Police say Gordon was carrying a folding knife, a stun gun and brass knuckles when he was arrested.
Former Chicago Bulls point guard Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges after police say he was acting erratically in a Connecticut juice shop.
Stamford Police say they got a call Tuesday morning about a man threatening people in a store with a knife.They were eventually able to arrest him and found a folding knife clipped to his pocket, and a stun gun and brass knuckles in his backpack. Gordon was arrested on charges including carrying a dangerous weapon, second-degree threatening and interfering with an officer.
The former basketball star, who played for the University of Connecticut before a decade-spanning career in the NBA, was taken to Stamford Hospital for a mental health evaluation.This latest incident happened to take place on his 40th birthday.
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