He failed a field sobriety test on the officer’s boat and was uncooperative when the officer tried to take him ashore, the authority said.

“When Benson did not pass the test, he presented himself as a threat to the officer and argued about whether or not he would be taken to land to have a follow-up field sobriety test performed on land and refused to put on a life jacket,” the authority said in a statement.

The officer had to use pepper spray to subdue Benson. He then refused to leave the officer’s boat and authorities had to drag him to a car to be taken to the Travis County jail, the authority said.

Benson has had legal problems before.


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I've always said boating on a lake is like being at a DWI festival with no speed limits, no marked lanes and no brakes.
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:06 PM
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Well, he had another drinking driving incident and the Bears said nuff is enough and cut him. Any takers? I don't believe I would.
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Old 06-10-2008, 08:40 PM
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He's a poor fit in a WCO even if he were a model citizen. He doesn't catch passes well and he's not a cut-back runner so it makes no sense for us to pursue him.
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