WASHINGTON — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West was indicted Tuesday on additional weapons and traffic charges stemming from his Sept. 17 arrest for speeding on a motorcycle and carrying multiple weapons.
The eight-count indictment sheds no new light on why West, 26, was riding a motorcycle on the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, Md., at 10 p.m. with two loaded handguns and a loaded shotgun. Prosecutors on Tuesday added an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife to the list of concealed weapons West was carrying.
It’s illegal in Maryland to carry concealed weapons and to transport loaded handguns.
West was indicted on two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon, two counts of carrying a handgun, two counts of transporting a handgun, and one count each of reckless driving and negligent driving. The charges are all misdemeanors. Each weapons count carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.
West will likely be arraigned by the end of the week, and the case could go to trial early next year.
• Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince missed Detroit’s game against the Orlando Magic with a back injury, ending his consecutive-games streak at 496.
Prince will be sidelined for at least three games before his status is re-evaluated this weekend.
• Miami Heat swingman Daequan Cook is out indefinitely because of problems with his strained right shoulder.
Rays trade Iwamura to Pirates
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays traded infielder Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-hander Jesse Chavez.
Iwamura hit .290 with one homer and 22 RBIs in 69 games during the final season of a $7.7 million, three- year contract he signed after playing for the Yakalt Swallows in Japan. He signed with the Rays as a free agent in December 2006.
Chavez led major-league rookies with 73 appearances in 2009, going 1-4 with a 4.01 ERA in 67 1/3 innings.
• Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Vernon Wells will have surgery next week to repair damaged cartilage in his left wrist.
Wells, who hit .260 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs in 158 games last season, is expected to be ready for spring training.
The Blue Jays also said third baseman Edwin Encarnacion had surgery Friday to repair a bone spur in his left wrist.
Footnotes.
The 200-foot mast on the monster trimaran that will represent the United States in the America’s Cup came crashing down during a sail on the Pacific Ocean, snapping in two as it hit the rear beam. No one was injured.
• CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz must pay $916,000 yearly in alimony and child support to his ex-wife and give up their Connecticut home under terms of a newly issued divorce decree.
• Tommy Haas is unlikely to play next week at the Paris Masters as he battles a case of swine flu.
• The United States beat Finland 4-0 in the opening round of the women’s Four Nations hockey tournament in Mikkeli, Finland, behind a goal and two assists from Hilary Knight. The Associated Press
