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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 10:38 a.m.

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Mexican media outlets are reporting that former New York Jets cornerback Kwame Ellis has been arrested in Reynosa.

Metro Noticias of Tamaulipas reported that Ellis got into an argument with a taxi driver who allegedly drove the former NFL player to the city's red light district known locally as "Boy's Town."

The taxi driver reportedly told police that drove Ellis around the Mexican border city for several hours but the former football player stiffed him when it came time to pay.

The 320 peso or $26 dollar cab ride reportedly started late Sunday night and went through early Monday morning.

Reynosa city police arrested Ellis for theft of service and a Mexican judge ordered that the 34-year-old be held in a Reynosa jail for 36 hours.

Metro Noticias of Tamaulipas reported that Ellis claims to have paid the taxi bill but the cab driver insists he did not and brought him directly to police.

According to the New York Jets website, Ellis played for Stanford in college and started with the Jets in 1996. He left the team and the NFL in 1998.

It was not clear why or how long Ellis had been visiting the area.

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Click here to read the article from Metro Noticias of Tamaulipas. 
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NFL PLAYER ARRESTED

Posted by MARYANGELIQUE HOLLY, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - Sunday, March 01, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

ALL U "PUNKS" OUT THERE MAKIN NEGATIVE COMMENTS NEED 2 GET A F...IN LIFE! U DONT KNOW THAT MAN OR THE SITUATION. HE'S AN AMERICAN IN FOREIGN TERRITORY! DONT TAKE YOUR A.. OVER THERE, THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN 2 U. I KNOW THIS GENTELEMAN PERSONALLY, AND HE IZ WELL RESPECTED IN HIS HOMETOWN AMONGST HIS FRIENDS AND PEERS. WE LUV U KWAME. TOWN BIZNESS!!!

He should of went to vegas instead of Reynosa for his senoritas!

Posted by Lipstick Night Club, Reynosa - Sunday, November 09, 2008 at 6:37 p.m.

Come on.. anybody can pay off the cops there.. you got robbed in boy's town and couldn't pay for your cab ride back. sorry sucka.

nfl payer didn't pay taxi tab

Posted by danny martinez, dallas, texas - Sunday, November 09, 2008 at 9:32 a.m.

... just look at him, you can tell he is lying. he didn't pay the poor taxi driver. he thinks he's special ... will, he's not ... pay your bill. He should be jailed for at least a month or longer.

:o)

DALLAS FAN

Posted by JAY MAN, MCALLEN - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 1:31 p.m.

You know this is cowboy country if u didnt play for the boyz beat it.

?

Posted by M S, GUerra - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 12:32 p.m.

dont be fooled i live in the area he was here to look for a connect i met one b4 that played for washington and still plays

huh

Posted by norma alaniz, texas - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 11:48 a.m.

the article did say "former" and you saying to let him go home to what he does best apperantly he's not playing football. remember "former"

NFL PALYER IN REYNOSA

Posted by anonymous anonymous, edinburg - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 11:24 a.m.

This quy probably did not pay the cab driver as alot of these NFL players feel a sense of entitilement because they play pro ball. Wake up you aren't special!

maybe

Posted by joe gar, harl - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 11:13 a.m.

Maybe this guy didnt pay. You know how americans are, feel that they can get away with anything,

who is lieing!!!

Posted by jose none, harlingen - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 at 11:04 a.m.

I truly dont believe that Ellies did not have any trouble paying 26 dallors to a taxi driver. These players pay big dollars to do other things ex buy homes; cars; stock and on and on the list goes. I think it is all because of "color" people need to start leaveing colored people alone for once. This man needs go back home and continue working and doing what he does best.

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