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After being arrested for speeding on a motorcycle and carrying multiple weapons, an NBA player was indicted recently on additional weapons and traffic charges related to his September arrest. According to an nba.com story, the athlete was riding a motorcycle along the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County at 10 p.m. while carrying two loaded handguns and a loaded shotgun. A recent addition to the list of concealed weapons being carried by the man included an 8 ½-inch Bowie knife.

The article explains that it is illegal in the State of Maryland to carry concealed weapons and to transport loaded handguns. The misdemeanor charges that this man now faces include:

• Two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon


• Two counts of carrying a handgun


• Two counts of transporting a handgun


• One count reckless driving


• One count negligent driving

Each of the weapon counts carries a penalty of up to three years in prison if the athlete is convicted. When the initial charges were filed, the man was facing only two counts of carrying a handgun and with driving in excess of reasonable and prudent speed.

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In July 2009, a police chief was caught driving drunk in an unmarked city car after being in a fender-bender in Arlington County, according to a Washington Post article. Speaking publically now for the first time regarding his DUI arrest, the former police chief’s story reveals just how serious and all-encompassing DUI consequences can be.

According to the article, the arrested man was with the Alexandria department for about 20 years and served as chief for the last three. One of the most detrimental consequences of his DUI arrest was having to step down from a job that he loved. He also continues to experience the distress and embarrassment of being a man with a criminal record. But that is not all. Recently, when the former Alexandria police chief was on the phone attempting to get a new life insurance policy, he was told, “There’s nothing I can do for you.”

Difficulty in obtaining life insurance is a commonly unspoken collateral consequence of a DUI arrest, and it doesn’t stop there. As would be the case for others in the ex-chief of police’s situation, his career in government is probably over. It may also be very challenging for him to find employment again since many employers will not hire a person that has a DUI conviction on his or her record.

The article also mentioned that the former chief will not be able to rent a Zipcar for seven years. Other consequences the ex-police chief has had to endure include forfeiting his driver’s license for a year (subjecting him to having a 90-year-old friend drive him around), having to complete 20 hours of alcohol education, and serving a mandatory sentence of five days in jail for having a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 (twice Virginia’s legal limit).

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