Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West indicted on additional weapons and traffic charges in Maryland
By Brian Windhorst
November 03, 2009, 3:47PM
Delonte West is finally back on the court for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but his legal problems in Maryland are getting more complicated.
Prince George?s County (Md.) State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey announced today that West was indicted by a grand jury on a wide array of weapons counts, more expansive than the two-gun possession charges police applied when he was arrested following a traffic stop Sept. 17 outside of Washington, D.C.
West has been indicted on two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon, two counts of carrying a handgun, two counts of transporting a handgun, and one count of reckless driving and one count of negligent driving. If convicted, West could face up to three years for each of the six gun charges and a $2,500 fine per offense.
Ivey told The Associated Press today that West will likely be arraigned by the end of the week, and the case could go to trial early next year. He is being charged with carrying and transporting a fully-loaded Ruger .357 Magnum and a fully-loaded Beretta 9mm handgun.
One of the guns was in his pocket and another was strapped to his leg, according to the charges. One of the dangerous weapons charges is for carrying a Remington 870 shotgun, which was in a guitar case over his back, which had eight shotgun shells in a side saddle carrier.
Also police found a total of 112 shotgun shells, most of them in a camel-style backpack West was also carrying on his Can-Am Spyder three-wheeled motorcycle. Also, for the first time it was revealed that West was carrying an 8.5-inch Bowie-style knife when officers arrested him.