Akron’s new head football coach Terry Bowden is no longer a wanted man.
Bowden, who is the son of former Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden, had two warrants out for his arrest in Alabama. But Bowden just paid the fine and will avoid an embarrassing arrest.
Georgiana, Ala., police issued the arrest warrants because they say Bowden had an improper license plate and he was allegedly speeding in the small Butler County town in the southern part of the state.
Georgiana is 265 miles away from Florence, Ala., where Bowden coached the University of North Alabama Lions before he took his new job with the Akron Zips.
Police ticketed Bowden on July 5, 2011. According to court documents, Bowden was going 60 mph in a 35 mph zone. He didn’t show up for court on Sept. 1, and he didn’t pay the $537 he owed until now. He had been driving with a suspended driver's license since Oct. 27 because he hadn't paid up.
Bowden issued a statement through the University of Akron. He said he forgot to pay the fine and paid it over the telephone on Tuesday after getting a notice in the mail.
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