Detroit Lions president apologizes after arrest for suspected drunken driving in Michigan

Lions president accused of drunken driving

DETROIT — Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand apologized after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving while at a charity golf tournament in northern Michigan.

Lewand said in a statement Saturday night that he is “deeply sorry” for his actions and takes full responsibility.

Team spokesman Matt Barnhart confirmed Sunday that Lewand was arrested and released Friday night. Lewand was attending a charity golf event in Houghton Lake, about 150 miles northwest of Detroit.

Without providing details, Lewand says he’s “a person in active recovery” and “committed to taking all necessary steps to ensure nothing like this ever happens again.”

Lions owner William Clay Ford said Lewand made a “serious mistake,” that he “appropriately owned up to,” and pledged his support.

“As he continues to seek professional assistance for this problem, the Lions will support and help him in any way possible,” Ford said in a statement released by the team Sunday night. “I continue to have full confidence that Tom will positively lead our organization as he has since assuming his current role of team president. He has all my support.”

Roscommon County sheriff’s officials would neither confirm nor deny the incident.