$4.5 million not to play for them. Bell moved onto his yacht, Bell 14 (his name and uniform number), a 58-foot Sea Ray 580. New York Post writer Tom Keegan described the incident by calling Bell "the perfect Pirate given that he lives on a boat and steals money." Alleged drug use On April 20, 2006, Bell was charged with felony cocaine possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, after police found a warm pipe in the back seat of his car during a traffic stop. He was arrested again on December 2, 2008, facing three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of failure to appear in court on another charge of possession of drug paraphernalia from earlier in the year. Bell was arrested again on November 16, 2022, charged with possessing cocaine in Brooksville, Florida. References External links , or Retrosheet 1968 births Living people African-American baseball players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players from Tampa, Florida Cardenales de Lara players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela C. Leon King High School alumni Dunedin Blue Jays players Houston Astros players International League MVP award winners Knoxville Blue Jays players Major League Baseball center fielders Major League Baseball right fielders Myrtle Beach Blue Jays players Nashville Sounds players New Orleans Zephyrs players New York Mets players Pittsburgh Pirates players San Diego Padres players St. Catharines Blue Jays players Syracuse Chiefs players Toronto Blue Jays players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople