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Charges added against West
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West faces up to 18 years in prison on weapons charges after more misdemeanor indictments were filed against him on Tuesday from a Sept. 17 arrest. West was arrested for speeding on a motorcycle while carrying multiple weapons on the Beltway around Washington. The original counts were for speeding and two counts of carrying a handgun. The 26-year-old playmaker had a large knife added to the weapons list, which previously included a loaded shotgun and two loaded handguns. Carrying concealed weapons and transport of handguns are illegal in Maryland, where he was arrested near his residence. West is now indicted on two counts of carrying dangerous weapons, two counts of carrying a handgun, two counts of handgun transport, one count of reckless driving and one count of negligent driving.
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Detroit re-elects Dave Bing
Hall of Famer Dave Bing has been re-elected Detroit mayor. The 65-year-old Democrat defeated accountant Tom Barrow in Tuesday’s nonpartisan general election. Bing’s NBA career lasted 12 seasons, nine with the Detroit Pistons. As mayor, he has laid off workers and demanded a 10 percent wage cut to help address the city’s ongoing budget deficit. It was the fourth time Detroit voters cast ballots this year for mayor. Bing received the most votes in a February primary and defeated incumbent Ken Cockrel Jr in a May runoff to complete Kwame Kilpatrick’s second term. Kilpatrick resigned as part of pleas in two criminal cases. Bing also received the most votes in the August primary.
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Joba’s mom faces 20 years
The mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain faces up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced next month on a felony drug charge. Jackie Standley pleaded no contest on Monday to an amended charge of delivery of a controlled substance, Lincoln, Nebraska, court records show. The 44-year-old Standley was arrested in May after selling a gram of methamphetamine to an undercover officer at her Lincoln residence. Standley was originally charged with a Class II felony, which carries a maximum sentence of 50 years, but the prosecutor reduced the charge to a Class III felony. She is to be sentenced on Dec. 16.
■BOXING
WBC to get tough on dads
The World Boxing Council (WBC) wants to once and for all banish fathers from working their sons’ corners during fights after a study showed it could prove fatal. Speaking at the WBC’s annual convention in the South Korean island of Jeju, council president Jose Sulaiman said the WBC already had a rule banning fathers from their sons’ corners, but that it was being flouted. The WBC must strictly enforce this law to prevent errors in judgment that could lead to tragedy in the ring, he added. Art Pelullo, president of Banner Promotions, said the emotional link between father and son should preclude them working so closely together during a fight. “A father is not detached enough to make the right decision, because he’s looking at what he loves and maybe not seeing what’s really going on,” Pelullo said. WBC governor Rex Walker said there was the added danger to fathers living out their own dreams through their sons’ fists. “Too many fathers live through their kid in the ring,” he said. “They transform from the corner to the kid, and they want to stay in the fight — but they’re not the ones getting hit.”
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