[CBFF] [Fwd: Benson arrested, charged with boating while intoxicated]

[Tom Shannon]

Note:  this link is now dead.  Don't know if this was a mistake or not.  
It hit my desktop at about 4:30 this morning.

Tom S.
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http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/huddleup/2008/05/benson-arrested.html

By Vaughn McClure

Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested late Saturday night in

Austin

,

Texas

, and charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest, both 
Class B misdemeanors.

According to a sergeant from the Travis County Sheriff’s office, Benson, 
who played at the

University

of

Texas

in

Austin

, was arrested by the Lower Colorado River Authority. He was booked at

11:24 p.m.

and later bonded out, the sergeant said.

Benson, who had his 2007 season cut short by a broken leg, was in 
jeopardy of losing his starting spot even before the arrest. The 
fourth-overall pick of the 2005 draft struggled through his first three 
seasons with the Bears, failing to post a 1,000-yard campaign and 
averaging just 3.8 yards per carry. Benson averaged a career-low 3.4 
yards per carry last season, finishing with 674 yards on 196 carries 
with four touchdowns in 11 games started. He missed the final five games 
with the leg injury.

The Bears sent a clear sign that they wanted more production from the 
running back position by selecting Tulane's Matt Forte in the second 
round of this year’s draft. Forte’s ability to get to the outside and 
catch the ball out of the backfield were dimensions the Bears missed 
with Benson in the lineup, although Benson showed flashes against 
Seattle and Denver last season.

Benson had a couple of brushes with the law during his college days. He 
was arrested for marijuana possession in May of 2002 in his hometown of

Midland

,

Texas

. The charges were dropped when he passed a drug test and other evidence 
surfaced to clear him. In October of 2003, he was arrested for criminal 
trespassing after kicking down an apartment door in

Austin

, believing his $15,000 plasma television was inside. He received an 
eight-day prison sentence but never went behind bars because of time 
served on the day of the arrest, good behavior, and the lack of 
available beds at the local prison.

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