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2009
All Teams
NFL PLAYER ARRESTS: SHOWING 8 Record(s)
| Date | Team | Name | POS | Case | Category | Description | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-30 | CAR | Jon Beason | LB | Arrested | Assault | Accused of aggravated assault after a confrontation with a man in Charlotte strip club. | Charges dropped. |
| 2009-09-06 | SD | Shawne Merriman | LB | Arrested | Domestic violence | Accused of battery and false imprisonment after allegedly choking and restraining his girlfriend, television personality Tila Tequila, in San Diego. | Charges dismissed less than a week later. |
| 2009-08-23 | BAL | Tony Fein | LB | Arrested | Assault | Accused of assault after a confrontation with an officer in Baltimore who was investigating report of possible gun being passed around his group. | Died in October 2009 before trial. Suspected gun turned out to be phone. |
| 2009-04-25 | SD | Shaun Phillips | LB | Cited | Battery | Cited for misdemeanor battery after a security guard at a San Diego hotel said Phillips punched him. | Never charged. Civil settlement with guard. |
| 2009-02-02 | SF | Roderick Green | LB | Arrested | Guns, drugs, reckless driving | Pulled over in Brenham, Texas, accused of unlawfully carrying a weapon, marijuana possession, reckless driving and interfing with police, all misdemeanors. | Resolution undetermined. |
| 2009-01-24 | SEA | Leroy Hill | LB | Arrested | Drugs | Accused of possessing less than an ounce of marijuana after being found asleep behind the wheel of his car at an intersection in Douglas County, Ga. | Pleaded guilty to marijuana possession, 12 months of probation, $500 fine. |
| 2009-01-16 | NO | Jonathan Vilma | LB | Arrested | Reckless driving | Miami police said he resisted arrest after being spotting swerving his car and running red light. | Charges dropped. Vilma agreed to give $1,000 to hospital trauma center. |
| 2009-01-10 | DAL | Anthony Spencer | LB | Arrested | Alcohol, disorderly conduct | Bouncer at Indianapolis nightclub told police Spencer tried to punch him. Accused of public intoxication, disorderly conduct. | Resolution undetermined. |
These are arrests, charges and citations of NFL players for crimes more serious than common traffic violations. Almost all of the players belonged to an NFL roster at the time of the incident. In rare cases, a free agent is included only if that player later signs with an NFL team. The data comes from media reports and public records. It cannot be considered fully complete because records of some player arrests might not have been found for various reasons, including lack of media coverage or accessible public records. Many resolutions to these cases also are pending or could not be immediately found. The database was conceived and created by sports writer Brent Schrotenboer, who can be reached at bschrotenb@usatoday.com. Please contact him with any updates or inquiries.