KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a charge of assaulting a police officer against Darren Myles Jr. after the former Tennessee defensive back reached a plea agreement that will have him on diversion until April 2012.
On Thursday, Myles pleaded guilty to charges of resisting arrest and public intoxication stemming from his April 18 arrest at a Knoxville bar and nightclub. He also pleaded guilty to evading arrest and resisting arrest after fleeing the scene of a July 9 bar brawl that involved many of his former teammates.
A charge of disorderly conduct from the April incident also was dismissed.
Myles’ two-year sentence will be suspended unless he gets in further legal trouble.
The 19-year-old from Atlanta was kicked off the team after his July arrest.
