NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — North Providence police arrested former New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler and charged him with driving under the influence of alcohol earlier this month, Target 12 has learned.

Police and court records show the recently retired NFL star was arrested March 16 and charged March 21 with one count of driving under the influence of liquor. He's scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, according to court records.

Butler's attorney, former R.I. House Speaker John Harwood, has filed a motion to dismiss or suppress the charge, arguing Butler said his constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and 14th Amendments "were violated."

"I think when they stopped him he wasn't driving," Harwood told Target 12. "He was off the road, and that he wasn't driving tells me at least he was being responsible."

Butler is best known for his dramatic Super Bowl XLIX interception against former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson that won the Patriots their fourth championship in February 2015. He left for the Tennessee Titans in 2018.

According to a North Providence police report, officers saw a white Mercedes Benz at about 3:22 a.m. stopped in the westbound lane of Mineral Spring Avenue. Police said the car was blocking westbound traffic.

According to the report, Butler provided officers with a Mississippi driver's license and said he was "coming from a studio in Providence where he was making music."

"While speaking with Malcolm, I could detect a strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from his breath," the police officer wrote. "He also had extremely slurred and delayed speech along with severely bloodshot watery eyes."

Police said Butler was "sweating profusely," and when officers asked him if he'd been drinking alcohol, he told them, "Just take me to jail."

Officers said Butler was transported to the police station where he refused to take a chemical test.