49ers Release Aldon Smith After DUI, Hit-and-Run Arrest
The San Francisco 49ers released Aldon Smith Friday after the linebacker was arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit-and-run and vandalism - his fifth arrest since 2012."This organization has tried very hard to help Aldon fight his issues," the team said in a statement. "Although he is no longer a member of this team, our support and concern for him will continue."At a news conference Friday before noon, 49ers coach Jim Tomsula appeared visibly upset. His word were choked with emotion. "We care about that guy," he said, urging Smith and anyone with alcoholic issues to get help."The guy is working really hard, and he had a pitfall," Tomsula added. "Everybody has struggles. They are just in different ways."Santa Clara police held an almost simultaneous news conference outside department headquarters where Lt. Kurt Clarke said that Smith had struck a car Thursday at 8:46 p.m. in the 500 block of Moreland Way where he lives in a luxury apartment complex. He drove back to the scene, and when he did, appeared drunk, Clarke said. "A hit-and-run occurred, and police identified Aldon Smith as a person responsible for the collision at that...
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