Belfour arrested on intoxication, mischief charges

Ed Belfour is in legal trouble once again.

Early Tuesday morning, the Hall of Fame goaltender was arrested at a hotel in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He was charged with third-degree criminal mischief and alcohol intoxication in a public place, according to an arrest report obtained by the Bowling Green Daily News and local station WNKY.

Belfour was "manifestly under the influence of alcohol to a point he was a danger to himself and others," according to the citation.

The 54-year-old was arrested just before 1:30 a.m. by Bowling Green police, who booked him into the Warren County Regional Jail about an hour and a half later, according to the jail's website.

Belfour is accused of damaging property at the hotel. He was found clutching a curtain rod that had been ripped out of the wall, and he was not compliant with officers when they attempted to handcuff him.

Police said the former netminder had "slow, slurred speech, bloodshot eyes" and "could barely stand up."

Belfour was arrested multiple times during his playing career. In 2007, he was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer without violence after he and teammate Ville Peltonen were booked in Miami. Belfour was also arrested in 2001 after a fight with security guards and police at a Dallas hotel, after which he offered the officers $1 billion to let him go.

He pleaded guilty to resisting arrest, receiving two years probation, and enrolled in the NHL's substance abuse program as a result.

Belfour retired in 2008 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2011.

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