Miles Bridges turned himself in on Friday on the January arrest warrant that had yet to be served, reports Steve Reed of The Associated Press. The 25-year-old appeared before a district court judge in Lincoln County (a Charlotte suburb) and was released on $1,000 bond.
Bridges, who was with the Hornets in Washington D.C. on Thursday night, turned himself in early Friday morning, Reed writes.
The Hornets forward is accused of “unlawfully” and “knowingly” violating a 10-year domestic violence protective order that stems from a case last year in which he entered a plea of no contest to one felony count of injuring a child’s parent. The warrant also states that Bridges “continually contacted the victim,” according to Reed.
The separate criminal summons Bridges is facing for allegedly violating the protective order, misdemeanor child abuse and injury to personal property is still outstanding; the 25-year-old is due in court for that matter on November 13.
Here’s more from the Southeast:
- Hornets forward JT Thor, whose $1.84MM contract for 2023/24 is non-guaranteed, had a strong summer and could be primed for a breakout year, according to Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. “He’s been amazing,” Terry Rozier said. “It’s no surprise, but it’s been talked about among all the peers about how great he’s been and how much time he’s put in this summer. And it’s just good to see. He’s one of the guys that never complained and always trying to get better since he came in the league. He never complained about things, always took things as a challenge and got better every day. And it’s now starting to show. And that’s all you can ask for in this league, is you try to get as much as you can out of it and then when your time comes you are ready for the opportunity. And I think it’s going to be a good year for him.” Thor was the 37th overall pick in 2021.
- Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. thinks second-year guard Ryan Rollins has “elite” defensive potential, per Chase Hughes of Monumental Sports Network. Rollins, a 2022 second-rounder who was traded to Washington from Golden State this summer, concurs with Unseld’s assessment. “I appreciate that,” he said. “I feel the same way. I’ve got a very long wingspan and I love to play defense. You put the mentality with the physical attributes that I have, I mean, why not?“
- Guard RJ Hampton, who is on a two-way deal with the Heat, sustained a right hamstring strain during warmups on Friday evening and was ruled out prior to Miami’s preseason game against San Antonio, tweets Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. We’ll have to wait for more updates on the severity of the injury.
Goodbye Miles Bridges, it was nice knowing you.
Seriously, how daft can a guy be? $100M+ of potential career earnings down the drain because he can’t keep his cool around his woman and kids.
I wonder if a warrant was served on me for “…allegedly violating a domestic violence protective order, misdemeanor child abuse and injury to personal property” if I’d get out on a $1K bond.
Unlikely. I can’t shoot a basketball.
Sadly, yes it happens all the time.
He’s probably close to being broke/bankrupt I’d assume. Hopefully he has some money left for the kids
Just his basketball cards
Just $1k as a bond?! Already a massive failure of the criminal justice system that he was able to get that plea deal—one which allowed the attack he was recently arrested for to happen, when he could have been in prison—and now they’re letting this multimillionaire back free into the world for a grand?!
Whatever jurisdiction(s) have been dealing with Bridges are absolute jokes. I’d bet money the elected DA and executive powers there like to say they’re tough on crime too.
The justice system is largely a make-work project for lawyers and paper shufflers. If justice happens to get done incidently, great; but don’t expect it. And if we learned anything from the OJ trial, it’s that money can buy better lawyers than the da every day of the week.
Capitalism sure is fun ain’t it…