Police Plan to Ask for Iverson’s Arrest
Police plan to recommend that prosecutors issue a warrant for the arrest of Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers for allegedly barging into an apartment and threatening two men while armed.
District Attorney Lynne Abraham’s office will be asked today to approve charges of aggravated assault and making terroristic threats while armed, Philadelphia Police Lt. Michael Chitwood said Tuesday night.
The 76ers issued a statement late Tuesday night, saying the team had been advised that “charges are imminent.”
Iverson, 27, had a gun when he forced his way inside an apartment July 3 and threatened two men, one of the men, Charles Jones Jr., said Tuesday.
Iverson, accompanied by another man, reportedly went to an apartment complex before dawn to look for Iverson’s wife, Tawanna, and cousin, Shaun Bowman, who lives there. Neither was there, said Jones, who has lived in the apartment since March.
Jones said Iverson had a black handgun but did not brandish it.
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