Mike Tyson Released On Bond After Coke Found In Car

Cops stopped the boxer around 1:45am after his vehicle almost hit a sheriff’s car. “He showed signs of impairment and voluntarily submitted to field sobriety tests,” explains Sgt. Larry Hall, who was on the Arizona equivalent of R.I.D.E. duty.

Scottsdale has becomes Tyson’s adopted hometown.

When the 40-year-old failed those tests, he was placed under arrest and hauled off to jail. Authorities claim they saw him wiping a white powder off the car’s console and searched the vehicle. That’s when they contend they discovered the coke stash and added that to the charges against him.

Tyson was isolated in lock-up for his own protection, pending a Friday court appearance. He was later released on bond without ever being charged with driving under the influence because no alcohol was found in his system.

But the drug charges may be a far more serious contender for the fighter to beat in the courtroom ring.

“He said he was an addict and had a problem,” a police probable cause statement filed in court avers. “He admitted possessing the bags of cocaine, and said he uses it anytime he can get his hands on it.”

His release conditions mandate that he must stay away from alcohol and drugs and submit to testing to ensure he complies.

It’s the latest setback in a long series of troubling legal run-ins for the boxer.

He’s served time for rape, was arrested for jumping on the hood of a man’s car, been accused of assaulting a Brazilian cameraman outside a Sao Paulo nightclub, endured charges he abused his ex-wife Robin Givens and most famously bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight in 1997.

Tyson has been in the same jail before, but as a guest talking to juvenile offenders on the danger of drugs.

“The irony is he did a great job with these kids — stay away from drugs, don’t drink, stay out of trouble,” laments Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

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