As a player at Colorado, Bieniemy was arrested along with a teammate following a February 1988 bar fight.
[12] He pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct and fighting in public, and was sentenced to community service.
[12] He also received discipline from head coach
Bill McCartney.
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In 1989, Bieniemy was ticketed in
Westminster, Colorado for driving a defective vehicle, and in
Aurora, Colorado for speeding. In October 1990, Bieniemy's license was suspended for a year after another traffic violation. On March 21, 1991, Bieniemy was caught speeding and driving with suspended license on
I-70 near
Rifle, Colorado, going 92 mph in a 65 mph zone. On April 17, 1991, Bieniemy failed to appear in court on charges relating to the March 21 incident. A bench warrant was issued in Colorado for his arrest on April 23, 1991, two days after he was drafted in the
1991 NFL Draft.
[13]
On July 4, 1990, Bieniemy pleaded no contest to interfering with a firefighter who had been performing his duties to extinguish a fire in Bieniemy's mother's garage.
[13] Bieniemy received an eight-month suspended sentence
[14] and was suspended for one game.
[15] Bieniemy was instructed to do 40 hours of community service and attend an eight-hour firefighting training session.
[13] An assistant city attorney said Bieniemy failed to attend the firefighting training session as stipulated in the plea agreement, but Bieniemy asserted the session was optional.
[13]
On September 27, 1993, Bieniemy was arrested in Boulder, Colorado, for allegedly harassing a female parking attendant. According to the police report, while with his friends, Bieniemy put his hand on the attendant's neck, startling her. She told police ,"
[14] that Bieniemy and his friends took off their pants and began urinating nearby. Bieniemy was also named in an outstanding warrant on a charge of driving with a suspended license. As a result of this incident, Bieniemy was banned from the University of Colorado Boulder campus for one year.
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In April 2001, Bieniemy was arrested for driving under the influence and was docked a month's pay.
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