Former NBA player Delonte West was arrested “for his own safety” earlier this month after showing signs of intoxication at a northern Virginia intersection, authorities say.
Fairfax County police said they responded to a complaint of an unconscious person near Fairhaven Avenue and Richmond Highway in Alexandria at 8:30 p.m. on November 2.
Officers requested emergency medical assistance after they said West, 42, was intoxicated. According to officials, he was arrested after refusing to go to the hospital.
He was taken to Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and then released.
West graduated from Greenbelt’s Eleanor Roosevelt High School and went to Saint Joseph’s University. Throughout his NBA career, he played for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dallas Mavericks, and he has fought with substance usage for many years.