Arrest warrant for former Steeler Burress over unpaid taxes

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Arrest warrant for former Steeler Burress over unpaid taxes

May 27, 2005
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress failed to pay part of his taxes, according to a collection agency.

A district judge issued an arrest warrant for Burress on Thursday after he failed to appear at a delinquent tax claim hearing Wednesday.

Burress, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers before signing with the Giants in March, could be arrested and fined $2,500 upon returning to Pennsylvania, said Coraopolis District Judge Mary Murray.


Keystone Municipal Collections attorney Tom Kratzenberg said Burress owes taxes for 1998 through 2002. The 1 percent wage tax was to be split between Moon Township and the Moon Area School District.

The amount of taxes was not specified.

The Steelers paid Burress almost $15.2 million during his five years with the team, though he did not live in Moon Township the entire time.

A woman who answered the phone at Burress' Pittsburgh home hung up without commenting and Burress' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to comment.



Updated on Friday, May 27, 2005 2:39 pm EDT