Gabe Pruitt busted on DUI charge

http://news.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view/2009_02_26_Gabe_Pruitt_arrested_on_DUI_suspicion/srvc=home&position=also

LOS ANGELES – Celtics [team stats] backup point guard Gabe Pruitt was arrested early this morning for drunken driving after being pulled over in a Mercedes Benz while stopped at a green light, Los Angeles police said.

Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said that the team was aware of the incident and was still looking into it.

Shortly before 3 a.m., a Los Angeles traffic cop saw the drivers of two vehicles stopped at a green light on W. Sunset Boulevard “having a conversation,” said Officer April Harding, an LAPD spokeswoman. The officer pulled over the Mercedes S550, which Pruitt was operating, for


Pruitt, 22, was taken to the LAPD’s Hollywood division jail where he was booked on a misdemeanor DUI charge, police said.

The player’s bail was set at $5,000 but Pruitt had not been released by 8 a.m. local time. The Celtics were scheduled to depart LA at 10 a.m. local time.

“He’s still going through the booking process,” Harding said.

Pruitt is from the Los Angeles area and played college basketball at the University of Southern California. He played six minutes and scored three points in the Celtics’ 93-91 loss to the LA Clippers last night.

Shot at ring? Mikki Moore likes it!:
+ Shot at ring? Mikki Moore likes it!