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Michael Phelps was arrested Monday night in Maryland for driving under the influence, WBAL-TV reports. TMZ Sports first broke the story Tuesday morning. Per WBAL-TV: Michael Phelps was arrested Monday night in Maryland for driving under the influence, various sources report, and Maryland police confirm. TMZ Sports first broke the story Tuesday morning. Phelps was pulled over by Maryland Transportation Authority police just outside the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Interstate-95 at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday, police said in a statement. It continues:
Police said Phelps was speeding excessively and crossing double lane lines within the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Interstate 95 in Baltimore around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday. He was later released. MdTA said an officer was operating stationary radar on southbound I-395 leaving Baltimore City when a white 2014 Land Rover entered the radar’s area of influence at excessive speed, traveling 84 mph in a 45 mph zone. The officer followed the vehicle onto northbound I-95, through the tunnel and initiated an enforcement stop just beyond the tunnel’s toll plaza, police said. Police said Phelps was identified as the driver by his driver’s license and appeared to be under the influence and was unable to perform satisfactorily a series of standard field sobriety tests. Phelps was cooperative throughout the process, police said. A Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police Officer was operating stationary radar on southbound I-395 leaving Baltimore City when a White 2014 Land Rover entered the radar’s area of influence at excessive speed (84 mph in a 45 mph zone). The Officer followed the vehicle onto northbound I-95, through the tunnel and initiated an enforcement stop just beyond the tunnel’s toll plaza. Mr. Phelps was identified as the driver by his driver’s license and appeared to be under the influence. He was unable to perform satisfactorily a series of standard field sobriety tests. Mr. Phelps was cooperative throughout the process.
Police said Phelps was speeding excessively and crossing double lane lines within the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Interstate 95 in Baltimore around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday. He was later released. A Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police Officer was operating stationary radar on southbound I-395 leaving Baltimore City when a White 2014 Land Rover entered the radar’s area of influence at excessive speed (84 mph in a 45 mph zone). The Officer followed the vehicle onto northbound I-95, through the tunnel and initiated an enforcement stop just beyond the tunnel’s toll plaza. Mr. Phelps was identified as the driver by his driver’s license and appeared to be under the influence. He was unable to perform satisfactorily a series of standard field sobriety tests. Mr. Phelps was cooperative throughout the process.
MdTA said an officer was operating stationary radar on southbound I-395 leaving Baltimore City when a white 2014 Land Rover entered the radar’s area of influence at excessive speed, traveling 84 mph in a 45 mph zone. Phelps was later released, police said.
The officer followed the vehicle onto northbound I-95, through the tunnel and initiated an enforcement stop just beyond the tunnel’s toll plaza, police said. This is the second time Phelps has been charged with a DUI. The first came in 2004, when Phelps was 19. Maryland state troopers in Salisbury, Md., stopped Phelps after he failed to stop at a stop sign. Phelps pleaded guilty in that case and served an 18-month probation.
Police said Phelps was identified as the driver by his driver’s license and appeared to be under the influence and was unable to perform satisfactorily a series of standard field sobriety tests. Phelps also ran into trouble when he was photographed smoking out of a bong in 2008. Then 23, Phelps was at a student party at the University of South Carolina. The photograph, which resulted in some of his sponsors, including Kellogg, dropping him, garnered Phelps a three-month suspension from swimming in February 2009. He later apologized for the incident and called his behavior “inappropriate.”
Phelps was cooperative throughout the process, police said. Phelps, now 29, successfully resurrected his career, and after a short retirement, the swimmer came back this year to win his first international gold medal at the Pan Pacific Championships in Gold Coast, Australia. He was part of the winning 4×200 team. He went on to win four more medals, including golds in the 100-meter fly and the 4×100 medley relays, and silvers in the 200-meter individual medley and 4×100 free.
This is the second time Phelps has been charged with a DUI. The first came in 2004, when Phelps was 19. Maryland state troopers in Salisbury, Md., stopped Phelps after he failed to stop at a stop sign. On Friday, the star was nominated for five Golden Goggles Awards, USA Swimming’s annual awards gala. He’s up for Male Racer of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year, the Perseverance Award and the Relay Performance of the Year award, which he has two nominations for.
Phelps also ran into trouble a few years ago when he was photographed smoking out of a bong in 2008. Then 23, Phelps was at a student party at the University of South Carolina. The photograph, which resulted in some of his sponsors, including Kellogg, dropping him, garnered Phelps a three-month suspension from swimming in February 2009. He later apologized for the incident and called his behavior “inappropriate.” With eyes on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brazil, Phelps remains the most decorated Olympian of all time. Phelps racked up 22 pieces of hardware, including 18 golds, in Athens in 2004, Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
Phelps, now 29, successfully resurrected his career, and after a short retirement, the swimmer came back this year to win his first international gold medal at the Pan Pacific Championships in Gold Coast, Australia. He was part of the winning 4×200 team. This story is ongoing and will be updated as new information come in.
(H/ts: Baltimore Sun, WBAL-TV)