WBC middleweight boxing champion Jermall Charlo was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors of driving while intoxicated, eluding and fleeing from police and leaving the scene of a crash that involved more than $200 in damage, Pearland (Tx.) Police Department public information officer Chad Rogers told NBC News on Tuesday.
The arrest occurred Monday night at 12799 Broadway Street in Pearland, Texas, a suburb of Houston.
Officers arrived on scene following the collision, Rogers said, and witnessed a verbal altercation between the two parties. Charlo fled the scene in his Lamborghini and refused to pull over. Police eventually boxed him in and took him into custody. His blood alcohol concentration was greater than 0.15%. The legal limit in Texas is .08%.
