McNabb jailed after 2013 arrest

ByABC News
April 17, 2014, 7:11 PM

— -- MESA, Ariz. -- Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was released Thursday from an Arizona jail after serving a one-day sentence for a misdemeanor DUI arrest late last year.

Records released by West Mesa Justice Court show McNabb served his time Wednesday and was released Thursday morning.

"I have had other high-profile athletes who have been incarcerated with no problems, and this latest athlete follows that same pattern," Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio said.

McNabb, 37, was arrested Dec. 15 on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community east of Phoenix, according to court records.

A copy of the citation shows McNabb was stopped on the Loop 101 freeway just after 3 a.m., and radar clocked his Range Rover at 81 mph in a 65-mph zone. He also was cited for DUI, but no information about blood-alcohol level was on the citation.

McNabb pleaded guilty on March 27, and nine days of his sentence was suspended.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office released McNabb's mug shot Thursday morning, and t

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.