Jets WR Braylon Edwards arrested on DWI charge in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards was arrested today on charges of driving while intoxicated after officers pulled him over because the windows on his SUV were too tinted, police said.

Officers on the lookout for vehicle violations like excessive tinting or missing registration stickers pulled over Edwards' Land Rover on Manhattan's west side around 5:15 a.m. and noticed a strong smell of alcohol, said chief NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.

Edwards was given a breath test at the scene and another at a police station. His blood alcohol level was .16, twice the legal limit, officials said. There were four other people in the SUV at the time.

In January, Edwards was placed on probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor aggravated disorderly conduct in Cleveland for punching a man outside a nightclub. He was traded by the Browns to the Jets two days after the October nightclub encounter.

Edwards' lawyer, Peter M. Frankel, declined to comment as he awaited the player's arraignment. A call to his agent wasn't returned.

Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said Edwards showed poor judgment.