Former Pitt basketball star Carl Krauser is back in Pittsburgh, and let's just say he probably isn't having a very good time. After an incident in Beaver Falls this weekend, the Beaver County Times reports that Krauser has been charged with, well, just about everything: escape, carrying a loaded gun, drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, being drunk in public, and driving using a suspended license.
↵↵↵Krauser was detained by police manning a drunken-driving checkpoint at 10:15 p.m. Friday on Seventh Avenue in Beaver Falls, according to the report.
↵As officers checked his license, Krauser stepped from his car and began to run, police said. He was located by police moments later in the Save-A-Lot parking lot, 400 Ninth Ave.
↵As he was being placed in a patrol car, a plastic bag containing marijuana fell from Krauser’s pant leg, police said. A second bag was found in a pants pocket.
↵As they prepared to tow Krauser’s car, police said they found a loaded gun under the front passenger seat.
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Yikes -- that's quite a lot of trouble for one drunk-driving checkpoint.
↵Police say that Krauser had a 0.067 percent blood-alcohol level.
↵Krauser played for Pitt from 2002-2006 and averaged between 15 and 16 points per game in all of his last three seasons.
↵After leaving Pitt, Krauser played for the Pittsburgh Xplosion, and also had stints playing professionally in Romania, New Zealand and Canada.
↵Via Pitt Blather.
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