Former Maverick D.J. Mbenga Arrested For Public Intox, Pushing A Police

Posted on October 16th, 2012 1:51pm by Zac Crain
Filed under Crime, Sports

You like that? I’m totally trying to talk like I’m on The Wire. Anyway. Here’s what went down at the Buzzbrews on Fitzhugh:

Mbenga was trying to leave the restaurant just as a pair of Dallas police officers were walking in. The 7-1 center put his palm on the chest of one of the cops and said, “You move out of my way.” The officer stopped and responded, “You don’t touch police, let alone make that statement.” To which Mbenga – in hindsight, perhaps inadvisedly – responded: “You want to go? I do what I want, so you move out of the way!” As the officers escorted Mbenga out of the restaurant, he continued to argue with them. The officers smelled alcohol on his breath and noted his “unsteady balance” and bloodshot eyes. They said he failed three of six field sobriety tests. The 31-year-old was handcuffed and taken to the Dallas County jail.

Mugshot here.

11 comments

  1. Thanks for referencing THE WIRE. Of course, had this scene played out in Baltimore, Detective Jimmy McNulty would have been at the bar urging D.J. Mbenga to give hell to those cops.

    @ 2:03 pm on October 16, 2012

  2. That’s natural po-lice, right there.

    @ 3:34 pm on October 16, 2012

  3. It’s illegal to be drunk in a bar? Interesting.

    @ 3:49 pm on October 16, 2012

  4. @Senor: I don’t believe Buzzbrews serves alcohol, but I’m sure I’m wrong.

    @ 3:53 pm on October 16, 2012

  5. “It’s illegal to be drunk in a bar? Interesting.”

    Public intoxication, it’s illegal anywhere but home

    @ 4:18 pm on October 16, 2012

  6. Buzz brews definitely serves alcohol.

    @ 7:24 pm on October 16, 2012

  7. @KK not the one on fitzhugh

    @ 8:49 pm on October 16, 2012

  8. Oh, it’s a coffee/breakfast place! Sorry, the name threw me off. I get it now. They should change the name of the place though, unless they want more DJ Moose Mbengas coming in there being drunk and stuff.

    @ 7:12 am on October 17, 2012

  9. That is a solid mugshot.

    @ 9:31 am on October 17, 2012

  10. What a dumbass. “I do what I want.” Really? I hope he chokes on his taco and poops in his pants.

    @ 9:39 am on October 17, 2012

  11. Whatever. At least DJ finally showed a willingness to get physical with somebody. Anybody. Unfortunately they were wearing uniforms he should have recognized.

    @ 10:34 am on October 17, 2012