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Arrest warrant issued after Burress misses tax hearing


CBS SportsLine.com wire reports
[font=Arial, Helvetica]PITTSBURGH -- New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress failed to pay part of his taxes, according to a collection agency. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]district judge issued an arrest warrant for Burress on Thursday after he failed to appear at a delinquent tax claim hearing Wednesday. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Burress, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers before signing with the Giants in March, could be arrested and fined $2,500 upon returning to Pennsylvania, said Coraopolis District Judge Mary Murray. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]Keystone Municipal Collections attorney Tom Kratzenberg said Burress owes taxes for 1998 through 2002. The 1 percent wage tax was to be split between Moon Township and the Moon Area School District. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]The amount of taxes was not specified. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]The Steelers paid Burress almost $15.2 million during his five years with the team, though he did not live in Moon Township the entire time. [/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica]A woman who answered the phone at Burress' Pittsburgh home hung up without commenting and Burress' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to comment. [/font]