ABDUL-JABBAR ARRESTED IN VALLEY.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer VAN NUYS - Legendary Lakers and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was arrested Tuesday night in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana, police said. Abdul-Jabbar was stopped because he was driving a Ford Exposition at 52 mph in a 35 mph zone near the intersection of White Oak Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard, said Officer Eduardo Funes, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . The motorcycle officer who stopped him could smell a strong odor of what he believed to be marijuana in the car, Funes said. After Abdul-Jabbar failed a field sobriety test, he was taken to the Van Nuys police station, where a drug recognition expert Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) police officers are trained to be able to identify drug impaired drivers. DRE refers not only to the officers themselves, but to the 12-step procedure that these officers use. made an evaluation and concluded he was under the influence of marijuana, officials said. Police said he was booked and released on his own recognizance own recognizance (O.R.) n. the basis for a judge allowing a person accused of a crime to be free while awaiting trial, without posting bail, on the defendant's own promise to appear and his/her reputation. with a promise to appear in court. The Hall-of-Famer was very cooperative with the officer who had detained him, Funes said. The arrest came a little more than two years after he surrendered a small amount of marijuana to U.S. Customs agents at the Canadian airport. The basketball star, who had to pay a $500 fine at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, told customs agents that he had migraines and his doctors recommended he take the drug. Abdul-Jabbar, an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers last season, is the all-time NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= leader in career points with 38,387 in the regular season and 44,149 total. |
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