On Sunday afternoon it was reported that Ravens cornerback Derrick Martin was arrested for marijuana possession at the Cleveland airport.

But Sunday night, the Associated Press reported that Ravens spokesman Kevin Byrne said Martin denied that the incident occurred.  Not denied that he was guilty of marijuana possession, but denied that the incident occurred at all.

The Carroll County Times reports that the man who was arrested at the Cleveland airport listed Owings Mills, Maryland, as his residence on the citation, and that he had the same birth date as the Derrick Martin who plays for the Ravens.  So either there are two people named Derrick Martin who were born on the same day and live in the Baltimore area, or someone else got arrested and convinced police he was Martin, or Martin was lying when he denied that the incident occurred.

Players are required to tell their teams when they get arrested, so if Martin did get arrested and told the team he didn’t, he would be wise to fess up ASAP.

The charge itself is considered a minor one; a $100 fine is the maximum that can be assessed.