Wayne Rooney arrested on charge of public intoxication

ANI  |  Virginia [USA] 

was arrested on account of in

reported citing court documents that was booked for public swearing/intoxication, which is considered a misdemeanor crime under law.

The was arrested by the Police (MWAA), the agency that operates Reagan National and Dulles International airports. He was subsequently released on a personal recognisance bond, said an from

This isn't the first time that was nabbed for an alcohol-related charge.

The Former England was slapped with a two-year ban from driving after he pleaded guilty to a drink-driving offence in a in September 2017.

The 31-year-old had admitted to being almost three times over the limit in what he described as a "terrible mistake".

Besides suspension, Rooney had been slapped with a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work. He had also been fined two weeks' wages by his then League club Everton, reportedly an amount of worth £300,000.

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First Published: Mon, January 07 2019. 03:25 IST