Category Archives: S
Stoudamire, Damon
Charge: Marijuana possession
Arrest Date: May 15, 2002
Franchise: Portland Trailblazers
Age 28
Details: Police responding to a burglar alarm at Stoudamire’s home in Portland found a door ajar and called for backup. Two officers entered the house and found no one inside, but discovered about a pound of marijuana. They subsequently arrested both Stoudamire and his father, who denied the drugs belonged to them. This was the first of three career arrests for Stoudamire, all for marijuana possession.
Stevenson, DeShawn
Charge: Statutory rape
Arrest Date: June 19, 2001
Franchise: Utah Jazz
Age 20
Details: As a rookie with the Jazz, Stevenson was arrested after admitting in a taped phone conversation to having consensual sex with a 14 year-old girl in a hotel after a night of drinking. This came less than a year after getting arrested for taking part in a brawl at a high school on the night he was drafted in the first round by the Utah Jazz.
Smith, Michael
Charge: Driving while intoxicated
Arrest Date: February 4, 2001
Franchise: Washington Wizards
Age 28
Strickland, Rod
Charge: Driving under the influence
Arrest Date: January 7, 2001
Franchise: Washington Wizards
Age 34
Details: Strickland was arrested after driving erratically on the parkway in Virginia. He refused to take a breathalyzer test. This was the sixth arrest during Strickland’s pro career, and the third for driving under the influence.
Strickland, Rod
Charge: Unlawful entry
Arrest Date: October 28, 2000
Franchise: Washington Wizards
Age 34
Details: Strickland was arrested after refusing to leave a restaurant that was being shut by fire marshals in Washington. Authorities said the number of people inside the club exceeded their occupancy permit. Once he refused to leave, Strickland was arrested. This was the fifth arrest during Strickland’s pro career.
Stevenson, DeShawn
Charge: Fighting in a public place
Arrest Date: June 28, 2000
Franchise: Utah Jazz
Age 19
Details: Stevenson set an almost unbreakable record for fastest arrest since becoming a pro, getting arrested on the night of the draft for brawling during a high school basketball game. Within several hours after being drafted 23rd in the first round by the Jazz, Stevenson and as many as twenty others participated in the melee.
Smith, Leon
Charge: Aggravated assault
Arrest Date: December 2, 1999
Franchise: Dallas Mavericks
Age 19
Details: The young Dallas rookie was arrested after a complaint was filed by a local 16-year old girl alleging that he threatened to harm her, and that he brandished a gun and threatened to shoot the girl’s brother if she told him about the encounter. Smith would end up being arrested again a day later and never played a single game for the Dallas Mavericks.
Strickland, Rod
Charge: Driving under the influence
Arrest Date: April 24, 1999
Franchise: Washington Wizards
Age 32
Details: Several hours after a playing in home loss against the Atlanta Hawks, Strickland was spotted in his gold Mercedes-Benz running three red lights and straddling two traffic lanes. He was pulled over and arrested after failing a roadside sobriety test. Strickland had just come off of probation three weeks earlier from a prior DUI arrest in 1997. This was the fourth of an incredible six arrests for Strickland during his NBA career, including three for driving under the influence.
Sprewell, Latrell
Charge: Reckless driving causing bodily injury
Arrest Date: March 1, 1998
Franchise: Golden State Warriors
Age 28
Details: Three months after his famous coach-choking incident, Sprewell was charged with reckless driving in California. Police allege that he caused another motorist to crash and flip his car, injuring two people, by driving at a high rate of speed and making multiple lane changes. He eventually plead no contest and received three months of home detention.
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