As first reported by Valerie Gordon of 27East.com, new Nets power forward Kenneth Faried was arrested in Bridgehampton on Sunday morning and was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor for those allegedly possessing more than two ounces of marijuana. The Nets know about the situation, according to Anthony Puccio of NetsDaily, who confirmed the initial report.
“We are aware of the situation involving Kenneth Faried and are in the process of gathering more information at this time,” the Nets said in a statement.
While it’s possible the arrest could eventually lead to a modest fine or suspension for Faried, it’s fairly minor as far as criminal incidents go. It’s unlikely to have a major impact on the veteran’s on-court availability during his first season with the Nets.
Here’s more from around the Atlantic:
- Although Lorenzo Brown‘s one-year contract isn’t fully guaranteed, the Raptors view the veteran guard as a roster player, tweets Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca. According to Lewenberg, Brown is a good bet to be Toronto’s 14th man and the club probably won’t start the year with 15, meaning camp invitees like Chris Boucher and Kay Felder are long shots to make the regular season squad.
- The Raptors‘ acquisition of Kawhi Leonard is a roll of the dice that could represent either a new beginning for the franchise or the beginning of the end of the club’s recent run of success, writes Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders.
- The Celtics will enter the 2018/19 season as the favorites to win the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference, but the Raptors and Sixers won’t make things easy. A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston identifies five keys that could help Toronto or Philadelphia knock off the C’s next season.
Someone has to tell Faried he’s not in Colorado any more. It’s not legal in New Jersey.
Someone has to tell this guy Bridgehampton is in New York not New Jersey.
Wow 2018 and pigs still making a big deal out of a weed, but hey at least alcohol is safer And legal
Can’t blame the cops for enforcing the laws. They don’t have the luxury to pick and choose which laws to enforce and which not to.
What? Cops pick and choose all the time.
Cops put their lives on the line every time they go out. They don’t know which idiots have guns, and which ones will use them, and which ones don’t. Yes they make mistakes. Every human being does. Those that are crooked get caught eventually.
I think for the most part police departments in America do end up looking into allegations against crooked cops, but where the public concern is is in regards to actual convictions and ramifications for said crooked cops. A lack of belief in real transperancy and accountability. Cops make a voluntary decision to accept the risks involved in their line of work. I generally don’t get any brownie points for fullfilling my side of an employment contract with my employer, at the end of the day there’s an agreed upon compensation already worked in their called your pay.
I mean reasonable interpretation of the law is at the disposal of every officer of every police department of every city that I’ve ever lived in. And all those departments certainly practiced emphasizing the enforcement of certain laws to produce revenue for the state. I mean this is really public policy I suppose it could differ by state/city “picking and choosing” happens at some level in some shape or form in the majority of departments across America
That’s precisely the problem. Cops who decide that they get to pick and choose, on an individual basis, what laws they enforce and against whom they enforce them undermine the values and principles underpinning the entire criminal justice system. Cops who operate in such a manner pick and choose based on their own set of beliefs and biases.
Cop is is a disgruntled Nuggets fan. All seriousness… I don’t really get the MJ thing, I think people are a little TOO excited that it’s going to get legalized. Just one more thing that you have to worry about in the construction field, engineering, industrial, etc… I’m going to just send people out for piss tests more often. If someone comes in and looks like they’re coming off a bender – piss test. No different, just makes my job more annoying.
And then you have “role models” although, now that I’m older its like… well majority didn’t even go, care, or try in HS or College. Forefront of domestic violence. I learned a lot of life lessons playing sports through college, but the things you should look up to people for were more coach mandated – like community acts. At the pros, there’s less participation in those activities on a whole. Not all 56 are out there performing acts in the community. So at the end of the day… monkey see monkey do, kid sees athletes smoke weed, be reckless, get paid, still be in the pros, ‘why not me too’. “Role models” with their fat heads on a wall.