Former NC State, NBA Player Arrested In Drug Sting

two-week undercover operation has netted Lenoir County lawmen with the arrest of former NC State and NBA basketball player who they say sold them prescription drugs.

Charles Shackleford of Kinston was arrested after selling approximately 150 Lortab pills to undercover Kinston police and Lenoir County deputies. Officers say they purchased the prescription pain killers in the vicinity of Fairgrounds Road and Highway 11-55.

The 44-year-old Shackleford was jailed on a $30,000 bond and has a first appearance Friday in Lenoir County district court.

Shackleford played collegiate basketball at North Carolina State University for 3 seasons (1985/86-1987/88). He was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 2nd round (32nd overall pick) of the 1988 NBA Draft. He played in six NBA seasons as a forward-center for the Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Charlotte Hornets.

Shackleford's best year as a pro came during the 1989-1990 NBA season when he averaged 8.2 points per game in 70 games for the Nets. His best NBA game was a career high 26 Rebounds to go with a career high 23 Points at Milwaukee on 20 Feb 1990.

Ex-Tiger Dmitri Young arrested on drug charges

Former Tiger Dmitri Young was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana Monday in Illinois.

Young, 36, was released after posting $100 bond after being arrested at the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington.

Young, who retired as a major leaguer in March, is vice president and senior adviser of baseball operations and special hitting and fielding instructor for the Oakland County Cruisers minor league team.

Young played in Detroit from 2002-06 and had a career-high 29 home runs in 2003.

He rebounded from problems with alcohol, substance abuse and depression to become the National League Comeback Player of the Year in 2007 for the Washington Nationals.

Young played for St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit and Washington in a 13-year MLB career that began in 1996.

Young's brother, Delmon, plays for the Minnesota Twins.

QB JaMarcus Russell Busted for Possession of Controlled Substance

Wow, it looks like it didn’t take long for JaMarcus Russell to fall even farther from grace.

Russell, who was just recently fired as starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, was arrested in Mobile, Alabama on Monday for possession of a controlled substance.

According to the Mobile Press-Register that controlled substance is … codeine syrup.

Mobile County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Lori Myles says the 24-year-old former LSU star was arrested at his home during an undercover investigation. He graduated from high school in Mobile.

Online records show he was booked into the Mobile jail and released on $2,500 bond.

The Raiders released Russell in May, just three years after being the No. 1 overall draft pick. He won only seven of his 25 starts and was eventually benched. He’s been criticized for lack of a work ethic.

Russell’s arrest is not expected to impact his NFL standing but may impact his signing salary as he shops for a new team. Investigators did not explain today why they launched an undercover operation regarding Russell.

Seattle Seahawks Running Back Quinton Ganther Arrested For DUI In Sacramento

The California Highway Patrol arrested 25-year-old Seattle Seahawks running back Quinton Ganther in downtown Sacramento on suspicion of driving under the influence.

According to CHP Public Information Officer Erin Komatsubara, officers pulled over Ganther at 3:15 a.m. Saturday morning at I St. and 10th St. in downtown Sacramento on suspicion of DUI and he was arrested.

Sacramento County Jail records indicate the NFL player was released from jail.

Former Iowa basketball star Marble arrested again

Police arrested a former University of Iowa basketball star in Cedar Rapids early Friday morning.

Roy Marble Jr., 43, was arrested at 12:01 a.m. after a traffic stop in the 600 block of Second Avenue SE, according to police logs. He is charged with driving while barred, no insurance and using an improper license plate light.

Police Sgt. Cristy Hamblin, a police spokeswoman, said an officer on routine patrol noticed a Ford Expedition change lanes quickly on Seventh Street SE. The vehicle did not have a rear license plate light, so the officer stopped the vehicle. Marble was driving.

Marble is Iowa’s all-time leading scorer with 2,116 points. He was a first-round NBA draft pick of the Atlanta Hawks in 1989, but was suspended a year later for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. He finished his professional career with 55 points in 29 games.

Last August, Marble was arrested in after a Cedar County deputy found marijuana and an open can of beer in his car during a traffic stop. A week later, he was fired as program director for the Iowa City Mayor’s Youth Empowerment Program.

Cedar Rapids police have arrested Marble four times in the last six years, Hamblin said.

NFL QB Simms arrested in NYC

Police say the son of legendary New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms has been arrested in Manhattan on charges of driving while on drugs.

Christopher Simms is a backup quarterback for the Tennessee Titans after being released by the Denver Broncos.

The 29-year-old was stopped on Houston (HOW'-stuhn) Street at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Police say he appeared to be slurring speech and his eyes were red. They say he had apparently been smoking marijuana.

He was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal court. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney and a call to his agent wasn't returned.

Cincy's Benson arrested for alleged assault

Bengals running back Cedric Benson was arrested Tuesday and charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly punching a bar employee in the face nearly a month ago.

Benson was booked into the Travis County jail, where he later posted $5,000 bail and was released. The charge of assault with injury carries a maximum potential penalty of up to $4,000 in fines and up to a year in jail.

According to the Austin police arrest affidavit, Benson was at Annie's West bar on May 30 when he got into an altercation with another, unknown bar patron that left him spitting blood from a cut lip. After staff intervened, witnesses told police Benson shoved a bar worker and was verbally abusive.

Benson's attorney, Sam Bassett, said his client "looks forward to telling his side of the story at the appropriate time."

Bengals spokesman P.J. Combs said the team was aware of the incident but said it was "inappropriate for us to comment until the matter is resolved through legal channels."

The arrest is just the latest brush with the law for Benson, and it could draw a suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.