Perkins arrested, released on public intoxication, disorderly conduct charges

Boston Celtic basketball player Kendrick Perkins flashes the Lamar hand sign to fans during the fourth quarter of the Lamar Cardinals matchup against Webber International at Provost Umphrey Stadium. Saturday, September 11, 2010 Valentino Mauricio/The Enterprise less Boston Celtic basketball player Kendrick Perkins flashes the Lamar hand sign to fans during the fourth quarter of the Lamar Cardinals matchup against Webber International at Provost Umphrey Stadium. Saturday, ... more Photo: Valentino Mauricio Photo: Valentino Mauricio Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Perkins arrested, released on public intoxication, disorderly conduct charges 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

A local NBA star in town helping host a basketball camp for children was arrested early Saturday morning.

Beaumont's Kendrick Perkins was arrested on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct around 2 a.m. outside of The Ticket, a sports bar on College Street.

Officer Doug Kibodeaux with the Beaumont Police Department said there was a disturbance at the bar at closing time that involved several groups of people, fighting and pepper spray.

Perkins got into a obscenity-ridden verbal confrontation with management that was escalating into a physical confrontation and he was escorted out the bar's back door where the argument continued, Kibodeaux said.

"He was the main cause of the disturbance," Kibodeaux added.

Perkins was arrested and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

He has since bonded out after paying the $150 bond on each charge, according to an employee at the jail.

Perkins, who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was in town to play in a celebrity exhibition game Friday along with Stephen Jackson, a Port Arthur native who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks.

The game, which was set to be at Ozen High School, was canceled because Perkins, Jackson, Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder), James Harden (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Eric Maynor (Oklahoma City Thunder) did not show up to play.

A spokesperson said Friday that Perkins was dehydrated and under doctor's orders to stay at home. Durant and Harden arrived at Ozen after the game was canceled.

Read more in Sunday's edition of The Enterprise.