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"&lt;img alt=\"1224-joey-porter-steelers-getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/24/1224-joey-porter-steelers-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joey Porter&lt;/strong&gt; -- a former NFL defensive superstar -- was arrested last week after Las Vegas officials say he wrote a rubber check ... as in, it bounced. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 35-year-old former Super Bowl champ is currently behind bars in Kern County, CA ... where he was arrested in a warrant out of Clark County, Nevada for writing a check without having sufficient funds. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the Bakersfield PD, Porter was initially pulled over for a routine traffic violation Friday night when the officer noticed the warrant and arrested him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The details surrounding the alleged bad check situation are unclear. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, the allegation is shocking -- considering Porter made MILLIONS during his steller 13-year NFL career with the Steelers, Dolphins and Cardinals. In fact, he signed a $32 million deal in 2007 ... and a $24.5 million deal in 2010. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As TMZ previously reported, Porter was in Vegas last year ... where he was seen gambling with $30,000 in chips at a high stakes craps table. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1224-joey-porter-tmz-2011\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/24/1224-joey-porter-tmz-2014.jpg\" /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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