News reports out of New York and Detroit are saying that former Minnesota Twin outfielder Delmon Young was arrested in a drunken incident early Friday in Manhattan.
The Detroit Free Press quoted New York City police detective Joseph Cavitolo as saying "there was an incident at the hotel [and] some anti-Semitic remarks" during a physical clash between Young and a 32-year-old man at about 1:30 a.m.
Young, now with the Detroit Tigers, faces an "aggravated harassment hate crime" charge and will booked later Friday on the misdemeanor count, Cavitolo told the newspaper.
The New York Post, citing police sources, said that outfielder was "highly intoxicated" when he pushed the man to the ground outside the hotel.
The Associated Press reported that Young was standing outside of the Hilton New York, not far from Times Square, when a group of about four Chicago tourists staying there were approached by a panhandler wearing a yarmulke.
As the group walked up to the hotel doors, Young started yelling anti-Semitic epithets. Police said it's not clear whom he was yelling at, but they said he got into a tussle with one of the Chicagoans.
Young was taken to a hospital to "sober up," the Post said, and then turned over to police on suspicion of third-degree assault.
The man was treated at the scene for scratches to his arm, the New York newspaper reported.
