Nuggets' Ty Lawson arrested in Denver on suspected DUI
Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:39 pm
Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson was arrested in Denver early Friday on suspicion of drinking and driving.
Lawson was stopped at 1:19 a.m. Friday while traveling 61 mph in a 35 mph zone on Park Avenue West in Denver, according to a Denver police report.
The officer noted that Lawson's speech was slurred, his "breath had a strong odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage, balance was swaying/stumbling, eyes were bloodshot/watery."
Lawson refused to submit to a chemical test and was taken to the Downtown Detention Center, the report said.
Lawson "was jailed at his request and without a valid form of identification," the report said. "The Defendant also stated that he was the subject of a previous DUI out of the state of Missouri."
In 2008, Lawson pleaded guilty in a North Carolina court to underage drinking and driving. He had been a player on the University of North Carolina basketball team.
On August 2013, Lawson, was arrested in Arapahoe County on suspicion of physical harassment and criminal mischief involving domestic violence, along with his girlfriend, Ashley Nicole Pettiford.
The domestic violence case, in which both Lawson and Pettiford were charged was dismissed in October 2013.
That case involved a loud verbal dispute and broken cell phones.
The Nuggets released this statement on Friday morning: "Per team policy and out of respect for the legal process, we will have no further comment at this time."
Lawson was stopped at 1:19 a.m. Friday while traveling 61 mph in a 35 mph zone on Park Avenue West in Denver, according to a Denver police report.
The officer noted that Lawson's speech was slurred, his "breath had a strong odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage, balance was swaying/stumbling, eyes were bloodshot/watery."
Lawson refused to submit to a chemical test and was taken to the Downtown Detention Center, the report said.
Lawson "was jailed at his request and without a valid form of identification," the report said. "The Defendant also stated that he was the subject of a previous DUI out of the state of Missouri."
In 2008, Lawson pleaded guilty in a North Carolina court to underage drinking and driving. He had been a player on the University of North Carolina basketball team.
On August 2013, Lawson, was arrested in Arapahoe County on suspicion of physical harassment and criminal mischief involving domestic violence, along with his girlfriend, Ashley Nicole Pettiford.
The domestic violence case, in which both Lawson and Pettiford were charged was dismissed in October 2013.
That case involved a loud verbal dispute and broken cell phones.
The Nuggets released this statement on Friday morning: "Per team policy and out of respect for the legal process, we will have no further comment at this time."