UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Larry Bird's son arrested after trying to run over ex

Basketball legend Larry Bird's adopted son was arrested after trying to run over his ex-girlfriend with his car.
|
 
Larry Bird's adopted son, Connor Bird, 21, was arrested after attempting to run his ex-girlfriend over with his car Sunday. (Connor Bird/Monroe County Jail)
Larry Bird's adopted son, Connor Bird, 21, was arrested after attempting to run his ex-girlfriend over with his car Sunday. (Connor Bird/Monroe County Jail)
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 at 1:22 PM
By KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com

The basketball star's adopted son, Connor Bird got into a dispute Sunday with his ex-girlfriend at Bird’s Bloomington apartment.

Police told The Indianapolis Star that Bird threw a cell phone at the woman and later waited at her home and took her to a parking lot to talk. They got into another fight there, at which point the ex-girlfriend got out of his car and began to walk home. That's when police say Bird tried to run her over with his car, not once, but twice. A student witness took the woman to the Indiana University Police Department.

According to IU police, Bird faces multiple charges including battery with injury, criminal mischief, intimidation with a deadly weapon and possession of marijuana.

Recommended Stories
© 2013 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
1 of 18
Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
View Caption
A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
fark
Thing you can scratch off your bucket list: Having to call the Icelandic search and rescue team...
Eyewear company seeks assistance to give two patent trolls important life advice, specifically on...
You can do a lot of bad things as a priest and hang on to your job. Plagiarizing sermons from sermons.com...
Sponsored Content is Pretty Farking Awesome (Featured Partner)
Guatemalan ex-president convicted of genocide last week gets a mulligan
Is Pope Francis a wizard?