PITTSBURGH -- Police said Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed was cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct outside a bar a couple of blocks from Heinz Field, where the team beat the Cleveland Browns a few hours earlier.
Reed declined comment to Channel 4 Action News while he was at Steelers headquarters on Monday afternoon.
Lt. David Piasecke, of the city's Zone 1 police station, said two police officers were called to an unrelated incident at McFadden's on North Shore Drive about 9 p.m. Sunday when they saw Steelers tight end Matt Spaeth urinating next to a white sport utility vehicle in a parking lot.
Reed got out of that SUV and was told to get back inside, but he did not comply, and he turned toward Sgt. David Krueger with a raised fist, Piasecke said.
The officers forcibly handcuffed Reed, who had a strong order of alcohol, Piasecke said.
Spaeth, 25, was cited and got a ticket for urinating in public. Police said Reed, 30, will be mailed a summons to appear in city court on his charges.
Brandon Morrisey, an assistant manager at McFadden's, told Channel 4 Action News that Reed comes in after every home game and is a great guy and always talkative.
Morrisey said he didn't see what happened with Reed, but he didn't notice anything unusual at the bar that night and was surprised to hear the news on Monday morning.
"He was fine when I left, chatting it up, talking it up. Don't know what happened afterward," Morrisey said.
Steelers spokesman Dave Lockett did not comment and said the team is still gathering information about Sunday night's police incidents.
Just hours earlier, Reed kicked two field goals in
the Steelers' 27-14 victory over Cleveland.
Reed joined teammates Monday night to sign footballs for fans at Bid for Hope -- a breast cancer fundraiser for Glimmer of Hope -- where teammates aren't rushing to judgment.
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Watch Andrew Stockey's Report"My teammates, I love them to death, they are great guys. Sometimes, you are in a bad place at the wrong time and unfortunate things happen," Steelers offensive tackle Max Starks said. "It's a situation where its unfortunate you look at the situation and you wonder what happened at the whole situation and that is where times transpires and the truth really comes out."
"We just try and tell him we don't like guys being in situations like that but we don't really know what happened because none of us were there," Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel said.
At the Monday night event, Reed had no comment on the latest charge. This is Reed's second brush with the law this year.
He paid $543 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and criminal mischief
for damaging a paper towel dispenser in a Sheetz bathroom in New Alexandria in February.
"I just think he (Reed) should just stop drinking and do his job. Anybody else would get fired or get suspended," Steelers fan Tyler Smith said.
"I don't think they should get in trouble. It's a privilege to be a football player, so they should just do a good job and not get in trouble," Steelers fan Kade Gardner said.
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