Posted on Fri May 30, 2008 at 10:18:42 AM EST in NBA
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Before there was Ron Artest and Sebastian Telfair there was Vernon Maxwell. From the end of his college career to the end of his 13-year stint as a pro, Maxwell was notorious for being a knucklehead. Well, apparently Mad Max refuses to slow down in his old age.

Former NBA player Vernon Maxwell was arrested in Charlotte on Thursday on charges related to failure to pay child support.

U.S. Marshals took Maxwell into federal custody at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse.

He was arrested for violating the conditions of federal supervision. Maxwell was originally sentenced to serve five years of federal probation for willful failure to pay child support.

Being a dead-beat dad is one of the biggest sins imaginable in our book, but you gotta admit it's a pretty tame charge by Maxwell standards. Let's briefly recap the lowlights of his adulthood.

In 1987, his final two years at Florida were completely wiped off the boards after he was found to have committed NCAA violations. In 1994, he attacked his Rockets teammate Carl Herrera with a free weight and then in 1995, he ran into the stands during a game and punched a fan as a prequel to Artest's brawl with the Detroit faithful. Maxwell followed that up by slapping his junk on the window of a car that rear-ended him. Oh, and he was found guilty of infecting a woman with herpes on purpose. He also became a fugitive and got popped with drugs in the recent past.

Now that's a reign of terror that even impresses veteran miscreants like Dennis Rodman and Mike Tyson.

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[WCNC.com]: Former NBA player arrested in Charlotte

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