Spellman Hospitalized

Compiled From Wire Services

Chicago Bears defensive end Alonzo Spellman, wearing no shoes or shirt in freezing weather, on Tuesday walked out of the hospital he had checked into following an 8-hour standoff with sheriff’s deputies.

Officials at Good Shepherd Hospital in suburban Barrington called the Lake County Sheriff’s Office when Spellman left, and deputies eventually talked Spellman, 26, into voluntarily returning to his room, said Lt. Gary Stryker.

“The doctors did not want him to leave, he had no shoes or shirt and he was running around in an open area,” Stryker said.

Spellman was not put under arrest and he will not be charged with any offense, Stryker said.

Spellman was admitted to the hospital after Monday’s standoff ended quietly with the intervention of former Bears linebacker Mike Singletary, who talked Spellman into leaving the suburban Tower Lakes home of his publicist.

Spellman has been angry over the Bears’ attempts to trade him. He had an outburst at the home after a doctor failed to show up to administer a scheduled NFL-required steroid test, authorities said.

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