
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, September 28, 1993                   TAG: 9309280210
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press and Los Angeles Times reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

POLYNICE DENIES GUN CHARGE IN LA

Olden Polynice of the NBA's Detroit Pistons, was suspected of assault with a deadly weapon Monday morning after his girlfriend told police he had pointed a loaded handgun at her outside her home in Los Angeles.

The former University of Virginia star was arrested about an hour after the incident at his Los Angeles home and released on $20,000 bail about 11 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Roger Ferguson said.

Yvette Avana, 26, told police that she and Polynice, 28, had an argument outside her house about 6 a.m. and that while she was standing outside the car, Polynice retrieved a loaded handgun from somewhere inside the car and pointed it at her, Ferguson said.

Police said Polynice denied pulling a gun, and officers did not find one, Ferguson added.

During his 16 months with the Los Angeles Clippers, Polynice became known for his community service work at a Los Angeles housing project and at local schools.

Last season, he fasted to protest conditions in his native Haiti under the military regime that overthrew a democratically elected government.

Keywords:
BASKETBALL

by CNB