911 Call: Cabrera Had Verbal Run-In Before Arrest
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - Media outlets are reporting police were summoned to a Fort Pierce restaurant before Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera's DUI arrest last month because the first baseman allegedly threatened a manager and an off-duty fish and wildlife officer.
The Florida state attorney's office released a 911 audiotape, a police video and a 41-page report on Wednesday.
According to The Detroit Free Press, the manager and off-duty officer told police Cabrera smelled of alcohol, insinuated he had a gun in a shoulder bag and said, "I know all of you, and I will kill all of you and blow this place up."
Cabrera walked into the restaurant around 10:15 p.m., according to the report, and was told by the manager that the restaurant was closing. After continuing inside Cabrera was convinced to leave but then leaned near the manager's face, said "I will kill you" and again patted his shoulder bag, the newspaper reported.
He was arrested on charges of suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting an officer without violence. His attorney has entered a written plea of not guilty.
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