Terrell Suggs Formally Charged Following Arrest In Arizona
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs has been formally charged in connection with a one-car accident that happened back on March 5 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Charging documents obtained by WJZ indicate that Suggs is charged with driving with a suspended license and failure to notify after striking a fixture. Both charges are misdemeanors.
Video obtained by WJZ shows him being extremely cooperative with police, but being arrested.
Police: "Go ahead and put your hands behind your back, OK?
Suggs: "Am I getting arrested?"
Police: "Yes you are."
An arrest report states police received a call about a crash and followed a trail of liquid to a white BMW in a nearby parking lot dented with broken tail lamps.
That's where police found Suggs and began questioning him.
Police: "Just to be honest with me, what's going on?"
Suggs: "Nothing."
Police: "OK. So you have no clue why I'm here?"
Suggs: "Uh, yeah. The car right there."
Suggs stated he was driving when he got tired.
"Passed out. I mean, I was just being tired, you know. It hopped up and hit the curb, and I woke up and tried to spin out," he told police.
The officers became suspicious.
Police: "What'd you have to drink tonight?"
Suggs: "Absolutely nothing."
Police: "Nothing? OK. Any prescription medications?"
Suggs: "Absolutely nothing."
Police: "Any illegal drugs?"
Suggs: "Absolutely nothing."
Suggs became frustrated…
"If you ain't did your research, I am an athlete. We do kind of got a bad rep right now, but, you know, driving without a license still ain't good," he told police.
Officers conducted a DUI investigation on the Ravens linebacker–which was negative–but still arrested him for traffic violations.
Suggs: "What am I being arrested for?"
Police: "Right now, you're being arrested for three things, OK? One, a suspended driver's license and driving, two, for leaving the scene of a collision, and three, criminal damage for damaging the wall."
Suggs has had prior off-field issues. In 2009, he was accused of domestic assault, but never charged. In 2012, he was ordered to surrender his licensed firearms after his fiancee filed a court order against him.