Charles Barkley Arrested For DUI

  • Wanna Join? New users you can now register lightning fast using your Facebook or Twitter accounts.
mrtonguetwista

mrtonguetwista

$$ Deep Pockets $$
#1
Feb 6, 2003
23,473
7,035
0
82
#1
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving early Wednesday morning.

An officer with a law enforcement task force that targets drunken driving saw the former NBA star run a stop sign around 1:30 a.m., said Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler.

Barkley declined to submit to a breath test but was given a blood test. The results weren't immediately available.

After Barkley was processed, he was cited and released. He left in a cab, Shuhandler said.

Shuhandler said there was nothing remarkable about Barkley's arrest and that it is customary to release people after they've been arrested on suspicion of DUI.

"There was nothing unusual about how he was taken into custody," Shuhandler said. "He was treated exactly like we treat anybody else."

Barkley was arrested in Scottsdale's Old Town area, one of the trendiest spots in the Phoenix metro area.

Barkley played 16 NBA seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, and played on the USA Olympic "Dream Team" in 1992 and 1996. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star and league MVP in 1993.

 
mrtonguetwista

mrtonguetwista

$$ Deep Pockets $$
#3
Feb 6, 2003
23,473
7,035
0
82
#3
Another article:


OK - we get it: Charles Barkley isn't a role model.

The retired basketball legend, who has long argued that star athletes shouldn't be idolized by young fans, committed a major foul Wednesday when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

The Hall of Famer was taken into custody in Scottsdale, Ariz., after running a stop sign. Police escorted him to a DUI checkpoint where his blood was tested on the scene by a mobile task force, TMZ.com reports.

The 45-year-old was released soon after and took a taxi home.

Barkley racked up a $1,800 bar tab before his arrest while partying with Jaleel White (nee Steve Urkel from "Family Matters"), according to TheDirty.com. He was also videotaped chugging a bottle of Patron.

This isn't Barkley's first run-in with the law: He was arrested in Milwaukee police in 1991 for punching a man in the face. Barkley was acquitted the following year.

Barkley famously made waves in the early '90s by repeatedly insisting that basketball players shouldn't be put on a pedestal.

"A million guys can dunk a basketball in jail; should they be role models?" Barkley asked a crowd of sportswriters.

His comments later spawned his 1993 "I am not a role model" advertising campaign for Nike.

Barkley, who could face up to 10 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, announced in October that he plans to run for governor of Alabama in 2014.
 
W

wino

Sicc OG
#6
Jan 4, 2004
1,451
0
0
#6
According to the police report Barkley said he ran the stop sign because he was in a hurry to get some head lol...


http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2008/12/31/20081231Barkley31-ON.html

Police report: Barkley in hurry to get oral sex

Former Phoenix Suns player and NBA star Charles Barkley told police he was in a hurry to receive oral sex from a female passenger when he ran through a stop sign drunk early Wednesday, a police report states.

The report, released late Wednesday by Gilbert police, details how Barkley not only made candid references to his impending rendezvous with an unnamed woman for oral sex, but also how he at least half-seriously implored a civilian police employee to help him get out of the DUI bust.

The 11-time NBA All-Star was arrested, cited and released on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI and being impaired to the slightest degree. Gilbert police Lt. Pete Smith pulled over Barkley's black Infiniti SUV at 1:30 a.m. after it rolled through a stop sign at about 10 mph near 75th Street and 6th Avenue in Scottsdale.

"He was very respectful and very cooperative," said Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler. "It was a very routine DUI arrest."

Smith was one of dozens of East Valley DUI Taskforce officers from 10 different police agencies who have been combing area streets for suspected drunk drivers since Thanksgiving. Barkley's was one of 90 DUI arrests made Tuesday night in Scottsdale alone.

In a statement to The Associated Press, Barkley said he was "disappointed that I put myself in that situation. The Scottsdale police were fantastic. Now it is a legal matter and I will not comment any further as it is a legal matter."

The reference to Scottsdale police reflects Barkley's apparent lack of knowledge about the regional DUI task force and how the arresting officer's department assumes jurisdiction for an arrest no matter where it occurred.

Smith was in an unmarked patrol car when the SUV roll passed the stop sign, the police report states. The SUV stopped just south of the intersection and a female climbed into the passenger seat.

Smith pulled over Barkley, who blocked the southbound lane and had bloodshot, watery eyes and had the smell of alcohol on his breath, the report states.

"I asked if he had been drinking and he said, 'Yes I have,'" Smith writes in the report. Barkley then admitted to having a "couple" drinks.

Smith gave Barkley a field sobriety test, which he failed, Shuhandler said. At the advice of his body guard, who Barkley said was a police officer, the basketball star refused to take a portable breathalyzer test but submitted to a blood test.

Those results will not be available for another week.

While being processed at the East Valley DUI Taskforce command post, Barkley told police, "I was going to drive around the corner and get" oral sex, the report states. He explained he had engaged in oral sex with the same woman last week, the report added.

He then told civilian employee, "I'll tattoo your name on my ass" if it would get him out of the DUI, according to the report.

Shortly before leaving the command post in a taxi cab because his SUV was towed, Barkley shook hands with several officers, Shuhandler said.

Barkley was returning from the Dirty Pretty Rock Bar near Camelback and Miller roads where he spent about three hours with a large group of 40 people, said owner Ryan Jocque. The party included actor Jaleel White, who played TV nerd Steve Urkel from the 1990s sitcom Family Matters, and football player Michael Strahan.

"Charles is a very good customer of ours," Jocque said.

Despite a turbulent end to the year, Shuhandler said he hoped the former Phoenix Sun star would turn the negative experience into a positive, Shuhandler said.

"He has a chance to do something good with this. I hope he does," Shuhandler said.

A court date in Scottsdale Municipal Court has yet to be scheduled.

Nicknamed "Sir Charles," Barkley was an 11-time NBA All-Star and league MVP in 1993. He played 16 NBA seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, and played on the USA Olympic "Dream Team" in 1992 and 1996.
 
ayo4yayo

ayo4yayo

Sicc OG
#11
Jul 25, 2007
4,989
2,060
113
45
#11
mrtonguetwista said:
lol when CB was talking shit about the Bay during the Golden State playoffs on TNT
Click to expand...
yea and i remember when he was interviewing j-rich and BD on TNT and them saying "you wont be able to walk around here Chuck!" like they knew how bay folks get down around here for people talkin shit.
 
K

KEEPIT100

Sicc OG
#20
Feb 15, 2008
1,069
3
0
44
#20
How the fuck Charles going to have a off duty cop has his bodyguard but not having him drive the fuckin car. Thats some dumb shit thats why you have someone with you when you got cash like that.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom