former afl star ben cousins has reportedly been arrested overnight for reckless driving and refusing to give a breath test after a short police chase the west australian reported the 36 year old was allegedly driving recklessly through the perth suburb of bicton  around 1030pm on wednesday night when police attempted to pull him over he then apparently refused to stop while travelling along preston point road, and instead kept driving at a low speed while running red lights scroll down for video  former afl star ben cousins has reportedly been arrested over night for reckless driving  cousins apparently refused to stop for police, and instead kept driving at a low speed while running red lights  the brownlow medalist then reportedly told police via a later phone call that he could not stop due to a family emergency he was then arrested in the nearby suburb of mosman park cousins has been charged with reckless driving, failing to stop and failing to give a sample of breath the former afl player has a well documented history of off field misdemeanors including recreational drug use and traffic convictions  he has been bailed and will appear at the fremantle magistrates court on april 8, according to the herald sun cousins had a 270 game career playing for perth's west coast eagles and melbourne's richmond tigers the former afl player has a well documented history of off field misdemeanors including recreational drug use and traffic convictions sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article
ben cousins overnight 36 year old fremantle magistrates court april 8
former afl player ben cousins has reportedly been arrested overnight . the 36 year old has been charged with reckless driving . also charged with failing to stop and failing to give a sample of breath . has been bailed and will appear at fremantle magistrates court on april 8 