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According to TMZ, Ramirez was arrested at his home in Florida on Monday night after an incident with his wife. The AP later reported that Ramirez was being charged with battery.
From TMZ:
Witnesses tell TMZ Ramirez was taken out of his Weston,*Florida home*at around 7 PM ET in handcuffs.* We're told Ramirez' wife was in the house.* Two witnesses tell TMZ Ramirez and his wife were involved in an altercation.
Ramirez' wife, Juliana, left the house shortly after Ramirez was taken away in the back of a*police car.*He is currently*in custody.
Ramirez has had incidents with the law before. In 1994, he was arrested on charges of drunken driving in the Washington Heights, New York neighborhood where he was raised. During a humorous situation in 2008, he was lectured by a Seattle police officer after jaywalking near Safeco Field.Ramirez' wife, Juliana, left the house shortly after Ramirez was taken away in the back of a*police car.*He is currently*in custody.
Police were not involved during a 2008 incident where Ramirez reportedly shoved the team's traveling secretary during a dispute, but the run-in has been generally cited as one of the reasons the Red Sox traded him to the Dodgers that year.
Ramirez retired from the Tampa Bay Rays and baseball the first week of this season after he flunked a second drug test. Ramirez would have been suspended for 100 games had he not retired.
UPDATE: TMZ has a mug shot.
Stay tuned for more as the story develops ...