Benson finishes jail time without spending time in jail

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Aug. 7, 2004
SportsLine.com wire reports

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas running back Cedric Benson completed the terms of his eight-day jail sentence Saturday without spending any time behind bars.

Benson was sentenced to jail Friday after pleading no contest to misdemeanor criminal trespassing during the 2003 season.

But due to jail crowding, he was able to avoid jail time by earning four days credit for good behavior, two days time served when he was arrested and two days for checking in Friday and Saturday, Travis County sheriff's department spokesman Roger Wade said.

Wade said Benson checked in at the Travis County Correctional Complex in Del Valle on Saturday morning and was released a short time later after paying his $1,000 fine. Benson also was ordered to pay restitution of about $500.

The 21-year Midland native was arrested and charged in October, when police said he kicked down the door of an Austin apartment in a failed attempt to recover a plasma television he had reported stolen.

Benson is expected to report to campus Monday with his teammates and participate in the first preseason practice Tuesday.



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