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**BU54** · 05-04-2008, 11:28 AM

Former Longhorn arrested
10:51 AM CDT on Sunday, May 4, 2008
KVUE News

Former Longhorn Cedric Benson was arrested Saturday evening on Lake Travis by officers with the Lower Colorado River Association.

Officials at the LCRA say Benson, who failed a sobriety float test (an abbreviated field sobriety test) on the boat, argued over taking a follow-up test on land and refused to put on a life jacket.

At 9:30 Benson was arrested on his boat, continued to argue with the officer refusing to do what he requested, resulting in the officer using pepper spray on Benson.

Travis County Sheriff's department was called out at 9:45 to assist in the transportation of Benson.

Once on land Benson refused to cooperate and take another breathalyzer test.

Benson was transported to Travis County central booking and later posted bail.

Benson is out on a $14,500 bail, charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

An LCRA official said Benson was the only one arrested Saturday.

There were 12 to 15 people on the 30-foot boat at the time.

The 25-year old former Longhorn running back was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 2005.

This was not his first arrest.

Back in 2004 Benson spent time in the Del Valle Correctional Facility for criminal trespassing.

He was found guilty of breaking into a woman's house in search of a stolen television.

LINK
http://www.kvue.com/sports/stories/0....c8ba9757.html

**Serrated Shadow** · 05-04-2008, 12:11 PM

Ahaahahah

blkwdw13 · 05-04-2008, 12:33 PM

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AUSTIN, Texas — Bears running back Cedric Benson faces criminal charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

Authorities say Benson was operating a 30-foot boat carrying about 15 passengers on Lake Travis on Saturday when he was stopped, then failed a field sobriety test. Officials say an officer had to use pepper spray to subdue Benson.

Travis County Sheriff's Department spokesman Roger Wade says Benson was freed from jail on a $14,500 bond Sunday morning.

The 25-year-old Benson was the Bears' first-round pick in 2005 after starring at the University of Texas.

http://www.chicagobears.com/news/New...?story_id=4662

Even though I thought he could do better behind a good o-line he is working his way out of Chicago faster and faster.

TNdolfan54 · 05-04-2008, 01:03 PM

Seems like he's been a disappointed throughout his career..on and off the field lol

**BeastJacobs** · 05-04-2008, 01:37 PM

This guy is fat, anyone notice that? Bye Bye Benson.

**BULLITT** · 05-04-2008, 06:27 PM

Tag'em and bag'em, he's officially a big bag of shhit-stain.

**Professor** · 05-04-2008, 08:08 PM

yeah, that's a great way to keep your job, must have gotten advice from tank johnson

**Serrated Shadow** · 05-04-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor

yeah, that's a great way to keep your job, must have gotten advice from tank johnson

Benson must have a hell of a gun collection then too.

Stevemc · 05-05-2008, 01:38 PM

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt here since I've had run ins with LCRA. One time I made the wrong turn and pulled into a dam entrance where two LCRA trucks were parked. I turned around and made my way back to town giving up on trying to find a friend's house out in the sticks and they chased me down just to hold me for half an hour to run my plates and name then search my car. Good ol Patriot act gave these glorified Park Rangers way more power than their rent-a-cop like qualified ***' should have.

Due to the increasing number of *******es who get drunk and fall off boats, they've been real Nazi like on the lakes.. for some people. A co-worker and an older friend of his have never had a "random safety check" any time they've been on Lake Travis so don't be quick to assume Cedric was completely in the wrong here.

There's been quiet a few excessive force and other wrong doings with officers in this area over the past couple years. Wouldn't shock me if this was another one.

blkwdw13 · 05-05-2008, 07:19 PM

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BY BRAD BIGGS AND MAUREEN O'DONNELL Staff Reporters
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.

A former Texas Longhorn, Benson was arrested Saturday night after he turned "combative" and "argumentative" during a safety check on his boat on Lake Travis, said Robbie Searcy of the Lower Colorado River Authority, which patrols the lake about 20 miles from Austin in Texas' pricey Hill Country.

Benson refused a breath test but failed a sobriety test designed for boaters, according to the LCRA. The officer wanted to bring him ashore for more tests, but Benson refused.

But Benson told the Chicago Sun-Times he was not drunk and did not resist arrest.

"I was not intoxicated. There was alcohol on the boat, and others were enjoying themselves, but I wasn't drunk," he said.

But according to the LCRA, an officer asked Benson, owner-operator of the boat, to do a "float" sobriety test. Detainees may be asked to follow an object with their eyes, do the alphabet and count down with their fingers. An officer said Benson failed. Authorities wanted to bring Benson ashore for more tests, the LCRA said.

Benson refused to put on a life jacket -- a requirement on LCRA boats -- and "presented himself as a threat to the officer and argued about whether or not he would be taken to land," authorities said.

The officer arrested Benson, who kept arguing and "continued to present himself as a threat," the LCRA said. The officer then pepper-sprayed him.

Benson tells a much different story: "Even after they pepper-sprayed me, I have no idea why they did that. I was cooperative. I asked them several times why they did that, and they didn't give me an answer."

Once the boat docked, Benson refused to leave the LCRA boat, authorities said. An LCRA officer and Travis County sheriff's deputies were "basically carrying/dragging him" to a car for transport to jail, the release said.

Again Benson gave a different account: "They kicked my feet out from under me and slammed my face down. They had a hose and were running it over my face. They were choking me and stuff, not with their hands but with the hose in my face. I couldn't breathe. I don't know if they did that because of the pepper spray, but I didn't ask them to put the hose in my face."

Benson said he declined a breath test once in custody on the advice of his lawyer, Brian Carney.

Benson was held at Travis County Jail from about 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 3:30 a.m. Sunday. He was released on $14,500 bond.

His future with the team has been uncertain since he fractured his left leg in November, requiring a plate and screws to be inserted to stabilize the leg and ankle. The Bears addressed the position by drafting Tulane's Matt Forte in the second round last month.

"Very disappointed,'' coach Lovie Smith said about Benson on Sunday at Halas Hall. "You try to wait and get as much information before you make a lot of comments about it, and that's what I am going to do. We're always disappointed when we have someone that we're talking about being in trouble with the law.''

The Bears got only 1,593 yards and 10 touchdowns in three seasons to show for the $13.8 million invested in Benson.

Benson is charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest, misdemeanors punishable by up to six months in jail.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/footb...c05web.article

Now eventually we will find out what really happened.

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