Wednesday, September 18, 2002

UPDATE: Bison Dele, Former NBA PAPEETE, Tahiti -- Associated Press reports prosecutors in Tahiti made the decision to open a murder investigation into the disappearance of former NBA player Bison Dele based on comments from the former girlfriend of Dele's older brother. The police official told the Los Angeles Times (link requires registration) that Erica Weise told the FBI that Dele's older brother, Miles Dabord, informed her in a telephone conversation of a struggle aboard Dele's boat, the Hakuna Matata, that resulted in the deaths of Dele, his girlfriend, Serena Karlan, and the boat's captain, Bertrand Saldo. Dabord reportedly deflected blame from himself, claiming during the phone call that the fight was started by Dele, the Times reported. Sibling Brothers, Blood Rivals (Denver Post) 7:50:28 PM

CHARGED: Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cleveland Cavaliers BAY VILLAGE, Ohio -- Associated Press reports Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. Ilgauskas, 27, was stopped at 3:59 a.m. Sunday for erratic driving in Bay Village, Ohio, and he failed field sobriety tests, police Lt. John Dixon said. Dixon said a Breathalyzer test showed that Ilgauskas, of Avon Lake, Ohio, had a blood-alcohol level in excess of 0.10, Ohio's legal limit. Ilgauskas was alone in the vehicle and cooperated with police. 5:16:47 PM

CHARGED: Kimisha Hatfield, Girlfriend of Ron Artest, NBA CARMEL, Ind. -- Associated Press reports Ron Artest's girlfriend was arrested and charged with hitting and scratching the Indiana Pacers forward. Kimisha Hatfield, 27, the mother of two of Artest's children, was arrested Sunday at the home where she was staying with Artest. Two months ago, Artest was charged in New York with two counts of harassment and one count of criminal contempt for allegedly leaving a threatening phone message for another woman. At the time, Artest was under court order not to bother that woman, the mother of another of his children. 5:05:10 PM

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