A former NBA sharpshooter could be heading down a curious path following the end of his career. Ben Gordon, 2004 NCAA champion with the UConn Huskies and the 2006 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, was recently arrested by police following an incident at his business in White Plains, New York. This recent incident comes just a few months after he was arrested for pulling the fire alarms in his apartment complex without there actually being an emergency at hand.
Gordon was arrested over the weekend after he locked himself and a woman in his business following an argument, allegedly while he was in possession of a box cutter.
Following comes from Jonathan Bandler of Lohud in White Plains, New York.
Ex-NBA star Ben Gordon was hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation over the weekend after Mount Vernon police responded to a confrontation between him and a woman at Gordon’s downtown business.
Gordon, 34, was not charged in the incident, which lasted about two hours as police freed the 31-year-old woman from inside the Gramatan Avenue store before finding Gordon in the bathroom.
Just after noon on Saturday, police responded to a call for assistance at the store. The first two officers saw the distraught woman crying and shaking just inside the entrance, according to a police report.
She motioned that the door was locked and let them know Gordon was in the back of the business with a knife.
At least eight other officers soon arrived and Gramatan Avenue was shut down. A sergeant tried unsuccessfully to make contact with Gordon. A detective spotted Gordon through the glass with a box cutter in his possession, according to the report.
Emergency services officers then cut a portion of the glass door and got the woman out. Police then entered, found Gordon in the bathroom and handcuffed him.
He was then transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Harrison. It could not be determined Tuesday whether he had been released or how long he remained there. Calls to relatives were not returned. Bob Cimmino, his high school coach who has remained close to Gordon, declined to comment.
The woman, who lives in Los Angeles, told police that she and Gordon had argued and he demanded she leave. She packed her bag but Gordon locked the door, according to the report.
She told police that during the argument, Gordon “began to destroy and throw everything” inside the business. She said she was not injured.
Although the report indicates the detective saw Gordon with a box cutter, police did not locate one.
Gordon is listed only as a suspect in the report, which listed the status of the case as “Closed By Investigation”.
The report did not address the relationship between the woman and Gordon, although they are seen together in several pictures on Instagram. On a video shot outside Of Our Own, she posted, “Very very proud of my King.” She was believed to have returned to Los Angeles since the weekend but could not be reached for comment.
