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Dallas Cowboys football player Josh Brent, center, with a bandaged hand, leaves with unknown persons after a memorial service for practice squad member Jerry Brown at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Dallas. Brown died in a suspected drunken-driving accident on Saturday. Brent was the driver and is charged with intoxication manslaughter. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Citing information provided by a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation, the Dallas Morning News? website is reporting that Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent had a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit ? 0.18 ? when he crashed his 2007 Mercedes early Saturday, killing teammate Jerry Brown.

Brent, 25, is free on $500,000 after Irving police charged him with intoxication manslaughter. The Cowboys placed him on the reserve/non-football illness list Wednesday and filled his roster spot by signing a free-agent defensive tackle.

A spokesman for the Irving Police Department said Wednesday that investigators may present the evident they have in the case to the Dallas County District Attorney?s Office as soon as Thursday.

Tom Orsborn has been a reporter for the San Antonio Express-News for 25 years, spending the last 12 covering the Dallas Cowboys. He also covered the team's three Super Bowl wins during the 1990s. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.

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