Troubling new details have emerged in the recent arrest of former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman. A former three-time All-American and two-time national wrestling champion at Ohio State University, Randleman was arrested Aug. 16 in Goodsprings, Nev. and charged with the following offenses:
• Malicious destruction of private property
• Intimidating a police officer
• Being under the influence of a controlled substance
• Driving without a valid license
• Failure to drive in a travel lane
• Driving under the influence of liquor and/or drugs
• Speeding 21 to 30 miles per hour over the posted speed limit
Randleman, 37, was held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas and later released on $11,600 bail. Randleman’s detention time could not be immediately obtained.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department report obtained Tuesday by The Fight Network, a driver, later identified as Kevin C. Randleman, was clocked at 91 miles per hour by Officer E.A. Mulkey at approximately 8:43 AM PST on Aug. 16. Upon pursuit, the officer reported observing the vehicle swerving between lanes and nearly striking multiple vehicles.
The driver eventually slowed to a stop on the right shoulder of the highway, the report said. As Mulkey approached the driver’s side of the vehicle, he noticed the driver slumping towards the steering wheel. He detected “a strong odor of alcohol,” and Randleman appeared “confused and unsteady” when he exited the vehicle, according to the report.
Randleman was cooperative at first, the officer wrote, but pulled away upon being searched for weapons. “Due to the subject’s size and physical condition,” he was placed temporarily in handcuffs for safety reasons. When asked if he had been drinking, Randleman admitted he had consumed “some beers and mixed drinks,” the report said.
Upon closer examination, Mulkey observed Randleman’s eyes to be bloodshot and watery, his pupils dilated. The officer administered a field sobriety test and noticed a “white powdery” substance in and around Randleman’s right nostril, according to the report. Randleman denied taking narcotics, Mulkey reported.
After he failed to produce valid identification, Randleman was placed under arrest and put into the back of Mulkey’s patrol car. According to the report, Mulkey asked Randleman if the handcuffs were too tight, to which he replied, “They’re fine.” Randleman did not become upset until a responding officer searched his vehicle, the report said. However, he became increasingly violent during transport, according to the report.
Randleman later complained about numbness in his hands, at which point Mulkey again offered to adjust the handcuffs. The officer reported that Randleman threatened that “if I got near him he would head butt me and take me out.” The report also indicated the former UFC champion said that the only reason he was in custody was because he was a big, black “N—r.”
En route to the Clark County Detention Center, Randleman “began headbutting the transport cage, and bent one of the metal bars separating the plexiglass, no longer allowing the partition to fully close,” the report said. Mulkey stated that Randleman slumped across the backseat following his final head butt. The 37-year-old then continued with racial remarks. According to the report, he told Mulkey “you have a bleeding black man in your car” and suggested the officer was responsible for his injuries. Randleman then kicked the rear door several times, the officer reported.
When Randleman arrived at the CCDC, he had to be restrained by several law enforcement officials. Mulkey reported that Randleman was subsequently informed of Nevada Implied Consent, which grants law enforcement the right to forcibly test subjects suspected of DUI. Randleman resisted the test, according to Mulkey’s report, and a “force blood draw” was administered.
Randleman’s case has been assigned to the Screening Division inside the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and is being reviewed by Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Ronald Bloxham.
The former PRIDE Fighting Championships star is currently serving a one-year suspension under the Nevada State Athletic Commission for providing a false urine sample devoid of human hormones following his Oct. 2006 loss to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at PRIDE 32 “The Real Deal” in Las Vegas. Randleman (16-12) has lost his last seven out of ten contests, earning his last victory in Oct. 2005.
Randleman’s attorney, James C. Gallo, of Las Vegas, declined comment.
• Malicious destruction of private property
• Intimidating a police officer
• Being under the influence of a controlled substance
• Driving without a valid license
• Failure to drive in a travel lane
• Driving under the influence of liquor and/or drugs
• Speeding 21 to 30 miles per hour over the posted speed limit
Randleman, 37, was held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas and later released on $11,600 bail. Randleman’s detention time could not be immediately obtained.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department report obtained Tuesday by The Fight Network, a driver, later identified as Kevin C. Randleman, was clocked at 91 miles per hour by Officer E.A. Mulkey at approximately 8:43 AM PST on Aug. 16. Upon pursuit, the officer reported observing the vehicle swerving between lanes and nearly striking multiple vehicles.
The driver eventually slowed to a stop on the right shoulder of the highway, the report said. As Mulkey approached the driver’s side of the vehicle, he noticed the driver slumping towards the steering wheel. He detected “a strong odor of alcohol,” and Randleman appeared “confused and unsteady” when he exited the vehicle, according to the report.
Randleman was cooperative at first, the officer wrote, but pulled away upon being searched for weapons. “Due to the subject’s size and physical condition,” he was placed temporarily in handcuffs for safety reasons. When asked if he had been drinking, Randleman admitted he had consumed “some beers and mixed drinks,” the report said.
Upon closer examination, Mulkey observed Randleman’s eyes to be bloodshot and watery, his pupils dilated. The officer administered a field sobriety test and noticed a “white powdery” substance in and around Randleman’s right nostril, according to the report. Randleman denied taking narcotics, Mulkey reported.
After he failed to produce valid identification, Randleman was placed under arrest and put into the back of Mulkey’s patrol car. According to the report, Mulkey asked Randleman if the handcuffs were too tight, to which he replied, “They’re fine.” Randleman did not become upset until a responding officer searched his vehicle, the report said. However, he became increasingly violent during transport, according to the report.
Randleman later complained about numbness in his hands, at which point Mulkey again offered to adjust the handcuffs. The officer reported that Randleman threatened that “if I got near him he would head butt me and take me out.” The report also indicated the former UFC champion said that the only reason he was in custody was because he was a big, black “N—r.”
En route to the Clark County Detention Center, Randleman “began headbutting the transport cage, and bent one of the metal bars separating the plexiglass, no longer allowing the partition to fully close,” the report said. Mulkey stated that Randleman slumped across the backseat following his final head butt. The 37-year-old then continued with racial remarks. According to the report, he told Mulkey “you have a bleeding black man in your car” and suggested the officer was responsible for his injuries. Randleman then kicked the rear door several times, the officer reported.
When Randleman arrived at the CCDC, he had to be restrained by several law enforcement officials. Mulkey reported that Randleman was subsequently informed of Nevada Implied Consent, which grants law enforcement the right to forcibly test subjects suspected of DUI. Randleman resisted the test, according to Mulkey’s report, and a “force blood draw” was administered.
Randleman’s case has been assigned to the Screening Division inside the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and is being reviewed by Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Ronald Bloxham.
The former PRIDE Fighting Championships star is currently serving a one-year suspension under the Nevada State Athletic Commission for providing a false urine sample devoid of human hormones following his Oct. 2006 loss to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at PRIDE 32 “The Real Deal” in Las Vegas. Randleman (16-12) has lost his last seven out of ten contests, earning his last victory in Oct. 2005.
Randleman’s attorney, James C. Gallo, of Las Vegas, declined comment.