NFL player Raheem Brock cleared in Pa. eatery row
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Longtime NFL defensive end Raheem Brock has been acquitted of a theft charge stemming from a dispute over a $27 bar tab in Philadelphia.
Brock told the Philadelphia Daily News on Friday that "it feels great" to be cleared.
Brock and two companions were asked to leave a city restaurant in June after one of them brought in a cheesesteak from another eatery.
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Brock tells the newspaper that they canceled their restaurant order before the food arrived. But police ended up arresting Brock, charging him with theft and resisting arrest.
At a previous trial, Brock was cleared of resisting arrest but found guilty of theft. He appealed the conviction, which was overturned by a jury Thursday.
Brock played for the Seattle Seahawks last year but is now a free agent.