Former NBA guard Delonte West was arrested Thursday morning in Fairfax after a brief police foot pursuit.
West, who is listed as a Maryland resident, was being served a warrant for violation of conditions of release and charged with resisting arrest, according to a Fairfax County Police Department statement. He is being held on bond, police said.
The arrest came in the 7200 block of Fairchild Drive in Groveton early Thursday morning.
West for years has struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues. Fairfax police said Narcan, a drug that can treat a narcotic overdose, was administered to West.
“Officers found West unresponsive after they lost sight of him during the chase,” the statement reads. “Narcan was administered by officers, but did not have the desired effect. He was transported to a local hospital and Narcan was administered again, which yielded the desired effect. West was released from the hospital and transported to the [Adult Detention Center].”
West played for four team in his eight-year NBA career. He last played for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2011-2012 season.
ESPN reports he was treated at a Florida drug rehabilitation center in 2021 and later ended up working at the facility after former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban helped him get his life back on track.
“Cuban, who picked West up at a gas station in September 2020 after pictures circulated of West panhandling at an intersection in Dallas, was one of several people in the NBA who attempted to help West at the time,” ESPN’s Baxter Holmes wrote.
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