TAMPA, Fla. - Former baseball star Dwight Gooden, sought by police since he fled a DUI traffic stop three days ago, turned himself in at a county jail Thursday, police said.
Gooden, 40, showed up at the jail around 5 p.m., police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. He had been missing since early Monday, when an officer pulled over his 2004 BMW near downtown Tampa on suspicion of drunken driving. He twice refused to get out of the car for a field sobriety test, then drove away suddenly.
Gooden, who has a history of substance abuse and currently has a domestic violence charge pending in the court, was booked on a felony charge of fleeing police, and misdemeanor charges of DUI and resisting arrest without violence.
He is scheduled to appear in court Friday morning for a hearing to revoke his bond on the March domestic violence charge, McElroy said.
Police looking for Gooden had talked to his attorney, Peter Hobson, on Wednesday, but he did not indicate that he knew where Gooden was or that he wanted to surrender, McElroy said. McElroy said she didn't know where the former major leaguer had been.
Gooden, 40, showed up at the jail around 5 p.m., police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. He had been missing since early Monday, when an officer pulled over his 2004 BMW near downtown Tampa on suspicion of drunken driving. He twice refused to get out of the car for a field sobriety test, then drove away suddenly.
Gooden, who has a history of substance abuse and currently has a domestic violence charge pending in the court, was booked on a felony charge of fleeing police, and misdemeanor charges of DUI and resisting arrest without violence.
He is scheduled to appear in court Friday morning for a hearing to revoke his bond on the March domestic violence charge, McElroy said.
Police looking for Gooden had talked to his attorney, Peter Hobson, on Wednesday, but he did not indicate that he knew where Gooden was or that he wanted to surrender, McElroy said. McElroy said she didn't know where the former major leaguer had been.
