Getty ImagesThe Dolphins got a win over the Seahawks at home on Sunday afternoon and safety Jonathon Amaya went out until the wee hours of the morning celebrating the win.
There’s not much to celebrate about the way the night ended for Amaya, however. NBC Miami reports that Amaya was arrested on charges of battery of a taxi driver after being picked up outside a club around 4:30 a.m.
According to the police report, Amaya promised the driver a $100 tip to take him to an area that the driver normally didn’t go. During the ride, Amaya allegedly became “aggressive” and the driver returned to the spot where the ride began before telling Amaya to get out of the car. The driver told police that Amaya “leaned forward and wrapped his hands around [the driver's] neck and started choking him” and two off-duty police officers who were working at the club heard the driver yelling that Amaya was going to kill him.
Amaya has six tackles in eight games playing mostly special teams for the Dolphins in 2012. He played 16 games for the Saints last season after starting his career with the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2010.
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Wow… so he actually did the right thing by calling a cab… then he gets aggressive and assualts the man for driving his drunk behind to his destination?
You seriously can’t make this stuff up!
And what’s he celebrating for? They got New England this Sunday!
Ummmm, at least he wasn’t drinking and driving?
My question is why would Amaya be traveling to an area at 4:30 am that a taxi driver is afraid to travel into?
At least the guy took a cab, one right step lead to a wrong step.
They say he drank like a fish.
Welcome to waivers Mr Amaya, the Jets should be calling soon.
at least he was smart enough to call a cab, lol
Just another idiot Dolphin player, and I’m a Dolphin fan. Why can’t they behave when they go out??? Drunk I presume??
Well, at least he decided to take a cab instead of driving. lol
…And I was juuust looking at the “Days without an arrest” meter this morning thinking we were doing pretty good
Who?
Cut him now. Don’t bother waiting. Yeah, I get the innocent until proven guilty thing but that is in the eyes of the law, not the eyes of the employer. It’s one thing to keep a guy that got in trouble a year or two ago (Misi). It is quite another to keep somebody who does this under your leadership. Philbin can hammer home a message of accountability here and he should waste no time. The typical press release about monitoring the situation sends a weak message. If a player cannot control his actions he doesn’t need to be on the team.
Come on guys. You’re making it real hard to defend you. Stop with the stupidty. Play like an animal on the field but act like a human being on it.
Guess we can reset the police blotter tracker to 0 now.
I also now wonder if it’s worth including the arrest was made outside a club. Given the time of day when it happened, I think it’s safe to assume we won’t ever read of an arrest made outside a library or a church.
When you’re near the bottom of an NFL depth chart you don’t want to be anywhere near the back seat of a cop car.
Goodell is gonna blame the Saints.
Reset the arrest meter!!!!!!
The driver took him back to the night club after he became agressive on the way there. Read the whole story people. Most of the people who commented didn’t even read the whole story. That being said he’ll now be working at that night club as a bouncer. Can you say CUT.
Well, now we know why players don’t call cabs more often. Seems they can’t even get that right.
Taking a cab must of been baby steps. Choking the cab driver Not a big deal.
what in idiot
see ya.