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BERKELEY — Former NBA basketball player Isaiah Rider was arrested Saturday on a no-bail warrant for unlawful possession of a firearm, police said. Berkeley police officers responded to a report at 9 a.m. of a disturbance between a taxi cab driver and a passenger.
When police arrived on the scene, they discovered it was Rider, a native of Alameda and one-time NBA standout.
Rider, 36, was taken into custody on a bench warrant issued in Alameda County for unlawful possession of a firearm as well a $5,000 warrant for grand theft issued by the Oakland Police Department.
According to Berkeley police, Rider was arrested without incident and booked into the Berkeley jail.
The former Encinal High basketball player has a record of arrests dating back to 1993, the same year he was drafted in the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
As recently as 2006, he was charged with one felony count of kidnapping, one felony count of false imprisonment and misdemeanor counts of battery, reckless driving and resisting arrest.
In 1994, he was convicted of assault for kicking a female sports bar manager in Minneapolis and later was jailed for four days for violating his probation.
BERKELEY — Former NBA basketball player Isaiah Rider was arrested Saturday on a no-bail warrant for unlawful possession of a firearm, police said. Berkeley police officers responded to a report at 9 a.m. of a disturbance between a taxi cab driver and a passenger.
When police arrived on the scene, they discovered it was Rider, a native of Alameda and one-time NBA standout.
Rider, 36, was taken into custody on a bench warrant issued in Alameda County for unlawful possession of a firearm as well a $5,000 warrant for grand theft issued by the Oakland Police Department.
According to Berkeley police, Rider was arrested without incident and booked into the Berkeley jail.
The former Encinal High basketball player has a record of arrests dating back to 1993, the same year he was drafted in the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
As recently as 2006, he was charged with one felony count of kidnapping, one felony count of false imprisonment and misdemeanor counts of battery, reckless driving and resisting arrest.
In 1994, he was convicted of assault for kicking a female sports bar manager in Minneapolis and later was jailed for four days for violating his probation.
