mike tyson: shocking breaking news

[tijuana bass]

wow, what a shock! who could have seen this coming?

http://www.azcentral.com/community/s...yson29-ON.html

Tyson admits cocaine addiction in DUI arrest

Michael Ferraresi
The Arizona Republic
Dec. 29, 2006 10:44 AM


Boxer Mike Tyson is free this morning but undergoing drug and alcohol monitoring after telling police he has a cocaine problem "and uses it anytime he can get his hands on it."

Tyson, 40, was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence 1:45 a.m. Friday in downtown Scottsdale by a Buckeye police officer working as part of a DUI holiday task force.

Maricopa County Superior Court commissioner Sheila Madden did not set bond at a 9 a.m. hearing but did require supervision of Tyson while he awaits a preliminary hearing Jan. 16.




She prohibited from drinking or taking any nonprescription drugs and said he must continue to reside in his Paradise Valley home and cannot leave the state.

The police report said Tyson's black BMW 745i was seen weaving along Scottsdale Road and Earll Drive and he failed a field sobriety test after being pulled over.

The officer said he observed a white powder substance on the center console and Tyson was wiping off the dashboard as he approached.

Police took Tyson to a DUI processing area at Chaparral and Scottsdale roads. They found no alcohol in his system but said they determined he "was under influence of depressants, stimulants and cannabis."

The officer's reports said, "He admitted to using today and stated he is an addict and has a problem. Mike admitted to possessing bags of cocaine and said he uses it anytime he can get his hands on it."

He was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail in Phoenix and represented himself at his initial court appearance at 9 a.m.

Tyson, who shot to fame by knocking out Trevor Berbick in 1986 to become the youngest heavyweight champion in history at age 20, has had several run-ins with the law over the years, including serving prison time for rape. The most infamous incident was in the ring in 1997 when he bit Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight.

[berko]

I am not a police officer, but I would suspect that pulling over a coked up Mike Tyson is one of those situations where you should call for backup.

[tex1230]

Tyson up for a job with PMgear? he likes hookers & blow...

[Greydon Clark]

I predict Tyson dies from his own hand before the age of fifty.

[Steven S. Dallas]

He was doing blow off the dashboard of his car while driving? That's advanced. Do you think he knows Eddie Griffin?

[skiski]

Any cop would be terrified to have to arrest 250 lbs of coked up, tattoo-faced, ear eating, convicted rapist.

I suspect that Tyson can get his hands on it pretty much anytime he wants, which means he must be coked up 100% of the time. Shit, sounds like he can afford to spread it out on the dashboard and go to town.

[rideit]

I would be terrified to be his coke dealer.