CHICAGO – Exactly five weeks after being charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest, Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested again early Saturday in Austin, Texas.

Cedric Benson has been arrested for alcohol-rated incidents twice in the last five weeks.

The 2005 first-round draft pick was charged with driving while intoxicated after failing a field sobriety test. Reports indicate that a police officer smelled alcohol on Benson's breath after he was pulled over for running a red light in downtown Austin’s nightlife district between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.

Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga told the Associated Press that Benson refused to take a breath test or provide blood samples. He was later released on bond.

Speaking to reporters at the inaugural Subway Bears Expo at Soldier Field Saturday, general manager Jerry Angelo said that the team is conducting its own investigation and hopes to know more details by Monday.

“We certainly are going to treat this very seriously,” Angelo said. “It’s unfortunate. Disappointment is too much an often used word when we’re talking about Cedric. The No. 1 lesson for every player is protect your job. We’re all held accountable for our actions. I’m not going to say any more than that until we know for sure what the facts are.”

After Benson was arrested May 3 following a random safety check on his 37-foot boat on Lake Travis, Angelo called the incident “a lapse in judgment” and said “the thing that I’m most disappointed in is the fact that he put himself in a position to be the victim.” Benson later responded by telling reporters “he’d have to explain to me how I put myself in a situation to be a victim. I was enjoying myself, enjoying my offseason.”

After speaking to Benson about the May 3 arrest, Angelo never dreamed that the running back would be back in jail following another alcohol-related incident.

“I am very surprised that he put himself in this situation, very surprised after our last visit,” Angelo said Saturday. “[It’s] very hard to believe. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that we’re not extremely disappointed and frustrated with that as anybody would be in this situation.”

While Angelo indicated after Benson's May 3 arrest that it would not cost the running back his job, the Bears general manager made no such promises Saturday.

“We will get together as a group,” Angelo said. “We will make sure that we hear all sides before we do anything.”

Benson’s May 3 arrest came after police claim he failed a field sobriety test and was pepper-sprayed after he “presented himself in a very hostile way.” He was described in a police report as being cocky and combative, smelling of alcohol and using profanity.

Benson, the fourth overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, later insisted that he was not intoxicated and was mistreated by police. He claims he cooperated with officers and has been questioned by lake police six times in the year he has owned the boat. Benson has a court date June 30 in Texas, but he does not have to be present.

Speaking about the incident following an OTA practice May 21 at Halas Hall, Benson said: “It’ll be nice to get it cleared up and over with, but I don’t really spend too much time thinking about it at all. I’m sticking to my story, and the truth will come out some time, whether it’ll be now or a year from now or whenever.”

Benson also was arrested twice while attending the University of Texas, first for marijuana possession in 2002 and then for criminal trespassing in 2003 when he kicked in the door of an apartment shared by a man who was suspected of stealing Benson’s plasma television.

Benson struggled in his first full year as a starter with the Bears in 2007, rushing for 674 yards and 4 touchdowns on 196 carries while averaging a career-low 3.4 yards per attempt.

In April, the Bears bolstered a running game that ranked 30th in the NFL in yards per game and 32nd in yards per rush last year by selecting Tulane running back Matt Forte in the second round of the draft.