Nuggets guard Ty Lawson was reportedly arrested for DUI early this morning.
Darren McKee of 104.3 The Fan:
Bummer of a story. Ty Lawson was arrested for a DUI at 1:20am this morning. Details to come
— Darren McKee (@DMacRadio) January 23, 2015
The latest mugshot. Ty Lawson from this morning pic.twitter.com/Q1P1AeWQT6
— Darren McKee (@DMacRadio) January 23, 2015
So here's the deal. Ty Lawson was speeding 61 in a 35 in the 3400 block of park ave west. He was obviously impaired slurred speech bloodshot
— Darren McKee (@DMacRadio) January 23, 2015
Eyes and strong smell of alcohol. He admitted he had been drinking. When he was taken in he refused to take a chemical test. He admitted
— Darren McKee (@DMacRadio) January 23, 2015
To another DUI arrest in Missouri so this is his second one - all according to the police report
— Darren McKee (@DMacRadio) January 23, 2015
Lawson was jailed at his request and did not have a valid id
— Darren McKee (@DMacRadio) January 23, 2015
Benjamin Hochman of The Denver Post:
Ironically, the Nuggets had a team even at a bar last night, for charity
— Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) January 23, 2015
I could find no public report of Lawson getting a DUI in Missouri, but he pleaded guilty to underage drinking and driving while playing at North Carolina in 2008. In that case, Lawson, then 20 years old, blew a .03 – below the limit for those 21 and older.
The NBA typically suspended players two games for a first drunk-driving incident, but a previously unreported DUI could complicate the case.