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Crees Mortoon wrote:
> Rider arrested on kidnapping charges
> Friday January 27, 2006
>
> Isaiah Rider, 34, hasn't played in the NBA since November 2001.
> Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
>
> MARIN, Calif. (AP) -- Troubled former NBA player Isaiah Rider was
> arrested by Marin County sheriff's deputies Thursday on charges of
> kidnapping a female acquaintance, authorities said.
>
> Rider, 34, was being held on $2 million bail at Marin County Jail on
> charges of kidnapping and battery, said Sgt. Bruce Baker of the Marin
> County Sheriff's office. Rider, who also faces an outstanding warrant
> for resisting arrest in Alameda County, was scheduled to be arraigned
> on Friday.
>
> Rider allegedly got into an argument Wednesday night with the
> unidentified female acquaintance and drove off with her against her
> will, Baker said. The woman began to scream, attracting the attention
> of police. Authorities tracked Rider down early Thursday morning and
> arrested him, Baker said. The woman was not injured.
>
> Rider racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and
> suspensions in his NBA career, which ended in 2001. His offenses
> ranged from being tardy to practice to spitting at fans and airport
> personnel to crimes of assault and marijuana possession.
>
> He spent two days in jail for failing to perform court-ordered
> community service for a 1994 assault charge -- kicking a woman in the
> back after a disagreement at an autograph signing.
>
> In May 1997 he was convicted of marijuana possession and later pleaded
> no contest to possessing unregistered cellular phones.
>
> Rider was the fifth overall pick by Minnesota in the 1993 NBA draft
> and spent three seasons with the Timberwolves, winning the slam dunk
> championship his rookie season.
Was Rider a Fulbright or a Rhodes scholar?
Jay
> Rider arrested on kidnapping charges
> Friday January 27, 2006
>
> Isaiah Rider, 34, hasn't played in the NBA since November 2001.
> Todd Warshaw/Getty Images
>
> MARIN, Calif. (AP) -- Troubled former NBA player Isaiah Rider was
> arrested by Marin County sheriff's deputies Thursday on charges of
> kidnapping a female acquaintance, authorities said.
>
> Rider, 34, was being held on $2 million bail at Marin County Jail on
> charges of kidnapping and battery, said Sgt. Bruce Baker of the Marin
> County Sheriff's office. Rider, who also faces an outstanding warrant
> for resisting arrest in Alameda County, was scheduled to be arraigned
> on Friday.
>
> Rider allegedly got into an argument Wednesday night with the
> unidentified female acquaintance and drove off with her against her
> will, Baker said. The woman began to scream, attracting the attention
> of police. Authorities tracked Rider down early Thursday morning and
> arrested him, Baker said. The woman was not injured.
>
> Rider racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and
> suspensions in his NBA career, which ended in 2001. His offenses
> ranged from being tardy to practice to spitting at fans and airport
> personnel to crimes of assault and marijuana possession.
>
> He spent two days in jail for failing to perform court-ordered
> community service for a 1994 assault charge -- kicking a woman in the
> back after a disagreement at an autograph signing.
>
> In May 1997 he was convicted of marijuana possession and later pleaded
> no contest to possessing unregistered cellular phones.
>
> Rider was the fifth overall pick by Minnesota in the 1993 NBA draft
> and spent three seasons with the Timberwolves, winning the slam dunk
> championship his rookie season.
Was Rider a Fulbright or a Rhodes scholar?
Jay