Colts RB Rhodes faces drunken driving charge February 20, 2007 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indianapolis Colts running back Dominic Rhodes faces a drunken driving charge after state troopers arrested him Tuesday. Rhodes, 28, was pulled over about 3 a.m. driving a GMC truck 81 mph in a 55-mph zone on Interstate 65 in Indianapolis' far northwest side, Indiana State Police spokesman 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said. "It was a normal, run-of-the-mill drunk driving arrest," Bursten said. Rhodes was cooperative with the state troopers who arrested him, police said. He was being held at the Marion County arrestee processing center Tuesday morning. Colts spokesman Craig Kelley said the team did not have any immediate comment on the arrest. Rhodes' attorney Jim Voyles, who was at the processing center, said he did not know where Rhodes was before the arrest and did not have a chance to see him. He said Rhodes would likely be released on his own recognizance after an initial hearing. Rhodes, who became a free agent after the season, delivered an MVP-like performance in the Super Bowl, rushing for more than 100 yards in the win over Chicago. Afterward, he was featured in a Disney World television commercial with coach Tony Dungy. Rhodes has been in trouble with the law before. Following a 2002 domestic disturbance at his home, Rhodes pleaded innocent in Marion Superior Court to misdemeanor charges of battery and domestic battery. Latrina Moore, who lived with Rhodes at the time and is the mother of a child with Rhodes, said Rhodes hit her and shoved her to the floor after she confronted him about other women calling their home, prosecutors said at the time. Under an agreement with prosecutors in that case, Rhodes was charged with domestic battery but avoided prosecution. Instead, Rhodes was placed in a diversionary program and underwent mental health counseling. The Associated Press left a message Tuesday seeking comment from Rhodes' agent Michael McCartney. Rhodes started all 16 regular-season games in 2006, rushing for 641 yards and 5 touchdowns. He was Edgerrin James' backup since 2001 and had a chance to become the Colts featured back in 2006 but instead shared the job with rookie Joseph Addai. The six-year veteran has 2,274 yards rushing in his career. Not a good way to start Free Agency for Rhodes.
Report: Rhodes failed 2 sobriety tests By Jon Murray jon.murray@indystar.com Indianapolis Colts running back Dominic Rhodes on Thursday was charged with two misdemeanors alleging that he was drunk while driving on a local interstate at more than 80 mph early Tuesday. More details of the arrest emerged in a probable cause affidavit, a sworn statement filed by state police Trooper Ahmad I. Hafez to document the charges. Hafez said he clocked Rhodes at 82 mph in a 55-mph zone and watched the Colts player's GMC Yukon drive onto the shoulder briefly just after 3 a.m. Tuesday on northbound I-65 near 71st Street. After failing two field-sobriety tests, Rhodes told Hafez he had consumed two or three alcoholic drinks. While sitting in the police car's front seat, Rhodes urinated on himself, the report said. Later, Rhodes' blood-alcohol level tested at 0.09, just over the 0.08 level at which an Indiana driver is considered drunk. "Mr. Rhodes asked if I could allow his girlfriend to come and get him instead of me taking him into custody," Hafez wrote. "I told him no." The charges are a Class A misdemeanor for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and a Class C misdemeanor for operating a vehicle while having a blood-alcohol level between .08 and .15. If Rhodes, 28, is convicted of the charges, the maximum penalty is up to one year in jail, but typically a first-time DUI conviction brings probation and other penalties. The initial hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at Marion Superior Court.
I can never understand how professional athletes get dui's/dwi's - they have all the money in the world - call a taxi or a limo or something.
Something smells about this. .09 is barely over the limit. Like having about 3 drinks. He's failing soberity tests and pissing himself after 3 drinks. C'mon. Either he never drinks and couldnt handle it. In which case he's probably not a real problem child, but got very unlucky. (How many here havent had 3 drinks and drove home because you felt fine?) The team that signs him in that case will get him at a real bargain. Or... It was something else (drugs) causing him to be impaired. In that case we have a real winner. Buyer beware. Either way. Poor Judgment. A week away from a huge payoff, I wouldn't leave my couch.
