Incident At Jacksonville Beach Club
Early in the morning on January 14, 2011 Wilford was arrested for inappropriately touching a female bartender at the Ritz Club in Jacksonville Beach. When confronted by Jacksonville Beach Police and asked to leave, Wilford struggled with police and was eventually tasered twice and arrested. He was released on 5,000 dollars bond later that day and charged with resisting arrest and trespassing. He later plead no contest to this charge.
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