Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was arrested in Milwaukee and later released after failing field sobriety tests, according to a report from WISN 12 News.
The report says Romo was stopped in Milwaukee County around 8:00 p.m. ET local time while traveling southbound on Interstate 43. After performing poorly on the standard field sobriety tests, he was taken into custody on OWI charges and booked before being released.
WISN 12 News obtained the arrest-detention report, which says Romo was stopped Thursday around 8 p.m. while traveling southbound on Interstate 43 and performed poorly on standard field sobriety tests. He was taken into custody for OWI book and released.
A New York Post note in the report said, "A first-offense OWI in Wisconsin is typically a civil offense and not a criminal charge," and that it "typically carries a fine ranging from $150-$300."
Romo is now the lead analyst on CBS’ NFL broadcast team, working alongside Jim Nantz on play-by-play and Tracy Wolfson as the sideline reporter.
The arrest comes after Romo recently spoke about the biggest regret from his Cowboys years: not winning a Super Bowl. "I'm not a guy with big regrets, I guess you could say.
The only regret I guess I would have is that... my job was to bring a Super Bowl to Dallas, and I didn't do it," Romo said at the time. "So that always sticks with me a little bit.
Because you give your whole body, heart, soul, everything into it."
"And you just wanted that for... all the fans. The Joneses.
For everybody that you're around," he added. "And so that one always sticks with me a little bit just because I had that opportunity and just wasn't able to do it.
So that part of it kind of still... sits there."
No other details have been made available about Romo's arrest at this time.
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