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Former Viking great Carl Eller will serve 60 days in the workhouse and was immediately taken into custody for assaulting an officer and driving drunk.
Sixty days of electronic home monitoring and a $3,000 fine are also terms of Eller's sentence.
As the sentence was being handed down at the Hennepin County Courthouse Monday, Eller's mother broke down in tears.
The judge said he gave a harder punishment to Eller because the former Viking questioned the integrity of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Last month, a judge found Eller, 67, guilty of fourth-degree assault of an officer and second-degree refusal to submit to chemical testing.
Officers who said they saw his Mercedes SUV swerve and speed through a stop sign arrested Eller on April 9. They gave chase and eventually attempted to arrest Eller in his garage, where they said he punched one officer and threw another one onto the hood of his SUV.
The Minneapolis Police Department also released a tape that shows an officer asking him to take an alcohol test in January, which has been at the center of the case.
Prosecutors dropped two felony charges against him, stating the evidence wasn't strong enough.
Former Viking great Carl Eller will serve 60 days in the workhouse and was immediately taken into custody for assaulting an officer and driving drunk.
Sixty days of electronic home monitoring and a $3,000 fine are also terms of Eller's sentence.
As the sentence was being handed down at the Hennepin County Courthouse Monday, Eller's mother broke down in tears.
The judge said he gave a harder punishment to Eller because the former Viking questioned the integrity of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Last month, a judge found Eller, 67, guilty of fourth-degree assault of an officer and second-degree refusal to submit to chemical testing.
Officers who said they saw his Mercedes SUV swerve and speed through a stop sign arrested Eller on April 9. They gave chase and eventually attempted to arrest Eller in his garage, where they said he punched one officer and threw another one onto the hood of his SUV.
The Minneapolis Police Department also released a tape that shows an officer asking him to take an alcohol test in January, which has been at the center of the case.
Prosecutors dropped two felony charges against him, stating the evidence wasn't strong enough.
