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| Michael Phelps arrested on DUI charges | Michael Phelps arrested on DUI charges |
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| [RELATED: PHELPS TWEETS THAT HE IS "DEEPLY SORRY" FOR HIS DUI] | |
| Michael Phelps was arrested early Tuesday morning in Maryland for driving under the influence, Maryland police confirm. TMZ Sports first broke the story Tuesday. 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: | |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 also failed a Breathalyzer test, but would not confirm the results, the Baltimore Sun reports. Phelps was later released. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 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, now 29, successfully resurrected his career. He has new sponsor in Aqua Sphere swimwear, 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. | Phelps, now 29, successfully resurrected his career. He has new sponsor in Aqua Sphere swimwear, 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| “The news regarding Michael Phelps and his actions are disappointing and unquestionably serious. We expect our athletes to conduct themselves responsibly in and out of the pool,” USA Swimming said in a statement. The organization did not say whether they would punish Phelps, whose next international meet isn’t scheduled until next year. | |
| Aqua Sphere and Phelps’s other sponsors, including Omega, Subway and Visa, have not returned The Washington Post’s requests for comment. | |
| 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. | 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. |
| This story is ongoing and will be updated as new information come in. | This story is ongoing and will be updated as new information come in. |
| (H/ts: Baltimore Sun, WBAL-TV) | (H/ts: Baltimore Sun, WBAL-TV) |