FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- NFL offensive tackle Stockar McDougle was charged with felony battery after a shoving match with the owner and bookkeeper at a plant nursery Friday morning, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

McDougle, who was born in Fort Lauderdale and plays with the Jacksonville Jaguars, got into an argument over an unpaid debt, according to Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman Elliot Cohen.

McDougle, 30, was arrested and charged with felony battery on a person 65 years of age or older Friday afternoon, and booked into the Broward County Jail. His bond is set at $2,500.

The arrest affidavit stated that the owner of Mitchell Landscaping, at 2816 W. Sunrise Blvd., called police after McDougle shoved him and his bookkeeper in an effort to leave instead of paying a five-year-old debt.

The owner, Quilone Mitchell, said McDougle became upset when they told him that they could collect interest on a bounced check of $1,200 from 2002. Mitchell said McDougle now owed him $2,229.48.

According to the affidavit, McDougle grabbed the check from the desk of the bookkeeper and started to leave, but the bookkeeper then tried to take the check back. McDougle pushed her, causing her to stumble against a wall, according to the report. When Mitchell tried to get the check, McDougle pushed him away causing him to fall against the counter.

Mitchell then struck McDougle's car with a shovel, according to the report.

McDougle later showed up at BSO District Headquarters with an attorney, said Cohen.

He told deputies that he was at the nursery to pay a debt. McDougle alleges that when he was told he owed more money, he stated that he did not have the cash and would be back. He stated that Mitchell started yelling at him and came after him with a shovel.

BSO did not make clear whether the bookkeeper or the owner was a senior citizen.

McDougle, a former Miami Dolphin, lives in Parkland.