Delonte West - Road Warrior

[kingbill]

Breaking news: Delonte West arrested on weapons charge

By J.E. Skeets

This is not how you want to start a weekend ...
Cavaliers guard Delonte West(notes) was arrested Thursday night for weapons possession.
Brian Windhorst of the Plain Dealer reports:

WUSA, a television station in Washington D.C., reported today that West was pulled over in Prince George's County, MD., at 10 p.m. Thursday night for making an unsafe lane change on his motorcycle. The police say West had two handguns and a shotgun in his possession and he was arrested.
West was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 20.
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Yes, you read that correctly. Delonte was somehow concealing two handguns and a shotgun while riding a freakin' motorcycle. You can't even do that in "Grand Theft Auto," can you? This does not sound good.
More info to come.

UPDATE: According to Matt Zapotosky at The Washington Post, Delonte was driving a three-wheeled motorcycle (like the one pictured right, I guess) when he cut off the Prince George's County cop.

The officer pulled him over, and West told the officer that that he was carrying a handgun in his waistband.
That prompted the officer to call for back up, and investigators found that West was actually carrying three guns — a Beretta 9mm in his waistband, a Ruger .357 strapped to his leg and a shotgun in a guitar case slung over his back, said Maj. Andy Ellis, a spokesman for the Prince George's County Police Department.
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As of now, it is still unclear where West was going or why in the world he was armed.

 

[STACKSONDECK]

wow

 

[oldirtyku]

He should not have been arrested. Everyone around here knows that you have to be carrying an arsenal if you want to go to PG county.

 

[RobFunk]

I have heard of a player bringing the heat but this is ridiculous

 

[celticGreen+]

bizarre

 

[gtc08]

so is it illegal to carry openly in that state or is it just a traffic arrest.

 

[celticGreen+]

I think Maryland is one of the "may issue" States... So it's highly unlikely that he has permits to carry those concealed weapons.

 

[FairWarning]

so is it illegal to carry openly in that state or is it just a traffic arrest.

Lets put it this way, if they stopped every NBA player, there would be no league.

 

[gtc08]

i dont blame athletes for carrying guns.

i would to with all the nuts out there.

 

[doubledeuce22]

he'd look even tougher if he got a tattoo (<)<

 

[Ladeda]

CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, got to love some of these athletes. Would almost seem like he was shooting a movie or something. Freakin guy driving on his motorcycle with two gun on him and a shotgun in a guiter case. Then he cuts off a cop, great stuff.

 

[FairWarning]

i dont blame athletes for carrying guns.

i would to with all the nuts out there.

Some of the nuts are the players. Scottip Pippen used to carry one around.

 

[djmatt]

Lets put it this way, if they stopped every NBA player, there would be no league.

with the money they make why not hire someone to carry for them?? but I guess they would make them intelligent and not athletes.