Talk about a strange twist to an already disturbing story. Cincinnati Bengals DB Mackensie Alexander was arrested Tuesday in Florida. The cornerback, who left camp when it was reported his father was missing Monday, was arrested for allegedly hitting the man who went on the berry-picking trip with his dad, Jean Odney Alexandre,
According to the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office, Alexander’s father went missing along with the unnamed man and others, had gone to Okeechobee County to pick palmetto berries. The unnamed man, described as Alexandre’s friend, told authorities that he could not find Alexandre “in the fields (where) they were originally searching for berries,” according to an incident report.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander and a friend went to the Florida home of a man who reportedly was with Alexander’s father before he went missing, tried “to convince” the man to leave with them, and then Alexander repeatedly struck him in the face, documents say.
As the search continues for #Bengals CB Mackensie Alexander’s missing father, Alexander was arrested Tuesday night on one count of battery, per Collier County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office records. He’d returned home to Florida after his father’s disappearance Monday.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 26, 2020
Alexander, 26, and his former high school football teammate, 28-year-old Evins Clement, were arrested Tuesday by the Collier County Sherriff’s Office and face battery charges.
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More details:
At some point, Alexander and Clement began “to interrogate” the man about what happened to Alexander’s father, the report says.
They “(tried) to convince” the man to leave “with them in their vehicle,” the report says.
The man refused, “due to fear of retaliation.”
Eventually, according to the report, Clement grabbed the man and held him down, “rendering him defenseless.”
Alexander then “began to strike (the man) with a closed fist in the face several times,” the report says.
Alexander and Clement fled the scene when they heard the sound of approaching sirens, the report says. Law enforcement stopped their vehicle shortly after and arrested them.
Both were released from the Collier County Jail Wednesday on $2,000 bonds.