Is the NFL lockout causing trouble with the law for players? (Part 3)
This is the third part of a series of articles discussing legal troubles that players have had since the National Football League (NFL) imposed a lockout on its players and that the arrests and citations could have been avoided had there been no
lockout.
The arrest occurred on 17 March after police pulled Henderson over for playing music too loudly in his black Chevrolet Impala. An officer noted that he could hear the music from a distance of 150 feet, which is a violation of city law. When the officer pulled
Henderson over, he was not wearing a seat belt and his window tints appeared darker than legal limits.
As the police was questioning Henderson, he was asked if there were any weapons in the vehicle. Henderson said that there was one in the glove box, but it turned up in the space between the driver’s seat and centre console. A background check on Henderson
revealed that he did not possess a license for carrying a firearm, prompting the officer to arrest him for carrying an illegal firearm.
Since Henderson is listed as six feet seven inches, a Lee County Sherriff’s Office van was requested to transport the defensive tackle to the police station. But since one was unavailable, he was told to either walk to the station, located four blocks away,
or lie down in the back seat of the police cruiser. He chose to lie down.
Henderson was also cited for illegal window tints, failure to wear a seatbelt and disturbing the peace, because of his loud music. He was later released on bail.
Next up is Bryan McCann, cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, who was arrested and charged with public intoxication on 19 March in Dallas, Texas. McCann went undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft out of Southern Methodist University and was later signed by the Cowboys.
He was then claimed by the Baltimore Ravens, who waived him after one game in which he didn’t play. He then returned to the Cowboys on 16 September, 2010 to the team’s practice squad and moved up to the active roster less than two months later.
McCann’s first career interception came just ten days after that, recording a 101 yard interception return for a touchdown off of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. He broke the franchise record of a 100-yard interception return that was held by Mike
Gaechter. In his next game, McCann returned a punt for 97 yards and a touchdown, earning the honour of being named the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week.
In the public drunkenness incident, McCann was taken to the city’s detoxification centre at around 3:00 AM local time and released at around 11:00 AM the same day. He later released a statement saying that he was not drunk “and did not pose a danger to myself
or others.”
For find out who else had legal troubles and what they were, check out the next part of this article.
The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and in no way represent Bettor.com's official editorial policy. However, all of the arrests and information regarding are factual.
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