FILE – Orlando Magic’s Ben Gordon in motion throughout an NBA basketball recreation in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers, Nov. 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. Former NBA guard Ben Gordon was arrested Tuesday, April 4, 2023, on weapons and threatening costs after he started behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice store, Stamford, Conn., police mentioned, Thursday, April 6, 2023. He was launched late Tuesday on a $10,000 bond. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
The arrest came about after Gordon started behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice store earlier than officers arrived on the scene and subdued Gordon. They discovered a folding knife clipped to his pocket, a stun gun and brass knuckles in his backpack
Former NBA guard Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening costs after he started behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice store, police mentioned.
The episode began simply earlier than 10 a.m. Tuesday when a number of 911 callers reported “a male acting aggressively and in a bizarre manner” inside a juice store in Stamford, town’s assistant police chief, Richard Conklin, mentioned Thursday.
The man, recognized as Gordon, continued to behave erratically when officers arrived and tried to take him into custody, Conklin mentioned.
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The officers ultimately subdued Gordon and positioned him underneath arrest. They discovered a folding knife clipped to Gordon’s pocket, and a stun gun and brass knuckles in his backpack, Conklin mentioned.
Gordon was arrested on costs together with carrying a harmful weapon, second-degree threatening and interfering with an officer.
The former basketball star, who performed for the University of Connecticut earlier than a decade-long NBA profession that ended with the 2014-2015 Orlando Magic, was taken to the police detention middle and then to a hospital for a psychological well being analysis, Conklin mentioned.
Gordon was launched late Tuesday on $10,000 bond, he mentioned. A message searching for remark was left with Gordon’s lawyer.
It’s not Gordon’s first brush with the legislation. Last October, he was charged with punching his son at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. And in November, he was charged with a misdemeanour in Chicago for allegedly punching a McDonald’s safety guard.
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This week’s arrest got here hours after Gordon’s alma mater, UConn, defeated San Diego State University 76-59 to win the varsity’s fifth NCAA championship. Gordon was on the UConn workforce that gained the championship in 2004.
Tuesday, the day Gordon was arrested, was additionally his fortieth birthday.
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