Probert charged with resisting arrest at home in Ontario
July 5, 2005
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
WINDSOR, Ontario -- Famed former Detroit Red Wings enforcer Bob Probert is in legal trouble again over what police say was a fight with an officer.
Ontario provincial police were was called to Probert's Windsor-area home around 9 a.m. Friday by a caller who said the 40-year-old retired hockey star had become violent and was damaging property.
When police arrived, they tried to arrest Probert for breach of the peace, but he refused to comply and resisted arrest, said Senior Constable Deb Mineau.
Probert was charged with assaulting the officer with the intent to resist arrest.
He was taken into custody Friday and released on bail after a brief court appearance Monday. Defense lawyer Patrick Ducharme said he had yet to receive information on the police's case but had spoken with his client.
"I anticipate he will be pleading not guilty and going to trial," Ducharme said.
The case is the latest in a string of brushes with the law for the legendary tough guy, whose off-ice battles with booze and drugs were known nearly as well as his on-ice skill during a 17-year NHL career.
Probert served a three-month prison term after authorities caught him trying to sneak cocaine across the border at the Windsor-Detroit tunnel in March 1989. He was charged with impaired driving several times while playing for the Red Wings in 1985-94.
In February, he was acquitted of charges that arose from a melee with police in Delray Beach, Fla., in 2004 that ended when Probert was zapped with a Taser and a stun gun.
Probert, who was born and raised in Windsor, spent the last years of his NHL career with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Probert's next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 4.
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July 5, 2005
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
WINDSOR, Ontario -- Famed former Detroit Red Wings enforcer Bob Probert is in legal trouble again over what police say was a fight with an officer.
Ontario provincial police were was called to Probert's Windsor-area home around 9 a.m. Friday by a caller who said the 40-year-old retired hockey star had become violent and was damaging property.
When police arrived, they tried to arrest Probert for breach of the peace, but he refused to comply and resisted arrest, said Senior Constable Deb Mineau.
Probert was charged with assaulting the officer with the intent to resist arrest.
He was taken into custody Friday and released on bail after a brief court appearance Monday. Defense lawyer Patrick Ducharme said he had yet to receive information on the police's case but had spoken with his client.
"I anticipate he will be pleading not guilty and going to trial," Ducharme said.
The case is the latest in a string of brushes with the law for the legendary tough guy, whose off-ice battles with booze and drugs were known nearly as well as his on-ice skill during a 17-year NHL career.
Probert served a three-month prison term after authorities caught him trying to sneak cocaine across the border at the Windsor-Detroit tunnel in March 1989. He was charged with impaired driving several times while playing for the Red Wings in 1985-94.
In February, he was acquitted of charges that arose from a melee with police in Delray Beach, Fla., in 2004 that ended when Probert was zapped with a Taser and a stun gun.
Probert, who was born and raised in Windsor, spent the last years of his NHL career with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Probert's next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 4.
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