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Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was charged Friday with one count of possession of more than 40 grams of marijuana.
King County, Wash., prosecutors said Kemp and Gavin Lamar Jones were arrested about 1 a.m. April 4 in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline after a county sheriff's deputy noticed a large truck belonging to Kemp sitting behind a closed car wash.
According to court papers, when the deputy approached the truck, the driver's door was open and a strong smell of marijuana was coming from inside the vehicle. Kemp initially said the pair had smoked marijuana earlier and there was none in the vehicle, but he later told the deputy there was "a bag full" in the truck.
Deputies searched the truck and found a black leather bag containing a loaded 9mm handgun registered to Kemp and about 1.2 grams of cocaine. Jones claimed the bag was his and that he had owned the gun for a couple of years but did not know the make or model of the weapon.
Jones was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine.
An arraignment date in Seattle District Court will be set next week. The county prosecutor's office said the pair will have three choices when arraigned: plead guilty to a gross misdemeanor, ask for a trial on a felony drug charge in King County Superior Court, or enter a drug court program that could result in the charges being dismissed.
Source: IndyStar.com
Copyright: 2005 IndyStar.com.
Website: IndyStar: Indianapolis Star, Indiana news, breaking news and sports
King County, Wash., prosecutors said Kemp and Gavin Lamar Jones were arrested about 1 a.m. April 4 in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline after a county sheriff's deputy noticed a large truck belonging to Kemp sitting behind a closed car wash.
According to court papers, when the deputy approached the truck, the driver's door was open and a strong smell of marijuana was coming from inside the vehicle. Kemp initially said the pair had smoked marijuana earlier and there was none in the vehicle, but he later told the deputy there was "a bag full" in the truck.
Deputies searched the truck and found a black leather bag containing a loaded 9mm handgun registered to Kemp and about 1.2 grams of cocaine. Jones claimed the bag was his and that he had owned the gun for a couple of years but did not know the make or model of the weapon.
Jones was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine.
An arraignment date in Seattle District Court will be set next week. The county prosecutor's office said the pair will have three choices when arraigned: plead guilty to a gross misdemeanor, ask for a trial on a felony drug charge in King County Superior Court, or enter a drug court program that could result in the charges being dismissed.
Source: IndyStar.com
Copyright: 2005 IndyStar.com.
Website: IndyStar: Indianapolis Star, Indiana news, breaking news and sports
