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Former Miami DE McDougle arrested Posted: Thursday April 24, 2003 6:32 PMUpdated: Friday April 25, 2003 2:07 AM
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Jerome McDougle, a likely first-round pick in the NFL Draft, was charged Thursday with resisting arrest without violence, a misdemeanor, police said. McDougle was released later Thursday on $500 bond, said his agent, Drew Rosenhaus. It was not immediately known when McDougle would appear in court to face the charge. The incident happened at 12:02 p.m., police said, when McDougle allegedly tried to stop the towing of a car registered to one of his former Miami teammates, whom police did not identify. The vehicle was being towed because of outstanding parking violations, said Coral Gables police spokesman Edward Claughton III. McDougle was "uncooperative" with university police, who asked McDougle three times to leave, Claughton said. An officer then told McDougle that he would be arrested if he did not leave, but McDougle still did not comply, Claughton said. "I regret that this incident happened today," McDougle said in a statement released through Rosenhaus. "I apologize for any embarrassment that this may cause to my family, friends, the University of Miami and its fans. I'm sorry I got involved. ... I did not realize at the time that my conduct would cause a problem." McDougle was a Big East first-team selection in both 2001 and 2002, his only seasons at Miami, and was a second-team All-American selection last year by The Associated Press. The 6-foot-4, 271-pound McDougle had 114 tackles and 14 sacks during his Miami career. Rosenhaus said the situation was more "embarrassing" than anything else. "I've contacted all the NFL teams because Jerome is a great person with an excellent track record," Rosenhaus said. "We wanted to be up front with everybody and let them know that this is a situation that just got blown out of proportion." |
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