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Official charges Police to ask prosecutors for warrant to arrest IversonPosted: Tuesday July 09, 2002 9:45 PMUpdated: Wednesday July 10, 2002 11:01 AM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Police say they have enough evidence to arrest NBA All-Star Allen Iverson on charges he barged into a home with a gun and threatened two men while looking for his wife. Philadelphia police planned to ask the district attorney Wednesday to approve charges against the Philadelphia 76ers star of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. "We feel there's enough evidence there now to do what we've got to do -- arrest him," police Lt. Michael Chitwood said. If District Attorney Lynne Abraham approves the charges, a warrant would be issued and the Philadelphia guard would be asked to surrender, police said. Prosecutors have not gotten word from police about Iverson, the district attorney's office said Tuesday night. Police said Iverson has no gun permit and has not registered a gun in Pennsylvania. Iverson, 27, has not commented publicly, and no one answered the intercom on Tuesday outside his suburban Philadelphia mansion. The 76ers said Tuesday night they had been advised "charges are imminent." "We will continue to support Allen while we await the outcome of these proceedings," the statement said. Iverson's lawyer, Tom Shuttleworth, declined to comment Tuesday. One man inside the apartment said Iverson came to look for his wife, Tawanna, and cousin, Shaun Bowman, on July 3. Bowman lives in the apartment, but neither was there, said Charles Jones, 21, who met with police Tuesday. Jones declined to reveal what Iverson said or how he threatened him. Jones said Iverson had a black handgun but did not brandish it. Iverson and his wife were married last summer, and they have two children. Iverson was the league MVP in 2001, leading the 76ers to the NBA Finals for the first time in 18 years. As a high schooler in 1993, Iverson was arrested in a Hampton, Va., bowling alley brawl and spent four months in prison before then-Gov. Douglas Wilder granted clemency. The Virginia Court of Appeals overturned the conviction in 1995. In 1997, Iverson pleaded no contest to a gun charge after police in Richmond, Va., stopped a car in which he was a passenger and found a gun belonging to Iverson and two joints. He pleaded no contest to the gun charge, and a marijuana-possession charge was dropped. He was sentenced to probation. In 2000, Iverson recorded a rap CD about violence and street life that was denounced by women, gays and league officials. He later apologized and agreed to soften the lyrics. |
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