Steeler Linebacker Facing Charges
By Craig Schaffer/AP
Mar 10, 2008, 07:53
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison and his agents say they are not commenting on criminal charges that he assaulted his girlfriend.
29-year-old Harrison, of Franklin Park, was arrested Saturday at a home in Ohio Township, about nine miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
Ohio Township police say the couple was arguing that afternoon and the woman locked herself in a bedroom. Police allege that Harrison broke down the door and hit her across the face with an open hand.
Harrison and his agents tell the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that they have no comment.
Team spokesman Dave Lockett says the Steelers are gathering information on the charges, but consider the matter a personal concern of Harrison's.
