'Pacman' paid extortion money

LAS VEGAS — Adam "Pacman" Jones paid "extortion" money to a 29-year-old man arrested for a Las Vegas strip club shooting that left a club employee paralyzed, police said.

Arvin Kenti Edwards, of Renton, Wash., allegedly used go-betweens to reach Jones, who paid $15,000 in two installments after the shooting, according to a police report obtained Monday.

"He paid $15,000 to his friends, who advised him that if he didn't pay the money then this guy would come after him," said Robert Langford, Jones' lawyer in Las Vegas.

Jones, 24, went to Seattle on Friday and picked Edwards from a police lineup, Langford said. He said Jones identified Edwards as the man who opened fire with a handgun a little before 5 a.m. Feb. 19, 2007, outside the strip club during the NBA's All-Star Weekend.

Police have not provided details of the investigation that led to Edwards' arrest Friday on three counts of attempted murder with a weapon and three counts of battery with substantial bodily harm, all felonies. He was not sought on an extortion charge.

COLTS RB KEITH ARRESTED: Colts running back Kenton Keith was arrested after refusing to leave a nightclub parking lot that was being cleared by police.

Keith was charged early Sunday with misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement, public intoxication and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, because a man he brought to the club with him was 19, police said.

PACK COULD DRAFT QB: Green Bay Packers general manager Ted Thompson won't pass up a worthwhile passer in this weekend's NFL draft.

And if the Packers end up taking a quarterback with the 30th pick in the first round, Thompson said it shouldn't be interpreted as a lack of confidence in new starter Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers, the Packers' first-round pick in 2005, finally gets his chance to start next season now that Brett Favre has retired — presumably for good. Thompson said that won't change, even if the Packers draft a quarterback early.

HAYNESWORTH WANTS TO REMAIN A TITAN: Albert Haynesworth considers himself a Tennessean, having spent six seasons with the Titans following his college career at the University of Tennessee.

He'd like to stay in Tennessee, but that's up in the air as he and the Titans continue to negotiate his status as a franchise player.

CHIEFS SIGN WADE SMITH: The Kansas City Chiefs signed unrestricted free agent Wade Smith to a two-year contract.

Smith has been primarily a tackle in his six-year career, but is expected to compete for the center spot with Kansas City, the Chiefs said Monday.

SEAHAWKS BERNARD ARRESTED: Seahawks defensive lineman Rocky Bernard was arrested Monday after a woman told police he hit her at a downtown nightclub.

Bernard was arrested early and booked into the King County Jail for investigation of domestic violence assault, a misdemeanor.