Eric Linder: Latest News

Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Malik McDowell was arrested in Florida on Monday after allegedly exposing himself near a learning center and violently attacking an officer, according to a report and police records. McDowell, 25, was charged with one count of aggravated battery on an officer, resisting arrest and public exposure for an incident that took place in Deerfield Beach, Broward County Jail records showed Tuesday.BROWNS’ KEVIN STEFANSKI EXPECTS BAKER MAYFIELD TO ‘BOUNCE BACK’ NEXT SEASONDeputies received a call Monday of reports of naked man walking near a school, according to an arrest report obtained by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder later clarified that the man, identified as McDowell, had entered the property of a learning center where children were inside and was captured on surveillance footage, naked. According to the report, McDowell charged at a deputy on the scene "at full speed with a closed fist" and a "violent attack" ensued.