Ex-NBA player is arrested in Shepherd
San Jacinto Newstimes - October 2007

SHEPHERD – A former NBA player wanted on drug and weapons charges in Illinois was arrested Thursday and arraigned by Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Harris “Red” Blanchette.
Arian Keon Clark, 32, was stopped by U.S. marshals aboard a commercial bus heading out of Houston, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Clark, who last played for the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns, was scheduled for trial in August 2006 in Vermilion County, Illinois for possession of marijuana, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and two counts of firearm possession. He is also facing charges of driving with a suspended license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and DUI.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Violent Offenders and Fugitive Task Force got a tip that Clark was in the Houston area. The next day, they learned that Clark was on a bus going from Houston to Longview, Texas, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Marianne Matus.

After marshals stopped the bus in Shepherd, Clark was arrested without incident. He was held in the San Jacinto County Jail on a $4.4 million bond set by Blanchette until he was extradited to Illinois Friday, according to San Jacinto County Criminal District Attorney Bill Burnett.

Clark, who is from Danville, Ill., was originally drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1998, but was traded to the Denver Nuggets, where he played for three years. Clark also played for the Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings.

He played two games for the Jazz before being traded to the Suns in 2004.