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Jean Odney Alexandre, the father of Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander, was found alive Thursday after he went missing earlier this week.
The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office announced Alexandre was in good health after he walked to the field guard station at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park in Florida:
Per NFL Network’s Tom PelisseroAlexander left the camp of Bengal on Tuesday to help search for his father after he went missing. berry-picking trip with another man in Okeechobee County.
For ESPNs Ben Baby, Alexander was released from custody on Tuesday after being arrested on a battery charge as a result of an incident at a man’s home:
“An arrest report obtained by ESPN on Wednesday states that Alexander, 26, and another man, Evins Clement, arrived at the victim’s house with law enforcement to ‘discuss an incident that was the day before.’
“After the enforcement officer left, Alexander and Clement tried to get information about the incident, according to the report. When the man would not get in their car, the report says, Clement detained the man because Alexander the man apparently in the face, causing minor injuries. “
Baby notes that Alexander and Clement were released from custody after placing bail of $ 2,000.
Alexander’s lawyers, Brian Pakett and Stacey Richman, testified Sports Illustrated‘s James Rapien that Alexander in “very, very worried son “when he confronted the man who left his father behind.
“He loves his father, and that’s what this is about, “said Pakett and Richman. That is his only concern in the matter is the welfare of his father. He fully cooperated with the police. “
May Pelissero, Alexander and other family members are on their way to see Alexander after he was found alive.
Alexander joined the Bengals in March when he signed a one-year, $ 4 million free agency contract. He spent the previous four years with the Minnesota Vikings.
