The Denver Police Department has launched an investigation into whether several of its officers gave preferential treatment to Denver Nugget Carmelo Anthony during his DUI arrest the other night, because in Denver when you get pulled over for a DUI you're supposed to be taken to Detox or released to a sober, responsible party...Camelo was alone and swerving through traffic with his high-beams on when he was pulled over by a DUI traffic officer, but when he became belligerent, the officer called his sergeant. 'Melo was handcuffed and taken to Denver Health Medical Center where he submitted to a blood test. That's when the cops called La La to come pick him up. They claim she refused. In that case, the cops were supposed take him to Detox. Instead the sergeant took 'Melo in his police car to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Denver, were he and La La were staying. Today La La claims that's not true. She says the cops offered to bring Carmelo home. And, in addition to the sergeant driving Carmelo to his hotel, another officer drove 'Melo's $130,000 silver Mercedes to a parking lot at the Denver Police Traffic Operations Bureau until he could pick it up later. Typically, the arresting officer would tow a car involved in a DUI case to an impound yard.
