I saw one of the arresting officers interviewed on the news, he said they nearly sprayed her while she was in the back seat b/c she was trying to come over the top of the seats and get at them. Then she tried kicking out the windows. You can hear her mf-ing them like crazy in the background of the recorded call to the station....she sounds possessed. She's was claiming this was racial profiling at the station.(((sigh)))
Posted on Mon, Jan. 23, 2006
Mother of Cavs star pleads not guilty to drunken driving
Beacon Journal staff report
The mother of Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, accused of drunken driving and other charges, waived her initial court appearance today in Akron Municipal Court.
Gloria James, of Green, did not appear in court for an arraignment hearing. Instead, Cleveland attorney John Martin represented Gloria James and entered not guilty pleas on her behalf.
Martin did not comment.
The case was set for a Feb. 6 pretrial hearing before Judge Lynne Callahan.
James, 37, remains free on a $2,500 bond.
She was arrested about midnight Friday after two off-duty Akron patrolman, working for the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, pulled over her 2004 Cadillac Escalade on South Arlington Street at East Wilbeth Avenue.
Police say the off-duty officers saw James' car as it turned south off Seventh Avenue onto Arlington Street and ``almost hit'' the AMHA car.
At a traffic signal at the Wilbeth-Arlington intersection, the officers got out of their car, identified themselves and asked her to shut off the car and get out, police said.
They smelled a ``heavy odor'' of alcohol on James, said her eyes were glassy and she appeared to be disoriented, police said. When she got out of the car, she struggled with police as they attempted to put handcuffs on her, and then began screaming, police said. She was placed in the back of the AMHA car. When an Akron police cruiser arrived, she was moved to the cruiser, according to officers.
James was placed in an Akron police wagon and was taken to the police station, where she refused to take a breath alcohol test and a sobriety test and refused to sign the citations issued to her, police said.
She was booked into the Summit County Jail and posted a $2,500 bond.
Police have charged her with reckless operation, driving 50 mph in a 30-mph zone, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, disorderly conduct and molestation of police equipment.