Free agent outfielder Delmon Young was arrested after he choked and threatened a parking attendant at a Miami hotel Sunday night, police said. Young is a resident of the hotel’s rear tower.
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Young walked away for a moment, but returned demanding that the attendant open the door.
Young told police he didn’t know anything about the attack on the attendant, the report said.
After the attendant repeated that the club was closed, Young told him, “I’m gonna (expletive) kill you, you Latin piece of (expletive)”, the report said.
Young played for the Twins for three and a half seasons between 2008 and 2011.
The TV station cited a police report in which Young is accused of grabbing the valet by his neck after he refused to let Young into an elevator to a club. He was released Monday morning on $1,500 bail, according to jail records.
Peter Burke of Local10.com reported the news Monday, indicating Young also allegedly used derogatory slurs in addition to physical violence. He was arrested in 2012 in NYC after police claimed that he yelled anti-Semitic epithets during a fight at his hotel. Young continued to strangle the man for “approximately five to six seconds” before the victim was able to peel Young’s fingers from his neck, police said. Young pleaded guilty to harassment and was sentenced to 10 hours of community service and completed a restorative justice program.
Young, who most recently played for the Baltimore Orioles, has had a similar run-in with the law in the past.
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In 2006, Young was suspended for 50 games while playing minor-league baseball for the Durham Bulls after he threw his bat at an umpire. The Rays traded him to Minnesota after the 2007 season in a deal that brought Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett to Tampa Bay.
