MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. -- Former NFL defensive lineman Alonzo Spellman was arrested late Tuesday night on charges of ransacking his brother's house, breaking windows and smashing pictures.

The arrest in his hometown is the latest in a string of legal and personal problems for the former Ohio State star. He was released in October by the Detroit Lions, apparently ending an NFL career that began in 1992 with the Chicago Bears, who made him their first-round draft choice that year.

Spellman was in Mount Holly after failing to appear in court Tuesday in Dearborn, Mich., after being arrested July 16 on charges of drunken driving, driving with a suspended license and destroying property.

On July 19, he was spotted wandering through traffic in Farmington Hills, Mich., dragging luggage behind him and saying he wanted to go to Las Vegas. He got a ride from there to downtown Detroit on Friday, where he was seen boarding a Greyhound bus.

Philadelphia police said he had an argument aboard a Detroit-to-Philadelphia flight that day. He has not been charged in that case.

Spellman played at Ohio State and in Chicago for six seasons before taking a year off to seek treatment for bipolar disorder.

He returned to play two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and part of last year with Detroit.

On Tuesday night, authorities said, Spellman went to the home of his brother John and tore the screen door off its hinges, beginning a 15-minute rampage. The brother was not home at the time.

Three people in the house were not injured. Police were called and found Spellman sitting on a curb outside screaming.

Spellman was charged with making terrorist threats, criminal mischief and hindering apprehension.

Police said he was taken to the psychiatric ward at Lourdes Health System-Rancocas Hospital in Willingboro. A hospital spokeswoman said confidentiality guidelines prevented her from confirming whether Spellman was there.

In March 1998, Spellman was treated in the psychiatric unit of a Chicago hospital after an eight-hour standoff with police. Two months later, he scuffled with security workers at a Detroit hotel while he was trying to break up a fight between two women accompanying him.