Barbour cited but not taken to jail

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky senior guard Antwain Barbour was cited for marijuana possession during a traffic stop this summer, but later had the charge dropped.

The 6-foot-5 Barbour, an Elizabethtown native, was stopped for speeding at 1:45 a.m. on June 22 while traveling from Lexington to Frankfort on Interstate 64, according to Franklin County Sheriff Ted Collins.

According to a citation issued by one of Collins' deputies, Barbour had marijuana in the car, Collins said. Barbour was not taken to jail, Collins said.

Collins said it is common for officers making speeding stops along I-64 to ask whether there are drugs or drug paraphernalia in a stopped vehicle, and that Barbour apparently answered that question affirmitavely.

Collins said it is an officer's decision whether to only write a citation or take someone to jail as a result of a traffic stop.

"If everyone cooperates, normally a citation is issued, rather than (having) a full-blown arrest," Collins said. "Evidently, everybody cooperated and answered questions correctly and had all the paperwork in order."

Franklin County assistant district attorney Chris Broaddus later made a deal with Barbour's attorney, Marvin Coles of Frankfort, to drop the possession charge. Barbour pleaded guilty to speeding and paid a fine.

"We didn't overlook the marijuana," Coles told Lexington television station WKYT. "We had no test results there. I don't know if there was a sample ever sent to the laboratory. I just took the case, when he was called that day, I just went ahead and got it done."

Broaddus could not be reached for comment on Tuesday night.

Kentucky athletic department spokeswoman Mandy Polley said Tuesday afternoon that Barbour still was a member of the Wildcats' basketball team.

"We knew about it when it occurred and we handled it then," Polley said. She said she couldn't comment further about the incident or its aftermath because of student privacy laws.

Barbour appeared in 31 games and started four in 2002-03. He averaged 3.4 points and 12 minutes per game.

 

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