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DETROIT (NFL/Newsfeed) — Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley was arrested by Alabama State Troopers on Sunday morning for driving beneath the influence and attempting to elude police, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s office.

WALA-Television in Mobile, Ala. reported Fairley was taken into custody shortly after 1 a.m. and was released on $ 1,750 bond shortly following 9 a.m. Troopers also told the tv station that Fairley was ticketed for reckless driving, no proof of insurance and possessing an open container.

The Lions released a statement addressing the arrest, saying, “We are aware of the reports and are in the procedure of gathering a lot more details.”

For Fairley, this is his second arrest in his native Alabama in the last two months. On April three, Fairley was arrested by Mobile police for possession of marijuana.

A Mobile native who played his college ball at Auburn University, the 6-foot-3, 291-pound Fairley was chosen with the 13th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft and signed a four-year contract worth $ 9.889 million, fully guaranteed. A foot injury restricted Fairley to just 10 games and 21 percent of the team’s defensive snaps final season, with Fairley contributing 15 tackles and a quarterback sack.

Fairley is one particular of 3 members of the Lions’ 2011 draft class to be arrested given that the conclusion of the last season. Former seventh-round offensive lineman Johnny Culbreath was arrested in South Carolina in January and second-round running back Mikel Leshoure was arrested twice for possession of marijuana (February 18, March 12) in a span of a month. Wide receiver Titus Young was not arrested, but was absent from the begin of last week’s OTAs right after sucker-punching teammate Louis Delmas in the course of offseason workouts.

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HELENA, Mont. — Police in Montana arrested ex-NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf immediately after a month-lengthy investigation that culminated with Leaf breaking into an acquaintance’s residence to steal prescription pain medication, the job force commander who led the probe mentioned Saturday.

Authorities believe he may possibly have broken into other houses in search of prescription drugs over the past a single-and-a-half years and are asking those victims to come forward, mentioned Central Montana Drug Force Commander Chris Hickman.

“We do have some info that this could not be an isolated incident,” Hickman said.

Leaf faced a related accusation in 2008, when he was accused of burglarizing a player’s home whilst he was a quarterbacks coach for Division II West Texas A&ampM. An investigation revealed that Leaf had obtained almost 1,000 pain pills from location pharmacies in an eight-month span. He reached a plea agreement in 2010 that gave him a 10-year probation.

The prosecutor in that case mentioned he’ll file a motion on Monday to revoke Leaf’s probation following his Montana arrest.

Leaf was arrested Friday in his hometown of Wonderful Falls and charged with burglary, possession of a unsafe drug and theft. He is free of charge on $ 76,000 bail and is scheduled to make a court appearance on Monday.

Leaf did not respond to text and voicemail messages left Saturday.

Hickman said the job force’s investigation began about a month ago when postal workers in Great Falls told police Leaf had been receiving c.o.d. packages when or twice a week worth $ 500 or a lot more.

The packages had been little, they rattled and they were sent from a Florida address that turned out to be a mailbox business, a favored method for distributing illegal prescriptions, Hickman stated.

Police were familiar with Leaf’s history of prescription medication issues, so they kept watch and decided to act when the packages began to arrive more frequently.

Job force members on Friday told Leaf’s probation officer to contact in the ex-quarterback. They searched Leaf and his truck, finding two prescription bottles in a pocket of a golf bag, which was embroidered with Leaf’s name. One particular unlabeled bottle had 28 pills that turned out to be oxycodone, a schedule 2 narcotic for which Leaf does not have a prescription. The other was empty but its label stated it was oxycodone prescribed for yet another person, Hickman said.

That individual, whom Hickman did not name, is an acquaintance of Leaf’s. Police interviewed him, his live-in girlfriend and his housekeeper, and concluded that Leaf entered the house without having permission on Thursday afternoon and took the man’s prescription medication.

Police also searched Leaf’s house but did not find any much more painkillers or any evidence from the packages he had been receiving in the mail.

Leaf told police that he had been receiving medication by way of the mail for which he has a prescription, but he did not offer proof, Hickman mentioned.

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David “Deacon” Turner, a running back who spent 3 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, has lost his life due to an altercation with police, according to Bakersfield.com.

The incident occurred following police responded to reports of juveniles attempting to persuade adults to obtain alcohol for them.  When the officers arrived, they saw Turner, 56, his 19-year-old son, and a 16-year-old juvenile leaving the store with bags that contained among other issues alcohol.

Per the report, police initially detained Turner.  He initially cooperated, but Turner then tried to leave.  When the officers tried to quit Turner from leaving, he allegedly fought them.

One of the officers reportedly was struck in the back of the head with a bag containing two 24-ounce cans of beer.  One more officer then drew his pistol and fired twice at Turner.

The incident is under investigation.  As it ought to be.  Deadly force is grossly excessive under these circumstances, particularly when the officer surely had other indicates at his disposal for finding Turner to stop swinging a sack that contained a couple of cans of beer.

In 44 career games, Turner rushed for 549 yards on 142 carries.  He scored 1 touchdown rushing and one receiving.

Our condolences go out to Turner’s family members, friends, and former teammates.

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Bucs cornerback Aqib Talib was formally indicted on Friday, which indicates that he ought to be headed to a trail on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon unless a plea agreement is reached.

I’m not the lawyer around here, but 1 problem for Talib will be the statements created to the police from Talib’s mother Okolo Talib in the days soon after the incident.

Police say that Aqib Talib fired shots at Shannon Billings following Okolo Talib did the identical.  Aqib Talib denied he ever shot the gun he also is accused of pistol whipping Billings.

His mother told police “she did hear a shot and eventually admitted it could’ve been Aqib who shot,” according to an affidavit obtained by Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times.

Aqib Talib also reportedly gave numerous “conflicting statements” to police about the events in question.

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