Former Giants Lineman Barry Cofield Arrested For Heroin Possession, DUI and Resisting Arrest After Falling Asleep Behind The Wheel

On Tuesday, former Giants DT Barry Cofield was arrested in Florida on several charges, including multiple assault and drug offenses following an attempted traffic stop. 

The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. after Cofield was found passed out behind the wheel of his black Cadillac Escalade, with his foot on the brake at a stop light that cycled several times. 

According to the arrest report, when officials tried to wake him, Cofield accelerated through the traffic light and led the police on a low-speed chase. Amid the pursuit, officials say he did not “travel faster than the speed limit nor make “evasive maneuvers,” but he did reportedly swerve into multiple lanes and side-swipe a car at the intersection, before he crashed into a second police car. 

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Upon arrest, police found two small bags of a red powder in his pocket, which later tested positive for heroin. According to The Sentinel, officials also said Cofield’s breath wreaked of alcohol, but he refused to submit to a sobriety test. 

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Now as a result, Cofield was slapped with three citations and five charges, including fleeing and eluding an officer, driving under the influence of alcohol, aggravated assault on an officer, resisting without violence and possession of heroin.