Benson on drunk boating charges: 'I wasn't drunk'
Published 5/4/2008 by BY MAUREEN O'DONNELL AND BRAD BIGGS Staff Reporters at Chicago Sun-Times Bears
Bears running back Cedric Benson was pepper-sprayed and charged with drunken boating and resisting arrest in Texas -- but he denies the charges, saying police roughed him up for no reason. Benson was arrested Saturday after he turned "combative" and "argumentative" during a safety check on his boat on Lake Travis, authorities said. But Benson told the Sun-Times he was not drunk and did not resist arrest.
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Benson was arrested by the Texas Park and Wildlife and Lower Colorado River Association. It's being reported that he began resisting arrest after declining a sobriety test.Cedric Benson arrested
Sport Syndicate found this 5/4/2008 on www.chicagotribune.com
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The Big Lead found this 5/4/2008 on deadspin.com
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Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball found this 5/4/2008 on sports.espn.go.com
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