{"id":5195,"date":"2026-07-23T19:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5195"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:07:41","slug":"exclusive-ex-nba-star-ty-lawsons-sad-vodka-shoplifting-arrest-mugshot-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5195","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Ex-NBA star Ty Lawson&#8217;s sad vodka shoplifting arrest mugshot released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former NBA star Ty Lawson was none too pleased about getting arrested last week.<\/p>\n<p>His mugshot, obtained by The California Post on Thursday, shows he had a stoic look on his face as he was being booked in a Douglas County, Colo. jail on a shoplifting charge.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5193\">Trump wants \u2018a head for an eye\u2019 in Iran \u2014 not \u2018eye for an eye,\u2019 Rubio says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ex-Nuggets point guard, wearing what appeared to be a jail-issued top, blankly stared at the camera while gray was visible in his beard.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old was taken into custody by the Castle Rock Police Dept. at around 8 p.m. on July 16 after a liquor store worker accused him of drunkenly stealing a $34 bottle of vodka.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson, who allegedly took the bottle to a nearby restaurant, was confronted by police and thrown in handcuffs after he smelled \u201cof an unknown alcoholic substance,\u201d according to the arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>While in police control, Lawson was accused of being a nightmare to his arresting officer.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson screamed and called the cop \u201cbitch\u201d repeatedly and a \u201cwhite bitch\u201d during the pre-booking process, the arrest affidavit stated.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5191\">Maniac with meat cleaver hacks man in the head in fit of Queens road rage: sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He \u201cat times\u201d kicked his cell\u2019s glass wall and yelled \u201cstop\u201d repeatedly, according to the arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>He did ultimately calm down and apologize for his behavior, the report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson addressed the incident on his X page on Thursday morning, writing, \u201cBeing black in America is tough\u2026. Being lied by a pasty face white woman wild\u2026 stay outta castle rock Colorado!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He later added, \u201cThis the wildest and more racist shit I been thru.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawson is facing one charge of theft of less than $300 shoplifting and is due in court for a pretrial conference on Aug. 13.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong>Opinion <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: Download here!<br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5189\">Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter who killed Dem Melissa Hortman and her husband gets two life sentences<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA star Ty Lawson did not appear to be pleased to be arrested in Colorado last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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