Category Archives: 2000’s
Hite, Robert
Charge: Driving under the influence
Arrest Date: January 27, 2007
Franchise: Miami Heat
Age 23
Details: Hite was arrested after being pulled over at 4am and failing a sobriety test, and was later suspended and cut by the Miami Heat. Charges were later dropped when blood alcohol tests showed him to be well within the legal limits.
Morris, Randolph
Charge: Reckless driving
Arrest Date: August 7, 2002
Franchise: New York Knicks
Age 21
Details: While driving in Kentucky, Morris was pulled over for speeding and was given a breathalyzer test. He registered a blood alcohol level of .069, just below the legal limit of .08, avoiding a drunken driving charge. He was arrested, however, for reckless driving.
Burks, Antonio
Charge: Non-payment of speeding ticket
Arrest Date: October 25, 2006
Franchise: Miami Heat
Age 26
Details: Burks was arrested after failing to respond to a speeding ticket he received three months earlier when he was pulled over for going 59 mph in a 30 mph zone. He failed to appear to a court date in September, and another in October, leading to an arrest warrant being issued.
Jackson, Stephen
Charge: Criminal recklessness, battery, and disorderly conduct
Arrest Date: October 11, 2006
Franchise: Indiana Pacers
Age 28
Details: While at an Indianapolis strip club, Jackson and several Pacer teammates got into an altercation with another patron. The fight spilled into the street, where Jackson was intentionally hit by a car. Jackson then drew a handgun and fired five shots into the air. Police arrived and arrested Jackson for several charges, including criminal recklessness.
Blatche, Andray
Charge: Driving without a license
Arrest Date: October 2006
Franchise: Washington Wizards
Age 20
Baxter, Lonny
Charge: Possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition charges
Arrest Date: August 16, 2006
Franchise: Charlotte Hornets
Age 27
Details: Baxter was arrested after firing a handgun out of his vehicle at 2:30am less than two blocks from the White House in Washington, DC. Secret Service stopped his vehicle and found spent shell casings in plain view inside.
Davis, Dale
Charge: Assaulting a police officer, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest
Arrest Date: August 1, 2006
Franchise: Detroit Pistons
Age 37
Details: Police were called to a Miami Beach hotel after Davis refused to leave the premises after repeated requests. Upon arriving, Davis went outside with officers where he threatened to assault them if they would remove their guns and badges. Davis then balled his fists and began walking toward officers in an aggressive manner, and was warned that he would be hit with a Taser gun if he continued. He didn’t stop, and an officer used the stun gun to hit Davis in the chest and he fell to the ground. He was taken into custody and charged with assault, assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence.
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Storey, Awvee
Charge: Disobeying police
Arrest Date: May 27, 2006
Franchise: Washington Wizards
Age 29
Details: While in Miami for Urban Beach Week, Storey and Wizards teammate Gilbert Arenas attracted the attention of police after Storey was spotted walking in the middle of a busy street. When Storey refused to get out of the street, officers began to arrest him for disobeying police. At this point, Arenas showed up and tried to intervene, and was arrested for the same charge.
Arenas, Gilbert
Charge: Disobeying police
Arrest Date: May 27, 2006
Franchise: Washington Wizards
Age 24
Details: While in Miami for Urban Beach Week, Arenas and Wizards teammate Awvee Storey attracted the attention of police after Storey was spotted walking in the middle of a busy street. When Storey refused to get out of the street, officers began to arrest him for disobeying police. At this point, Arenas showed up and tried to intervene, and was arrested for the same charge. As Arenas was arrested, according to the police report, he said: “You can’t arrest me. I’m a basketball player. I play for the Washington Wizards and I’m not going to leave my teammate.”
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Griffin, Eddie
Charge: Inattentive driving
Arrest Date: March 30, 2006
Franchise: Minnesota Timberwolves
Age 23
Details: The late Eddie Griffin received his fourth and final nba arrest in 2006, about a year and a half before his drunk-driving death. After crashing his SUV into a parked car he was charged only with inattentive driving. A few months later, however, a surveillance video surfaced of him professing his drunkenness following the crash. In addition, a lawsuit later was filed against Griffin alleging he was not only drunk but masturbating to a pornographic DVD while driving, causing the accident.
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