Bears running back Cedric Benson has been arrested early this morning by the Travis County Sheriff’s department. Benson faces charges of boating while intoxicated & resisting arrest after the incident Saturday night on Lake Travis,

25 years old was released from jail early Sunday on a $14,500 bond. The charges are class B misdemeanors, each punishable by up to six months in jail & a $2,000 fine. A call to Benson’s agent was not immediately returned.

A senior official of Police said that Benson was operating the boat with 15 passengers aboard when he was stopped by a Lower Colorado River Authority officer for a random safety inspection. He failed a field sobriety test on the officer’s boat & was uncooperative when the officer tried to take him ashore.

The official said, “When Benson did not pass the test, he presented himself as a threat to the officer & argued about whether or not he would be taken to land to have a follow-up field sobriety test performed on land & refused to put on a life jacket”.

The official said tha the officer had to use pepper spray to subdue Benson. He then refused to leave the officer’s boat & authorities had to drag him to a car to be taken to the Travis County jail.