Ron Artest Anger Management Update
by Geep on Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 08:08pm
Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was arrested Monday after a woman called 911 from his home saying she had been assaulted.
Placer County sheriff’s deputies responded about 9:30 a.m. to Artest’s five-acre estate in the Sacramento suburb of Loomis, where they found a woman who had suffered injuries, officials said. She declined medical attention.
Deputies arrested Artest on suspicion of domestic violence and using force or violence to prevent the woman from reporting a crime, sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erwin said.
“He and the female were in the house and separated,” Erwin said. “The deputies interviewed them and took Mr. Artest into custody.”
Last month, county animal control officers seized Artest’s Great Dane, Socks, from his home in a gated community about 25 miles northeast of Sacramento. They said the animal wasn’t being fed. County records showed the NBA star had paid nearly $2,000 in boarding and impound fees for his dogs, which had spent 77 nights at the pound since July.