Monday, March 05, 2007

Ron Artest Arrested for Domestic Violence


SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was arrested Monday after a woman called 911 from his home saying she had been assaulted...


Placer County sheriff’s deputies responded about 9:30 a.m. to Artest’s five-acre estate in the Sacramento suburb of Loomis, where they found a woman who had suffered injuries, officials said. She declined medical attention.

Deputies arrested Artest on suspicion of domestic violence and using force or violence to prevent the woman from reporting a crime, sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erwin said.