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October 18, 2008

Bucs player arrested for DUI

TAMPA -- Matt McCoy, who until Saturday had been a linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was arrested by police for driving while intoxicated shortly after 4 a.m. near his south Tampa home on Paul Avenue, according to Hillsborough County jail records.

McCoy refused a blood-alcohol test and was released this afternoon on $500 bail, records show.

The 26-year-old California native was a third-string linebacker who came to Tampa from the Jets as a free agent, and previously played for the Philadelphia Eagles. The team released him on Saturday.

-- Times Staff

Posted by Times Editor at 4:49:00 PM on October 18, 2008
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