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Patriots release Spikes after his car found abandoned (The Associated Press)

New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes talks with reporters after an NFL football organized …

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- The New England Patriots have released linebacker Brandon Spikes the day after Massachusetts State Police found his damaged car abandoned in the median of an interstate near the team's headquarters.

The team in a brief statement Monday announced that Spikes had been cut.

State police say Spikes' Mercedes-Maybach was found with front-end damage at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday in Foxborough after the operator reported hitting a deer.