Police: Tigers' Miguel Cabrera threatened to 'kill all of you' in Fla. restaurant before arrest
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Subject: Police: Tigers' Miguel Cabrera threatened to 'kill all of you' in Fla. restaurant before arrest Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:09 am
Miguel Cabrera DUI arrest: The Florida state attorney's office today released a police video in Detroit Tiger Miguel Cabrera's Feb. 16 arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence and resisting an officer without violence. This video contains profanity.
Police: Tigers' Miguel Cabrera threatened to 'kill all of you' in Fla. restaurant before arrest 6:56 PM, Mar. 9, 2011 By GEORGE SIPPLE DETROIT FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
FT. PIERCE, Fla. -- Not long before Miguel Cabrera was arrested Feb. 16 -- after a sheriff's deputy said he saw smoke coming from Cabrera's disabled Land Rover on the side of a road -- police were called to a steakhouse because Cabrera allegedly threatened the manager and an off-duty wildlife officer.
The manager and officer told police that Cabrera, the Detroit Tigers' All-Star first baseman, smelled of alcohol, insinuated that 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.”
The Florida state attorney's office today released a 41-page report, a police video and 911 audio in Cabrera's case. They provided the first details of the events that preceded Cabrera's arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence and two counts of resisting an officer without violence. Cabrera faces no charges from the steakhouse incident.
According to the report, Cabrera walked into Cowboys Bar-B-Q & Steak Co. in Ft. Pierce around 10:15 p.m. The off-duty officer, Kyle Patterson, was talking to the manager, Fletcher Nail, also his friend. The manager said he told Cabrera that the restaurant was closing, and Cabrera continued inside but eventually was convinced to leave.
The manager said Cabrera, after saying for a second time, “you don't know me,” leaned near his face “and stated, 'I will kill you,' again patting his shoulder bag.”
A bartender, Amanda Jo Runyon, told the Free Press that she was instructed to call 911. The wildlife officer told police he went to his vehicle to retrieve his badge and pistol.
After a verbal altercation with a guest on the front porch, according to the report, Cabrera backed out in his SUV while shouting obscenities at the manager and officer about 10:25 p.m. Police arrived soon thereafter.
At 10:52, the St. Lucie County Sheriff deputy said he spotted Cabrera's disabled 2005 black Land Rover, about 20 miles south on the same road as the restaurant.
Cabrera and the Tigers have declined almost all comment about his legal case. His lawyer, Michael Kessler of Ft. Pierce, told the Free Press today: “Let me save you some time, I'm not going to comment on the Cabrera case.”
Meanwhile, Raul Gonzalez, who played 20 years in the minor leagues, will serve as Cabrera's companion in his treatment program. Club officials said Gonzalez arrived in Lakeland a few days ago.
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Subject: Re: Police: Tigers' Miguel Cabrera threatened to 'kill all of you' in Fla. restaurant before arrest Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:36 am
911 call from Cowboys Bar-B-Q & Steak Co.: Cabrera refusing to leave
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