Tim Donaghy (ex-NBA ref) charged with aggravated assault after alleged threat with hammer

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Tim Donaghy charged with aggravated assault after alleged threat with hammer
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Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was arrested in Manatee County, Florida, on Tuesday after allegedly threatening a man with a hammer.

Donaghy, who spent 13 months in federal prison for betting on NBA games he officiated, was charged with felony aggravated assault.

According to Manatee County Sheriff's Department records, Donaghy appeared at a house in Bradenton, Florida, on Monday night looking for his 19-year-old daughter, saying he believed she was using drugs with a friend at that home.  ...

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That's one heck of a way to mess up your life. 

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In other NBA true crime news:

Lakers' Kentavious Caldwell-Pope can practice, play under work-release program
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope violated his probation, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday, and as a result is serving a 25-day sentence at the Seal Beach Police Department Detention Center in Orange County, California.

Caldwell-Pope is allowed to leave the facility to go to practice and Lakers games in California under a work-release program, but he must wear a GPS monitor outside the detention facility.  ...

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Competing with the NFL for more felons per capita?