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LOS ANGELES — Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph was arrested on a marijuana charge after several police cars were vandalized when a large gathering became unruly at a Los Angeles housing project, authorities said Thursday.
Randolph, 36, a former Knick, was taken into custody late Wednesday on suspicion of possessing marijuana with intent to sell, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Norma Eisenman.
California legalized recreational marijuana in November, but state law allows for possession of only up to one ounce of the drug, and selling it without a license remains illegal.
“The charges are false and misleading,” Randolph’s agent and lawyer Raymond Brothers said on Thursday. “We’re looking at all options to resolve this matter.”
Police on patrol observed a crowd drinking, smoking marijuana, blasting music and blocking streets at the Nickerson Gardens project in Watts, the authorities said.
The officers observed three people, including Randolph, “reach for their waist bands” and then run away from the officers, Eisenman said in a statement.
An officer detained one of the three men — who was questioned and released — while Randolph and another…
