Former 49er, Raider Aldon Smith arrested again in San Francisco

Aldon Smith in a booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Aldon Smith in a booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Photo: SFPD / San Francisco Police Department Photo: SFPD / San Francisco Police Department Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close Former 49er, Raider Aldon Smith arrested again in San Francisco 1 / 18 Back to Gallery

Former Raiders and 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested by San Francisco police Friday morning after violating a court order to stay away from a victim in an alleged domestic violence incident this month, officials said.

Smith, 28, contacted the victim in the March 3 incident, prompting police to issue a warrant for his arrest, officials said.

Smith was held on suspicion of three counts of misdemeanor violation of a protective order after turning himself in to police Friday.

Officials did not give details about how Smith contacted the victim.

Smith allegedly assaulted the woman in a home on the 600 block of Bush Street on March 3 and fled the scene before police arrived. Three days later he turned himself in and was booked in San Francisco Jail. He immediately posted $30,000 bail.

Smith pleaded not guilty to domestic violence, assault, false imprisonment and vandalism charges during a March 12 hearing, and a San Francisco Superior Court judge issued a protective order prohibiting him from contacting the victim.

The Raiders released Smith shortly after his arrest. The domestic violence charges are the latest in a string of brushes with the law for the troubled former standout football player.

Less than a year into his NFL career with the 49ers, Smith was arrested for DUI in Miami in 2012. The charges were reduced after he entered a diversion program. But the next year, he smashed his car into a tree in San Jose while allegedly under the influence of marijuana.

Three weeks later, Smith was arrested and charged with possession of an assault rifle, stemming from a party at his San Jose home that erupted into violence in 2012.

Smith was arrested and charged with DUI, hit and run and vandalism in Santa Clara County in August 2015, which led the 49ers to release him. The Raiders signed him the next month.