The Virginian-Pilot
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NEWPORT NEWS
Kansas City Chiefs cornerback David Macklin was charged with DUI early Friday morning in Newport News after a trooper stopped his BMW, Virginia State Police said.
Macklin was stopped at 3:16 a.m. for illegal window tint on the ramp from Interstate 64 west onto J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, police said.
Trooper J.R. Street “detected the smell of alcohol and noticed the driver to be impaired,” a State Police news release said. “Further investigation determined that the driver’s blood alcohol level was in excess of Virginia’s legal limit of .08.”
Macklin, 30, of Phoenix, Ariz., also was charged with having illegally tinted windows. Police said he was cooperative.
Macklin played football for Menchville High School in Newport News, his hometown, according to the Chiefs' Web site.
He signed a two-year contract with the Chiefs in November. In 2007, he played in six games as a Washington Redskin.
Patrick Wilson, (757) 446-2957, patrick.wilson@pilotonline.com
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