Already has a pending charge against himn in Arizona
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Former University of Wisconsin-Madison star running back P.J. Hill was arrested on a drunken driving charge last weekend after he allegedly led police on a short chase, then crashed his car near his campus-area home.
Hill, 22, who decided in January to skip his senior season and enter the National Football League draft, appeared in Dane County Circuit Court on Monday on tentative charges of drunken driving, fleeing police, second-degree reckless endangerment, driving without headlights and reckless driving.
Formal charges are expected to be filed within three weeks, when Hill is again scheduled to appear in court. Fleeing police and reckless endangerment would both be felony charges.
Hill, who had been in jail since early Saturday, was released Monday on a signature bond with conditions that he not drink and that he not be at the Open Pantry on Regent Street in Madison.
Originally from East Elmhurst, N.Y., Hill was the Badgers’ leading rusher last year, racking up 1,194 yards on 226 carries in his junior year of eligibility at tailback. He finished his career as the team’s third all-time leading rusher behind Ron Dayne and Anthony Davis.
Hill was arrested about 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Dane County Circuit Court. Assistant District Attorney Vanny Lu said in court Monday that police were called to the Open Pantry, 1401 Regent St., after a vehicle struck a guard rail and left the scene.
Police spotted the car at a traffic light nearby, Lu said. The driver accelerated through the light and led police on a short chase to Spring Street, then attempted to turn into a driveway. The car crashed into a wooden retaining wall and stopped. Hill, who was driving, was arrested at gunpoint, Lu said.
Jail records indicate that Hill, who is not enrolled as a student this semester, lives in the 1300 block of Spring Street.
The probable cause affidavit also indicates that a woman was sitting in the front seat with Hill during the chase. Hill refused to take a breath test or perform any sobriety tests for police, the affidavit states.
Lu asked that Hill, who has connections to New York and Arizona, be restricted from traveling out of Wisconsin while charges against him are pending. Hill also has charges pending against him in Scottsdale, Ariz., including drunken driving, unreasonable speed and making unsafe lane changes, Arizona court records indicate. He is due back in court in Arizona on Thursday.
Hill said earlier this month that he had been training in Arizona to improve his draft prospects.
Hill’s attorney, Bruce Rosen, asked that Hill be allowed to travel because of the upcoming draft, which is scheduled for April 25 and 26 in New York City. It only then dawned on Court Commissioner Todd Meurer that the person identified as Parrish Hill standing before him was P.J. Hill. But Meurer made it clear that it was not because of Hill’s status as a football player that he was declining to restrict Hill’s movements outside of Wisconsin.
