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Burress fails to appear at delinquent tax hearing
Associated Press

PITTSBURGH -- New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress failed to pay part of his taxes, according to a collection agency.
A district judge issued an arrest warrant for Burress on Thursday after he failed to appear at a delinquent tax claim hearing Wednesday.
Burress, who played for the 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.
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.
The amount of taxes was not specified.
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.
A woman who answered the phone at Burress' Pittsburgh home hung up without commenting and Burress' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to comment.

Charges say Burress owes taxes from '98-'02Associated Press


PITTSBURGH -- Plaxico Burress' agent and attorney say the New York Giants wide receiver doesn't owe local township and school district wage taxes.


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A district judge who represents suburban Moon Township, where Burress lived part-time while he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2000-2003, issued an arrest warrant for Burress on Thursday after he failed to appear at a delinquent tax claim hearing Wednesday. Burress signed with the Giants in March.

Chuck Potter, Burress' lawyer, said his client has a home in Florida and a homestead exemption in that state. That means Burress is not legally considered a resident anywhere else, he said, no matter how much time he spent in Pennsylvania.

Potter said he spoke Friday with Keystone Municipal Collections, the collection agency that sought the arrest warrant, and the agency is also satisfied and plans to drop the charges.

Officials with the collections company didn't immediately return a call for comment on Saturday.

But Potter said it was obvious the charges were wrong because they said Burress owed the taxes for the years 1998 through 2002, even though Burress wasn't drafted by the Steelers until 2000.

"I spoke with Plax's accountant and he informed me everything's A-OK," said agent Drew Rosenhaus. "I believe this is a misunderstanding and there won't be any problems in the future."