Getty ImagesGreen Bay Packers running back Cedric Benson is facing a series of unrelated minor charges in the state of Wisconsin.
According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Benson has been charged with violating an ordinance in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin for allowing animals to run free as his pair of Rottweilers has been accused of attacking calves owned by his neighbors. He has also been charged with traffic offenses for driving 76 mph in a 35 mph zone and driving without a license.
Per the report, Benson’s two Rottweilers bit 17 calves on Dec. 20. The injuries incurred by some of the animals is serious enough that a veterinarian believes some may not survive. Benson was then charged with a second violation after the dogs were running loose in the neighborhood on Jan. 13.
Benson has court dates scheduled for Feb. 13 in relation to the traffic violations and another on Feb. 20 for the animal citations.
Manitowoc County is an adjacent country to Brown County where Green Bay is located. The city on Manitowoc is approximately 40 miles from Green Bay.
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Being from Wisconsin damaging a farmers stock can be a bit more than a “minor” charge. Those animals aren’t cheap. I am sure he can shell out the money too keep them from pursuing things in courts and is probably why he is only facing charges for letting them lose.
Who let the dogs out!? Who Who
Maybe he should just send his neighbors a chase freedom echeck for the damages like drew brees did for his destructive son…
Tim Brown…Titus Young…Jay Ratliff…Cedric Benson…An upcoming SB most of us outside of SF or Baltimore have no emotional stake in…And free agency doesn’t start until March.
Sigh.
Oh, from the headline I thought he got into trouble with a minor.
Who let the dogs out? Cedric let the dogs out.
There are some people that this world will never be right for. Stoo-ped knee-grow
Oh, those charges don’t even matter in Wisconsin. They let things slide until your issues get to Ed Gein or Jeffrey Dahmer levels. Then the law will reluctantly get involved.
Minor charges for an athlete…
Thank you Curtis. Anyone else who writes for this site would have linked Cincinnati to this article in the latest stories.
As for Cedric, I’m glad I no longer have to defend this guy. He’s is in some kind of trouble every year, without fail.
I see extended time behind bars in the future for this idiot! He just doesn’t get it.
Typical Packer! Cue the trolls on how, somehow, the Vikings or Favre are involved.
What was he thinking ? Who lets dogs run loose around a cheer-leading facility ? Good thing the pack lost it sounds like all 17 cheerleaders where injured and would not be available for the super bowl.
Packers should dump him.
Hope he pays his neighbors for the damage.
It’d be a shame for him to only pay government fines and have only small portions make it to those that were damaged. Sucks losing dimes and getting repaid pennies.
A real man settles this out of court. Man up & pay your debts!
He would have been picking up 2 dead rotts if they were biting my animals.
This guy has been a loser since the day he was drafted. Bad teammate, no heart, unappreciative of fans, and pretty much a jag.
A true Bengal, through and through.
I’m surprised his dogs haven’t been shot yet. Farm animals are serious business, and farmers/ranchers don’t take kindly to dogs injuring their livestock.
What a jerk off. He obviously knows the tendencies of his dogs, control them. He obviously doesn’t care about other people’s property or source of living. I have also defended this guy, thinking that the Austin PD was after him, but I guess I was wrong. He needs an attitude adjustment and some responsibility before he retires, he will only have more time on his hands.
Well ,he has switched from getting in trouble on water to getting in trouble on land. Impressive!
This guy has a history of irresponsibility going back to college. I’d be very surprised if TT and MM kept the guy around.
Maybe he’ll get off if he burns the clothes he was wearing and doesn’t talk to the cops. His rots will get off by claiming it was “self defense” and 13 years from now Benson will be a celebrated “Christian”.
Same old Cedric
“Typical Packer! Cue the trolls on how, somehow, the Vikings or Favre are involved.”
Cue Viking fans on how Packer fans are going to somehow bring up the Vikings.