Police: Irish CB attacked officer

Five other players from Notre Dame arrested following traffic stop.

Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler was jailed Saturday after a police officer said the player punched and slammed him to the ground outside a bar in Indiana. Five teammates were arrested in a separate incident when a trooper found marijuana and a loaded handgun inside their car during a traffic stop.

Officers used a stun gun to subdue Butler in the altercation outside the Linebacker Lounge in South Bend, according to a probable cause affidavit.

South Bend police spokesman Lt. Joe Galea said after officers broke up a fight inside the bar they saw two women fighting outside and Butler allegedly shoved one of the women.

Butler was agitated and when officers told him to back away he allegedly pushed the officers and then attacked one of them, police said.

The affidavit says Butler tackled an officer, punched him several times in the side and stomach and pulled off his duty belt.

The county prosecutor’s office said Butler faced possible felony charges of resisting law enforcement and battery to a police officer. Butler was being held at the county jail on $10,000 bond.

The five other players were arrested Friday night after Indiana State Police said a trooper stopped a car in Fulton County about 35 miles south of South Bend for speeding. The trooper detected the odor of marijuana and with the help of a drug-sniffing dog, he found the marijuana and handgun, police said.

The university confirmed those arrested were: cornerback Ashton White, starting safety Max Redfield, wide receiver Kevin Stepherson Jr., linebacker Te’von Coney and Dexter Williams, one of three running backs expected to play regularly for the Irish this season.