Posted by Philip Zaroo | MLive.com June 24, 2008 10:49AM
Categories: Breaking News, Statewide
Mike Itchue | MLive.com
The Daily Camera reports that rookie LB Jordon Dizon was arrested in Boulder, Colo. six days before the Detroit Lions made him their second-round draft pick.Jordon Dizon, the Detroit Lions' rookie linebacker from Colorado, is being charged with a DUI in Boulder, according to the Daily Camera. The 22-year-old was arrested on April 20 – six days before being drafted by the Lions in the second round – for driving the wrong way down a one-way street, and reportedly had a blood-alcohol level of .097 (.08 is the legal limit).
Though he told the newspaper he regrets the incident, Dizon has plead not guilty and directed all questions to his attorney, Peter Schaffer.
Daily Camera, June 23: "I was very polite to the officer. I did everything he asked me to and I acted like a man," Dizon said. "It's a bad situation and I'm sorry that it happened."
According to Boulder police records, officers found Dizon parked facing south on northbound 13th Street, near Walnut Street, at 2 a.m. April 20. Police officers said Dizon was cooperative and told them he had only stopped briefly to pick up a friend.
Police observed the smell of alcohol on Dizon's breath and asked him to consent to voluntary roadside tests, according to the report. Dizon admitted to drinking two margaritas earlier in the evening, according to police records.
Schaffer said his client passed a breathalyzer test, but there is no mention in the arrest report of such a test being administered.
Officers arrested Dizon and he later consented to a blood test.
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