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01-06-2010, 03:27 PM
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NOVI, Mich. -- Police say ex-Detroit Lions and Michigan State receiver Charles Rogers has been arrested after apparently drinking too much and passing out at a Mexican restaurant.

He's scheduled to appear Wednesday in district court.



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Novi Deputy Chief Tom Lindberg said Wednesday that Rogers was arrested at the suburban Detroit restaurant Tuesday afternoon on a warrant for disobeying a sobriety court order. Lindberg says Rogers was visibly intoxicated Tuesday and was taken to a hospital.

A police source said Rogers was taken into custody at about 3:15 p.m. ET after employees were unable to rouse him and feared he may have had a heart attack, the Detroit News reported.

"We were called to the restaurant on a medical run and he was taken to Providence Park Hospital for observation," Lindberg said, according to the report. He did not disclose the nature of the medical problem.

The 28-year-old Saginaw native and No. 2 NFL draft pick in 2003 pleaded guilty in September to impaired driving and re-entered a sobriety court program, which involves intensive counseling and testing. In that case, he was arrested after he was found "non-responsive behind the wheel" of a vehicle that was still running, in gear and in a left-turn lane, authorities said.

Earlier in 2008 he had served a 30-day jail sentence, with credit for 15 days, instead of staying in an intensive counseling program after violating probation in a domestic violence case.

Rogers was suspended by the Detroit Lions for substance abuse in 2005 and released the next year. The team says he must repay two-thirds of a $9.1 million bonus.