LeBron's Mom Charged with DUI

[OSUsushichic]

You would think she could hire someone to drive her ass around!

LeBron James' mom charged with drunken driving

AKRON, Ohio -- The mother of Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has been arrested for driving while intoxicated, disorderly conduct and other charges, police said.

Gloria James, 37, of suburban Green, was pulled over Friday night by two off-duty officers, said Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards.

They were working security for the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority in an unmarked car when they spotted James, who was alone in the 2004 Cadillac Escalade, he said.

The officers say James' car "almost hit" the housing authority car, Edwards said.

"She starts weaving in and out of traffic and passing people on the right," he said.

The officers said James smelled of alcohol and she appeared to be disoriented, Edwards said. She struggled with police as they attempted to put handcuffs on her. They put her in the back seat of the housing authority car and she kicked out a window, Edwards said.

James was taken to a police station, where she refused to take breath or sobriety tests, Edwards said.

She posted a $2,500 bond and was released.

She was charged with reckless operation, speeding for driving 50 mph in a 30-mph zone, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, disorderly conduct and damaging police equipment.

LeBron James, in Salt Lake City for a game against the Utah Jazz, declined to comment.

"I don't have all the info of what's going on," he said. "Once I find that out and once I sit down with my family, you know, I'll be able to comment on it a little bit better."

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[scarletngrey11]

50 in a 30?

Thats illegal???

 

[BuckBackHome]

I'm really trying to figure out how something like this is so newsworthy it is on the front of NBCNews.com and ESPN.

 

[JohnnyCockfight]

They put her in the back seat of the housing authority car and she kicked out a window, Edwards said.

Can't imagine why anyone sober would do that.

 

[jwinslow]

I'm really trying to figure out how something like this is so newsworthy it is on the front of NBCNews.com and ESPN.

its a cynical, desperate news world. How did the OSU womens bball team's controversy over free braces make it on the front page of the football section at ESPN?

 

[tibor75]

Hilarious story.

 

[tibor75]

I'm really trying to figure out how something like this is so newsworthy it is on the front of NBCNews.com and ESPN.

Not suprising. It's front page news when Lindsey Lohan's father is arrested.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

I'm really trying to figure out how something like this is so newsworthy it is on the front of NBCNews.com and ESPN.

Yeah I don't get it either. It is like they always try to drag people through the mud even if it is thier family.

I thought the S in ESPN stood for sports, not soap opera.

 

[jwinslow]

clearly you haven't been flipping thru the ESPN networks looking for sports around dinner time and wanted to die when you saw a minute of ESPN Hollywood.

 

[NFBuck]

I thought the S in ESPN stood for sports, not soap opera.

This hasn't been true since about 1994.

 

[scarletandgrey]

Was she hanging out with Mrs. Coleman?

 

[tyrus]

I heard Bob Huggins was passed out in the front seat and Frank Solich was puking in the back.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

any one else find it odd she was in the projects when it happened?

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

any one else find it odd she was in the projects when it happened?

not in the least ... where do you think her friends live? where do you think SHE lived.. until a couple years ago...

I will be surprised if Gloria ever has to drive anywhere again..

she's fiery... but raising a child by yourself in those environments would make you very tough or you'd be rolled over and taken advantage of

 

[stxbuck]

LeBron's mom is nuts. I was up at the Schott for the state Final Four-our school lost to SVSM in the finals-but it was close, and I saw a Hummer parked right in the middle of the grass median on Lane in front of the Schott. I told someone-hey, I bet that's Lebron's-more as a joke than anything, but, sure enough, it came out that LeBron's mom got a citation for parking the Hummer there. I also have a friend who is a grad student at Akron, and she says that she sees LeBron's mom out and about all the time at the restaurant/bar she frequents, and that she is totally full of herself and basically not a pleasant person.