Judge throws out charges against Urbina

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CARACAS, Venezuela -- A judge has thrown out charges against former Florida Marlins pitcher Ugueth Urbina, who was arrested for allegedly firing gunshots into the air in an upscale Caracas neighborhood.

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Urbina's lawyer, Andres Peinado, told El Universal newspaper on Sunday that Judge Ludmila Pinto ruled that Urbina fired his gun in self-defense when a man on a motorcycle tried to rob him.

Police arrested Urbina early Friday morning for firing a gun out the passenger window of a sport utility vehicle.

Urbina finished last season as the closer for the World Series champion Marlins, but is now a free agent.

Police said Urbina and a friend, Cesar Diaz, were intoxicated when they were detained. Police seized a 9-mm revolver from the pair, and charged them with possession of a weapon without a license and misuse of a firearm.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press

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