SPLENDORA, Texas -- A former NBA player wanted on drug and weapons charges in Illinois was arrested Thursday when U.S. marshals stopped him aboard a commercial bus heading out of Houston.
Keon Clark, who last played for the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns, was scheduled for trial in August 2006 in Vermilion County in Illinois for possession of marijuana, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and two counts of firearm possession.
He also is facing charges of driving with a suspended license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and DUI.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders & Fugitive Task Force got a tip that the 32-year-old Clark was in the Houston area. The next day, they learned that Clark was on a bus going from Houston to Longview, Texas, said Deputy U.S. Marshal Marianne Matus.
After marshals stopped the bus in Splendora, about 34 miles northeast of Houston, Clark was arrested without incident, said Matus. Clark was being held in the San Jacinto County Jail on Thursday. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.
Clark, from Danville, Ill., was originally drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1998, but was traded to the Denver Nuggets, where he played for three years. Clark also played for the Toronto Raptors and Sacramento Kings. He played two games for Utah before being traded to Phoenix in 2004.
