A Cleveland Browns participant was arrested Wednesday evening and is accused of crashing his car by means of a restaurant and inflicting almost $300,000 value of harm.
Lonnie Phelps, a defensive lineman, allegedly drove his 2024 Hyundai SUV right into a Key West, Florida, restaurant with a feminine passenger.
Phelps apparently didn’t cooperate with officers after the crash on the Pink Shoe Island Bistro in Key West.
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Browns participant Lonnie Phelps allegedly crashed his SUV right into a Key West, Florida, restaurant on Wednesday evening. (Key West Police Division)
Phelps refused a breathalyzer after allegedly exhibiting indicators of impairment, Cleveland.com reported, citing a police report,
The outside patio was closed on the time of the incident, the constructing’s proprietor advised the outlet – had it been open, accidents and/or deaths might have occurred.
“The constructing and the car have been considerably broken, however there have been no accidents,” the Key West Police Division stated in a Fb publish.
Lonnie Phelps of the Cleveland Browns runs a drill throughout OTAs at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on Could 24, 2023, in Berea, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Photos through Getty Photos)
Police stated Phelps had requested what he drove into, whereas additionally showing agitated with officers once they tried to interview him.
“I requested Phelps the place he was driving from (earlier than the crash), and he stated, ‘Proper in entrance of it.’ I re-asked the query 4 occasions in several methods, and Phelps all the time stated, ‘Proper in entrance of it,'” the officer wrote.
Phelps was charged with DUI and inflicting injury to property or an individual.
Phelps signed with the Browns as an undrafted free agent final yr after taking part in on the College of Kansas – he spent the season on the observe squad.
Cleveland Browns defensive finish Lonnie Phelps rushes through the preseason sport in opposition to the Eagles on Aug. 17, 2023, at Lincoln Monetary Subject in Philadelphia. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
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He reportedly signed a deal value $795,000 for this yr.
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