Caminiti Arrested on Drug Charge
Ken Caminiti, a former National League most valuable player, was arrested Wednesday on drug possession charges after authorities said he was found in a hotel room with crack cocaine.
Early Wednesday afternoon, officers from a drug task force stopped a 2001 Mercedes registered to Caminiti. The vehicle was being driven by another individual.
Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Department were asked to go to the hotel to check on Caminiti’s welfare.
They found Caminiti in the room and “when the door was opened, deputies could smell what they believed to be crack cocaine,” said Harris County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Robert Van Pelt.
Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found in the room, he said.
Caminiti, 38, was arrested along with two other individuals.
He was charged with possession of less than 28 grams of a controlled substance. Caminiti split last season with Texas and Atlanta.
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