Vontae Davis, a former NFL participant well-known for quitting throughout halftime at a Buffalo Bills sport, was arrested on a DUI cost Saturday by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Davis, 34, remained within the Broward Main Jail on Sunday afternoon, based on Broward Sheriff’s Office on-line data.
Davis, who owns a house in Southwest Ranches, performed for the Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills between 2009 and 2018.
Longtime discuss present host Andy Slater was the primary to report that Davis was charged with crashing right into a disabled automotive on the aspect of the freeway.
“Cops found Davis lying down sleeping on the shoulder of the road,” Slater posted in a Tweet.
Davis was driving south via Hollywood on the Florida Turnpike when his black Tesla rear-ended a bronze Toyota Tundra round 7:47 a.m. on Saturday, Florida Highway Patrol officers stated.
The Tundra was parked on the shoulder with a flat tire. The driver of the Tundra, a 59-year-old North Miami man, was standing subsequent to his truck. Hit by his personal truck after Davis slammed into it, he was taken to the hospital with accidents.
“Upon approaching Mr. Davis, I noticed that he was laying down on the right shoulder sleeping,” the arresting trooper wrote in his report. “While speaking to Mr. Davis about the crash, I noticed that his eyes were bloodshot red. He had to lean on the concrete barrier wall to keep himself sitting upright. With slurred speech Mr. Davis stated that he was not injured.”
The trooper requested Davis if he’d been ingesting.
“He replied ‘Yes, I had two drinks, two mixed drinks,’” the report stated. “I asked Mr. Davis where he was coming from. He replied with a name of a club. I could not understand the name. I asked Mr. Davis why he was sleeping on the shoulder against the wall. He replied “I was tired.’”
Davis was arrested and charged with DUI after refusing to take normal discipline sobriety workout routines. He additionally declined to take a breathalyzer check or present a pattern of blood and urine, based on the report.
Davis owns Vzone, a holistic wellness spa in Oakland Park. The spa’s motto: “Healing comes from within.”
In Buffalo, Davis made headlines in 2018 when he determined to give up throughout halftime because the Bills took on the Los Angeles Chargers.
“Pulled himself out of the game,” Coach Sean McDermott stated on the time. “He communicated to us that he was done.”
A 12 months later, Davis instructed ESPN: “Most people, when I did what I did, they thought I was literally going insane or something. But I was actually fine. I was totally fine. And I’m totally fine today.”
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