Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Caracter, Derrick
Charge: Battery, public drunkenness, and resisting arrest
Arrest Date: April 24, 2011
Franchise: Los Angeles Lakers
Age 22
Details: While in the middle of a playoff series against the Pelicans, a drunken Caracter showed up at a New Orleans IHOP and grabbed and shoved a female cashier after being refused service. Police were called and he was arrested for battery, public drunkenness, and resisting arrest.
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Powell, Josh
Charge: Failure to obey a traffic officer, failure to yield to emergency equipment, obstruction
Arrest Date: March 12, 2011
Franchise: Atlanta Hawks
Age 28
Details: Powell was arrested shortly before a Hawks game for inexplicably refusing to move his car after it blocked an ambulance. Police asked him repeatedly to move out of the intersection and let the ambulance through, but he refused and was placed under arrest and charged with a handful of obstruction charges.
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Stephenson, Lance
Charge: Assault, harassment, menacing, and possession of a deadly weapon
Arrest Date: August 15, 2010
Franchise: Indiana Pacers
Age 19
Details: Two months after being drafted by the Pacers, Stephenson was arrested for felony assault after shoving his girlfriend down a flight of stairs. This was not his first bust for violence against women; two years earlier he was arrested for sexually abusing a 17 year-old girl.
Arroyo, Carlos
Charge: Resisting arrest, failure to obey a lawful order, and driving suspiciously
Arrest Date: February 26, 2010
Franchise: Miami Heat
Age 30
Details: On his way to practice one morning, Arroyo managed the unusual task of getting arrested for driving too slowly. After he was pulled over for ‘driving suspiciously,’ cops arrested him for resisting when he refused to cooperate.
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Williams, Shawne
Charge: Possession with intent to manufacture/distribute/sell
Arrest Date: January 15, 2010
Franchise: New Jersey Nets
Age 23
Details: Williams’ second career arrest came after a police sting that netted him and 23 others. He was charged with possession of codeine with intent to distribute. Following this arrest he was waived by the New Jersey Nets, effectively ending his NBA career. Three years later in 2013, the ex-pro he was again arrested with marijuana and codeine.
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Williams, Sean
Charge: Disorderly conduct and criminal mischief
Arrest Date: March 16, 2009
Franchise: New Jersey Nets
Age 22
Details: Sean Williams managed to get arrested twice within about a month in 2009. This, the second time, involved an argument at a computer shop in a mall that ended when Williams picked up and smashed a $1,200 computer.
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Williams, Sean
Charge: Trespass
Arrest Date: February 15, 2009
Franchise: New Jersey Nets
Age 22
Details: Williams was arrested after showing up a game at Boston College where the BC Eagles were playing Duke. Apparently, Williams had a no-trespassing order against him, banning him from being on campus, likely stemming from his troubled time as a student athlete at BC before being dismissed from the school. He was allegedly belligerent to arresting officers, berating them and writing obscenities instead of his name on documents he was to sign. He would again be arrested in another bizarre case about a month later for smashing a computer during an argument at an electronics store.
Richardson, Jason
Charge: Endangerment, reckless driving, excessive speed, failure to use child seat
Arrest Date: February 15, 2009
Franchise: Phoenix Suns
Age 28
Details: Richardson was pulled over after being spotted going an astounding 90 mph in a 35 mph zone. After being stopped officers saw his 3 year old son with him in the backseat, without a carseat. In addition to being charged with reckless driving, he was arrested for child endangerment. This was his third career arrest and second in three months.
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Noah, Joakim
Charge: Marijuana possession, open container of alcohol
Arrest Date: May 25, 2008
Franchise: Chicago Bulls
Age 23
Details: Noah was arrested in Gainesville, Florida after officers spotted him drinking alcohol in public. During a search, officers also found marijuana in his pocket.
Curry, Jameson
Charge: Urinating in public and resisting arrest
Arrest Date: January 17, 2008
Franchise: Chicago Bulls
Age 22
Details: While a rookie on assignment with the Bulls D-League affiliate in Idaho, Curry expressed his frustration by urinating in public and resisting arrest.
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