I'm very disappointed to read this news as I've quite a fan of Melo. I think he's under-rated at times. Good shooter and good physique @ his position.

It takes 2 weeks to get blood test results? The documentary, CSI Miami, tells me they're available in 5 minutes as long as Horatio delivers the perfect one-liner:

2 weeks wait for the results of a blood test?

He'll continue to be allowed to play and business as usual. They still need that playoff berth and then to win beyond the 1st round if they do make it.

Team America, F*ck Yeah!

Way to go skip

Stop Snitchin!

Carmelo. If you have commited DUI, then shame on you. You are supposed to be a role-model.
Why are professional athletes always doing this?
He deserves to be punished if he has comitted DUI.

Carmelo. If you have commited DUI, then shame on you. You are supposed to be a role-model.
Why are professional athletes always doing this?
He deserves to be punished if he has comitted DUI.

I can't believe that he was willing to undergo and consented to a blood test.....

TR, if he didn't, is he not automatically guilty then??

I think that's the case with the breath test, but there is a way to avoid/delay the blood test confirmation?

TR, can you remind us? Something like insisting that a lawyer is present or saying that you'll only take a blood test at a hospital or doctor or something like that?

He was drunk remember - he probably thought he was signing an autograph not a consent form.

Yeah, the blood test could save his bacon (if he's clean), but he wouldn't of been arrested if he didn't fail or refused to undertake some sort of roadside test.

Why undergo a blood test???? If the blood test comes back positive he's provide the prosecutor with an offical reading. In that case there is no 'not guilty' plea.

Most places in Australia will only offer (sometimes insist) a blood test if your involved in a MV collision and transported to hospital. A blood test can also be obtained if you believe that the roadside/police reading is incorrect and you wish to challenge the reading. Oh, this also comes out of your own pocket and you'll have to organise it yourself.

I'm not suggesting anything, but providing a blood sample, lets just say opens other issues.

Originally, he was only looking at alcohol as an issue. With the sample instead of only looking for alcohol they will also be looking for other issues. Let's say some adverse results come back from the blood, say cannabis or other substances. In the blood, alcohol last 12 hours, meth is 24 hours, speed is 12 hours (I'm not sugguesting Melo is a druggie, just stating simple facts).

He raised enough suspicion in his actions to give Police the belief that he required to be arrested, which probably means he failed a roadside test of some sort.

Failure to provide a sample in Australia will mean you are charged at the highest level (4).

There could be come issues if Melo was intoxicated (allegedly) that he didn't realise he was signing consent or what his state of mind was like at the time.

Surely not an NBA player in trouble with the law!

From ESPN....

Some snippets from the article:

Meanwhile, a Denver television station is reporting that the city's police department is looking into the possibility some of its officers gave Anthony preferential treatment during his arrest.

The television station reported that Anthony's fiancee was called, but she refused to pick him up, and a Denver police sergeant ended up driving Anthony to the hotel where he and his fiancee were staying.

KWGN also reported that a second officer drove Anthony's car to a parking lot at the Denver police department's traffic bureau.


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