Police: Indianapolis Colts owner had $29K in cash when arrested

CARMEL, Ind. —

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay had $29,000 in cash and bottles of

prescription drugs in his vehicle when he was arrested on suspicion of

intoxicated driving and other charges, according to the arrest report.The

cash was in Irsay’s wallet, metal briefcase and two laundry bags. The

briefcase and bags, which were on the front passenger-side floor, also

contained bottles of pills of various colors, including orange, green

and white ones, the police report states.Irsay, 54, denied being

drunk when he was arrested in suburban Carmel on March 16, although the

billionaire was so disoriented that officers made him sit on the hood of

a patrol car to keep him from falling, the report said. The arresting

officer said he “believed Irsay to be intoxicated on a substance other

than alcohol,” according to the report.The arrest report listed a

dozen pieces of evidence identified as prescription drugs, but it

didn’t specify which drugs they were. Irsay told the officer that he had

taken several prescription medications that day but had not been

drinking.The contents of the arrest report by Carmel police were

first reported Thursday by The Indianapolis Star, which obtained the

report through a public records request.Irsay’s attorney, James

Voyles did not return phone calls from The Associated Press seeking

comment Thursday. His spokeswoman, Myra Borshoff Cook, had no comment.The

report said an officer pulled over Irsay’s slow-moving SUV after it

stopped twice on a city street for no apparent reason and failed to use a

turn signal. Police said Irsay told the officer that he sometimes has

trouble finding his home. The Star reported that Irsay bought a home in

late February less than a half-mile from where he was stopped.”I

observed the vehicle come to a complete stop on W. Main Street for no

apparent reason. … As I was approaching the vehicle it began to slowly

move eastbound and came to another complete stop in the lane of travel

for no apparent reason,” Officer James Morris wrote in the report.Earlier

this week, prosecutors postponed an initial court appearance for Irsay

“unless or until” formal charges are filed against him. Irsay was

arrested on preliminary charges of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated

on a controlled substance and four felony counts of possession of a

controlled substance. The report said police don’t believe Irsay was

drunk when he was arrested.Hamilton County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Andre Miksha said prosecutors are not bound by preliminary booking charges.Irsay’s

family said after his arrest that he is undergoing treatment “to help

him meet his challenges head-on” at a facility outside of Indiana. They

have not identified the facility.Irsay acknowledged in 2002 that

he had become dependent on painkillers after several years of orthopedic

operations but said he had overcome the problem after undergoing

treatment.The report said Irsay stumbled out of his SUV and

failed field sobriety tests, such as having to stand on one foot. After

Irsay refused a blood draw, a judge approved a search warrant to draw

his blood. Those results have not been released and the results of the

breath test administered to Irsay at the scene were redacted from the

report.Refusing the blood test means Irsay’s driver’s license will be automatically suspended for one year.Irsay

declined to answer questions without his attorney present and was not

questioned at the jail. He was released the following day.



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