Former NBA Player Arrested

Keon Clark, former player for the Utah Jazz and then Phoenix Suns, was arrested this past Thursday for drug and weapon charges. The charges were placed under his name in Illinois, and U.S. Marshals found him travelling on a commercial bus leaving Houston, Texas. Clark, 32, “was scheduled for trial in Vermillion County in Illinois for possession of Marijuana, two counts of a controlled substance and two counts of firearm possession.” He also faces charges for driving while his license was suspended, operating a vehicle without insurance, and on top of that, driving under the influence. Why do people do crap like this? It’s asking for trouble. And so many athletes do it, some caught, some not. But then there’s guys like Tank Johnson who wrecked his Lamborghini into a pole, left the scene, and then fessed up after the fact. On Wednesday, “the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force got a tip that Clark was in the Houston area. The next day, they learned that Clark was on a bus going from Houston to Longview, Texas,” said Deputy U.S. Marshal Marianne Matus. “After Marshals stopped the bus in Splendora, about 34 miles northeast of Houston, Clark was arrested without incident.” On Thursday, he was held at San Jacinto County Jail, unclear of whether he had an attorney or not. Clark, who is originally from Danville, Illinois, was originally drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1998, but was then traded to the Denver Nuggets, playing there for three years. He also played, as I said before the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns, as well as the Toronto Raptors and Sacramento Kings.