((HT: SI/Miami Herald- Lebovich, Samuels))
Miami Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks has been charged with using his truck to hit a police officer who tried to stop the vehicle on foot.
Miami Beach Police say the officer tried to stop the 25-year-old player when he was driving a truck packed with 13 people early Sunday in heavy traffic. They say the vehicle was meant for four people.
Police say Starks kept slowly moving forward even as the officer was beside the truck. They say Starks swerved the vehicle slightly, hitting the officer in the chest and pinning him against another vehicle.
The officer wasn't injured, but Starks was charged with aggravated battery.
Starks remained in a Miami jail Sunday afternoon. A message left at his agent's office was not immediately returned.
The Miami Herald takes us through the police report...
Starks, a 25-year-old defensive end, was driving a black freight-liner through bumper-to-bumper traffic around midnight when an officer noticed there were 13 people in the four-person vehicle, including a woman sitting on his lap.
The officer walked up to the car and knocked on the side window; Starks kept driving. Starks finally stopped when the officer knocked on the side door. Then the car accelerated, moving slightly to the left.
The movement caused the vehicle to hit the officer in the chest and pinned him against against a vehicle in the another lane.
Police ran the tags on the truck, which showed the license plate was not registered to that specific vehicle.
Starks is going into his second season with the Dolphins, where he started in four games and played reserve in 12 others. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he was drafted in 2004 by the Tennessee Titans.
He was listed as being held in jail Sunday morning on $10,000 bond.
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