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Ex-Browns WR Davone Bess arrested after standoff in Phoenix-area home

Associated Press

GILBERT, ARIZ.: Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Davone Bess has been arrested after a standoff with police at his suburban Phoenix home.

Gilbert police say Bess fled a traffic stop in Gilbert early Monday.

Police Sgt. Jesse Sanger says Bess barricaded himself in his car and then his home.

Sanger says a SWAT team entered after obtaining a warrant.

Bess is being held on one felony count each of endangerment, flight and failure to stop for a police officer.

Police did not say why he was initially stopped.

The 30-year-old was released as the Cleveland Browns wide receiver in 2014 after less than a year.