Jermain Taylor arrested in Miami
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***Original Story***
Not a major offense or anything, but not something one of the nicest guys in the sport needed on his resume. It sounds like the Miami police were putting the clamp down something serious though.
Jermain Taylor draws crowd for fight outside ring
BY JOAN FLEISCHMAN
joanfleischman@yahoo.com
News outside the ring: Cops arrested professional boxer and former middleweight champ Jermain Taylor over the holiday weekend in South Beach. Charges: disorderly conduct and resisting officers.
Happened during Urban Beach Week, at 10:45 p.m. Sunday, in the 1400 block of Collins Avenue Taylor, 30, driving a Rolls-Royce, allegedly stopped the car in the road, blocking traffic. When told to move, he climbed back in the Rolls, drove it another 100 feet, then stopped again. He got out and ''began to yell and dance,'' a police report says. A crowd of about 50 gathered.
Officers tried to arrest Taylor for breach of the peace when he resisted and pushed a uniformed cop in the shoulder, the report says. Police got him to the ground, cuffed him and booked him into Miami-Dade County Jail at 2:23 a.m. Memorial Day. He spent three hours in the pokey before posting a $5,500 bond. Arraignment is set for June 15 before Circuit Judge Yvonne Colodny.
BY JOAN FLEISCHMAN
joanfleischman@yahoo.com
News outside the ring: Cops arrested professional boxer and former middleweight champ Jermain Taylor over the holiday weekend in South Beach. Charges: disorderly conduct and resisting officers.
Happened during Urban Beach Week, at 10:45 p.m. Sunday, in the 1400 block of Collins Avenue Taylor, 30, driving a Rolls-Royce, allegedly stopped the car in the road, blocking traffic. When told to move, he climbed back in the Rolls, drove it another 100 feet, then stopped again. He got out and ''began to yell and dance,'' a police report says. A crowd of about 50 gathered.
Officers tried to arrest Taylor for breach of the peace when he resisted and pushed a uniformed cop in the shoulder, the report says. Police got him to the ground, cuffed him and booked him into Miami-Dade County Jail at 2:23 a.m. Memorial Day. He spent three hours in the pokey before posting a $5,500 bond. Arraignment is set for June 15 before Circuit Judge Yvonne Colodny.
***Original Story***
• Police spokesman Juan Sanchez said of the 548 arrests on Miami Beach during Memorial Day weekend, two were pro athletes: Starks and boxer Jermain Taylor, arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence.
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