Bucs Cornerback Cox charged with DUI

ByABC News
July 8, 2014, 12:43 PM

— -- TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay cornerback Torrie Cox was held out of the Buccaneers' game Sunday against Atlanta a day after being arrested on a drunken driving charge. Cox, 24, was arrested in a traffic stop at 3 a.m. Saturday and was later released on $500 bond for a misdemeanor charge. "An individual saw him in his vehicle asleep at the wheel with the car on," police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said Sunday. "When we arrived, his foot was on the brake, but the car was running and he was passed out." About an hour after his arrest, Cox's blood alcohol was measured at 0.119 and 0.139, well above Florida's 0.08 legal limit, McElroy said. Cox missed practice Saturday because of the arrest. He met later with general manager Bruce Allen, team spokesman Jeff Kamis said.