NEW YORK -- Former New York Giant Mark Ingram was arrested in Michigan on Friday, nearly a month after he disappeared on the day he was scheduled to begin serving a prison sentence for bank fraud and money laundering.

U.S. marshals tracked the retired wide receiver to a hotel room in Flint, Mich. after a manhunt that began when he failed to turn up at a federal prison in Kentucky on Dec. 5.

A spokesman for the Marshals Service in New York, Timothy Hogan, said Ingram was arrested without incident at around 6 p.m. The hotel wasn't far from Ingram's home in Grand Blanc, Mich.

Ingram, who has been in and out of jail since his playing career ended in 1996, pleaded guilty in 2005 to cashing counterfeit checks and laundering money he believed to be proceeds from narcotics deals.

Before his flight, the Super Bowl XXV standout had sought to delay the start of his nearly eight-year prison term so he could watch his son's freshman season as a running back at the University of Alabama.

His arrest came just before the start of his son's biggest game yet: A Sugar Bowl matchup against Utah. While Ingram sat in handcuffs, Alabama was trounced, 31-17.

Marshals had been looking for Ingram in New Orleans, too, where the game was played, just in case Ingram turned up, Hogan said.

Ingram's attorney, Raymond Colon, did not immediately return phone and e-mail messages on Saturday.

Ingram spent six seasons with the Giants. he also played for Miami, Green Bay and Philadelphia in his 10-year career.

He is scheduled to appear in a federal court in Michigan on Monday, then be transported back to New York, where he was prosecuted, to face charges related to his flight, Hogan said.