Former Minnesota Vikings working again Adrian Peterson has been arrested in Sugar Land, Texas, on charges of driving whereas intoxicated and illegal carrying of a weapon, in keeping with jail records.
Peterson, 40, was taken into custody Sunday morning at round 9:30 a.m., Sugar Land police instructed NCS affiliate KHOU.
This is the second time Peterson has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving this yr.
In April, the former NFL MVP was booked in Minnesota on a cost of driving whereas impaired after police pulled him over for rushing, the Associated Press reported. The arrest occurred after Peterson had attended an NFL draft occasion for Vikings followers.
NCS reached out to police for additional particulars about Peterson’s arrest in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston.
Peterson has lived in the Houston space and was a star highschool soccer participant in East Texas, in keeping with the AP. He performed in the NFL for 15 seasons, incomes league MVP honors in 2012, when he turned certainly one of solely 9 working backs in NFL historical past to hurry for two,000 yards in a season.
The NFL suspended Peterson in 2014 after he was charged with felony youngster abuse over allegations he had disciplined his 4-year-old son too harshly with a swap. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault, and the NFL reinstated him the next yr.