Odds and endsFormer NBA star Jayson Williams to wear alcohol detection bracelet

Published 27 January 2010

After one too many arrests, troubled former NBA star Jayson Williams is ordered by a judge to wear an alcohol detection bracelet; Williams must wear the detection device as long as he is not in custody; the device measures his perspiration every thirty minutes for alcohol content. If there is any, it will notify authorities in New York and New Jersey

An alcohol-detection bracelet similar to that to be worn by Jason Williams // Source: www.dui.com

A judge in New York City mandated the troubled Jayson Williams wear an alcohol-detection bracelet following his most recent DWI charge. Williams was arrested on 5 January after a minor crash that left him with facial injuries and neck injuries. He refused a breath test at the scene, but was charged with DWI in connection with the early morning incident. Officers suspect Williams lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree. When they found him, he was in the passenger seat of his own car, but witnesses reported Williams had been driving.

DUIattorney.com reports that Williams pleaded guilty a few days later to another incident in connection with the 2002 shooting and death of a limo driver who was at Williams’s home at the time of the incident. Williams has claimed the driver’s death was an accident. He was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter in 2004, but he was convicted of an attempted cover up. The 11 January trial was a retrial of one count of reckless manslaughter. Williams eventually pleaded guilty of aggravated assault.

Williams was formerly employed by NBC as an analyst. He was released after the shooting. Williams has not played for the NBA since 2000. At that point, he retired only two years into a six year contract with the New Jersey Nets.

Many suspect Williams has addiction or psychological problems. Those suspicions were fueled with multiple arrests in 2009. In one instance, officers responded to calls at a Hilton in Manhattan to find Williams in a rage, eventually having to taser him and take him to a nearby hospital.

Williams must wear the detection device – the official name is Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor — as long as he is not in custody. The device measures his perspiration every thirty minutes for alcohol content. If there is any, it will notify authorities in New York and New Jersey.