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Court records say former NFL running back Adrian Peterson was asleep behind the wheel of his SUV at a suburban Houston gas station before he was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. According to a probable cause affidavit, a Sugar Land police officer found Peterson around 9 a.m. Sunday asleep as his vehicle was running and parked near a gas pump. According to the affidavit, Peterson told the officer he didn’t know where he was and later failed a field sobriety test. Peterson was released from custody on Monday after posting bond. The 40-year-old Peterson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Minneapolis in April.

Authorities say that former NFL running back Adrian Peterson remains jailed after being arrested in a Houston suburb on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. Sugar Land Police Department spokeswoman Alicia Alaniz says Peterson was taken into custody Sunday morning. He remained in the Fort Bend County Jail on Monday. It’s the second DWI arrest in seven months for the 2012 NFL MVP and three-time league rushing champion. The 40-year-old Peterson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Minneapolis in April. The Texas native spent the first 10 years of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings.