Miami Dolphins defensive end Derrick Shelby was arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest after refusing to leave a Fort Lauderdale nightclub. In Shelby’s mugshot his face showed clear signs that he was seriously beaten up but details were sketchy about the incident. Now the police report is out about what happened but his face is still a mystery…
via The Palm Beach Post:
The Dolphins have suspended defensive end Derrick Shelby indefinitely, less than an hour after the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department released a report alleging that Shelby touched women without their permission at a nightclub and was tased several time by police.
Shelby was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest without violence — both misdemeanor charges — but the police didn’t release their full report until this morning.
Police allege that Shelby was “touching females” without their permission at Cyn Nightclub (formerly Off the Hookah).
When an officer asked Shelby to leave he allegedly asked them “what are you going to do?” and began “photographing and taping” the officer while refusing to leave the club.
Police say he appeared intoxicated.
When police told Shelby he was under arrest he “began pushing away from officers and took an aggressive fighting stance.”
Police allege Shelby was placed on the ground where he was “actively resisting and attempting to brace his arms to defeat efforts to place him into custody.”
Shelby “ignored several loud verbal commands to release his arms to be placed into custody.”
Police had to use a taser on Shelby three times before he was “successfully placed into custody.” He was brought to Broward General Hospital and then to police headquarters.
Shelby’s attorney Daniel Rosenberg told the Palm Beach Post yesterday that he is innocent and that the bruises and marks on his face appear to have been from excessive police force.
