TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Former NFL star Plaxico Burress has been indicted on criminal charges related to a New Jersey tax payment.
The 37-year-old former wide receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants and New York Jets was charged last week with willful failure to pay a state tax and issuing a bad check or electronic funds transfer.
The Mercer County prosecutor’s office announced the charges Thursday.
Burress is the first person in the state to be charged under a new law that makes issuing a bad electronic funds transfer a criminal offense.
Each offense could carry up to a five-year prison term if he is convicted.
Burress lives in Totowa. He couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
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