Donovan McNabb was reportedly cited and later on released after he was arrested last June 28.
Based on the report from ESPN, McNabb had just left a sports bar and was bound for home over in Phoenix. Along the way, McNabb’s vehicle had rear-ended another car at a traffic light that was allegedly driven by the wife of a Gila River tribal police officer.
Though it wasn’t clear when the sobriety test took place, McNabb seemed to have been impaired. A Gilbert officer asked McNabb how much he had to drink and McNabb denied he had any and that he just had a cold and was taking cough syrup.
However, it seems that the officer noticed something more as the conversation was taking place.
"While Donovan spoke, I noticed a strong, fruity odor on his breath. I noticed Donovan's eyes were watery and very bloodshot and his speech was slurred"
It was at this point that the officer had asked to McNabb to spit out the cough drops and undergo the tests. The officer noted six signs of impairment and McNabb had trouble standing without visibly swaying, according to the officer’s report.
Blood samples were also collected and sent to the Mesa Police Crime Lab for analysis and the results are yet to be released.
This episode makes it the second time inside 18 months that McNabb had been apprehended due to a DUI charge.
The former NFL player spent a day in jail in April of 2014 when he pleaded guilty in a separate charge that occurred on December 15, 2013. McNabb was arrested in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community east of Phoenix where he was ordered to pay $1,500 while also being required to enter an outpatient treatment program.
McNabb, who serves as an analyst on the NFL Network and Fox Sports, issued a statement about the latest DUI arrest via NBC Sports:
“There was a story that was released, and I want everybody to be cognizant of it, because I am very aware of it, handling the matter at this particular point,” McNabb said. “But at this point, I have no further information, and as we continue on with the situation, then we’ll let it handle as it will handle itself.”
McNabb stands to spend 90 days in jail if found guilty, the minimum sentence for second-offense of DUI in Arizona. The maximum sentence is six months.