Former NBA player Rex Chapman arrested after stealing over $14,000 in merchandise from an Apple store
AZfamily is reporting that former NBA star Rex Chapman was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona yesterday after stealing over $14,000 in Apple merchandise from an Apple retail store over the course of a few weeks. Chapman subsequently pawned the stolen goods for cold hard cash.
Police began investigating the case in August when employees reported a series of shoplifting incidents involving the same suspect over a period of a few months.
The suspect was identified by multiple Apple store employees as Rex Chapman because of his previous celebrity status as an NBA basketball player.
Police said Chapman allegedly picked up items in the store and made it appear that he was paying for them with an iPhone app through the store's self-checkout system.
Now I know what you're probably thinking, "Rex Chapman.. an NBA star? Really?!"
Okay, that might be a bit of a stretch given that he never made an All-Star team. But in his heyday, Chapman was an electrifying player who could throw it down with the best of em', even finishing second in the Slam Dunk contest behind Dee Brown back in 1992. As a kid, I was always excited to watch him play.
So it's quite sad that Chapman's post NBA career -- which has actually consisted of a number of steady basketball related gigs -- now includes a number of felony charges for organized retail theft and trafficking in stolen property.
Here's Chapman back in the day, doing his thing, for all you youngsters.
And did I mention he could dunk?
via 9to5Mac
