Bills WR Rogers allegedly punches, spits at police
July 16, 2002
SportsLine.com wire reports
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. -- Buffalo Bills wide receiver Charlie Rogers was charged with punching a police officer at a bar and had to be subdued with pepper spray.
Rogers also is accused of spitting at two officers while being processed at police headquarters. He was released several hours later after posting $150,000 bail and could not be reached for comment.
He was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, making terroristic threats to police and resisting arrest.
Bills spokesman Scott Berchtold said he was unaware of the arrest and declined to comment.
Rogers was arrested early Saturday after police went to the club to investigate a possible fight. Police asked the crowd in the parking lot to leave. Rogers ignored the order and shouted at police.
Authorities said Rogers punched Patrolman Robert Kurzydlowski in the shoulder and hit him in the chest with an elbow. Tageshia Guarriello, a friend of Rogers, then grabbed Kurzydlowski's arm before the pepper spray subdued the player. Guarriello was charged with hindering Rogers' arrest.
Rogers was drafted in 1999 by the Seattle Seahawks. He played with them before being claimed in the Feb. 18 expansion draft by the Houston Texans, who later traded him to the Bills
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July 16, 2002
SportsLine.com wire reports
OLD BRIDGE, N.J. -- Buffalo Bills wide receiver Charlie Rogers was charged with punching a police officer at a bar and had to be subdued with pepper spray.
Rogers also is accused of spitting at two officers while being processed at police headquarters. He was released several hours later after posting $150,000 bail and could not be reached for comment.
He was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, making terroristic threats to police and resisting arrest.
Bills spokesman Scott Berchtold said he was unaware of the arrest and declined to comment.
Rogers was arrested early Saturday after police went to the club to investigate a possible fight. Police asked the crowd in the parking lot to leave. Rogers ignored the order and shouted at police.
Authorities said Rogers punched Patrolman Robert Kurzydlowski in the shoulder and hit him in the chest with an elbow. Tageshia Guarriello, a friend of Rogers, then grabbed Kurzydlowski's arm before the pepper spray subdued the player. Guarriello was charged with hindering Rogers' arrest.
Rogers was drafted in 1999 by the Seattle Seahawks. He played with them before being claimed in the Feb. 18 expansion draft by the Houston Texans, who later traded him to the Bills
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