Police: Boogaard bro arrest tied to overdose probe

Published: July 22, 2011, 10:00 a.m. MDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2011, file photo, Aaron Boogaard, left, breaks down while speaking about his brother Derek Boogaard during a public memorial service at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., for Derek, who was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment a few days earlier. Boogaard's sister Krysten is at right, and father Len hugs Aaron. Aaron Boogaard has been arrested on suspicion of possessing illegal prescription pills on the night his brother died. Online records showed Aaron Boogaard was arrested Wednesday, July 20, 2011, on a narcotics charge. He was held without bail in the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis. Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider, File) ST. PAUL OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV OUT MAGS OUT, Associated Press

By Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — An official says police arrested the brother of former NHL strongman Derek Boogaard as a result of their investigation into how Boogaard obtained the prescription painkiller that contributed to his fatal overdose in May.

Minneapolis police Capt. Amelia Huffman said Friday that Aaron Boogaard's Wednesday arrest "came directly from the investigation into the circumstances of his brother's death."

Derek Boogaard was found dead in his home May 13. The medical examiner determined he died of a toxic mix of alcohol and the controlled prescription drug oxycodone. Aaron Boogaard was with his brother hours before he died.

Aaron Boogaard was arrested on suspicion of illegally possessing a controlled prescription drug. Prosecutors have until noon Friday to formally charge him.

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Huffman declined to specify which drug Aaron Boogaard allegedly possessed.

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