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Miami, FL – Retired NY Giants linebacker, Lawrence Taylor, was charged Sunday with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, a second-degree misdemeanor, according to Miami-Dade County jail records. Police believe Taylor hit another car and then a guard rail and then drove away from the scene. We’re told no one was injured.

Lawrence Taylor, former New Yor Giants linebacker, arrested

Police report that Taylor was very cooperative when he was arrested and he was eventually released later that night on $500 bond. It was not known at the time if Taylor hired a lawyer.

Taylor has a history of substance abuse, but Miami police told TMZ that the NFL star looked completely sober when he was arrested late last night.

Police told TMZ that when they found Taylor, he was standing outside of his car which was missing a front tire. The tire was found at the scene of the crash which means Taylor may have driven several miles on just the axle.

Taylor, who has been arrested twice on drug-related charges in the past, was so coherent when he was arrested for hit-and-run last night, that officers didn’t feel the need to perform a sobriety test.

Taylor, recently competed and was eliminated before the finals on last season’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

Taylor is  also a spokesman for Nutrisystem.