Ex-Rebel Nesby jailed on 1999 battery warrant

Tuesday, April 10, 2001 | 9:37 a.m.

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Police arrested former UNLV standout and current Washington Wizards forward Tyrone Nesby on a 1999 battery warrant from Knox County, Ind., and were holding him in jail today.

Nesby was arrested in the Wizards' locker room at Conseco Fieldhouse following Monday night's game with the Indiana Pacers.

No court appearance was scheduled, and Nesby likely would be held in the city-county lockup in Indianapolis until Knox County could take custody of him, most likely on Wednesday, said Sgt. Greg Bourlard of the Knox County Sheriff's Department in Vincennes, about 100 miles southwest of Indianapolis.

The Wizards have a home game Wednesday night against Chicago.

The misdemeanor battery warrant was issued March 1, 1999, a Knox County court clerk said.

A second warrant charged Nesby with failure to appear in court, Bourlard said.

The alleged incident took place Oct. 3, 1995, while Nesby was attending Vincennes University. According to a police report, Nesby is accused of breaking the nose and kicking fellow student David Collins during an argument over the O.J. Simpson verdict.

Collins' father is an Indiana state trooper.

The Collins' family attorney, Michael Van Trese of Indianapolis, won a civil judgment against Nesby in June 1998 for $16,500.

Nesby played 15 minutes in the 100-78 loss to the Pacers, scoring two points with one rebound.