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Throughout his career, the left-handed Coleman has been an effective low post scorer with a reliable perimeter shooting touch. He enjoyed his best years as a member of the New Jersey Nets . He is currently a free agent after being waived by the Detroit Pistons . Coleman's career is overshadowed by his questionable attitude (lack of work ethic, resulting in overweight, plus alcohol abuse and general disruptive behaviour {Link without Title} ) and his injury proneness. His Syracuse jersey, 44, was retired on March 5, 2006. LEGAL TROUBLE Coleman was arrested December 21 , 1988 , while in Syracuse and charged with criminal mischief in the fourth degree and harassment He later pleaded guilty to harassment and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. In 1995 , Coleman was arrested in Detroit and charged with refusing to move his truck and swearing at a police officer. The jury failed to reach a verdict and the case ended in a mistrial. Coleman along with several others where arrested in 1997 and charged with interfering with a police officer's duty in Detroit, Michigan. Police said Coleman was released on a $100 bond on the misdemeanor charge. In 1999 , Derrick Coleman pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from an incident in a Detroit restaurant. Coleman was accused of urinating in front of patrons at Intermezzo Italian Ristorante and was charged with disorderly conduct. Coleman still denies his guilt and says it was a drink that had spilled on his pants. Coleman was pulled over for driving over 100mph and arrested after test results showed he had a Blood Alcohol Level of 0.13 percent when he was stopped on July of 2002 . Michigan's legal limit was 0.10 percent. Coleman was taken into custody by officers who suspected that he had been drinking. Coleman was ticketed for operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor and refusing to take a breath test. Derrick Coleman surrendered himself to police while a member of the Charlotte Hornets in 2002 on traffic-violation warrants. Coleman paid $800 and was released from the Mecklenburg County jail a few hours later. Coleman was wanted on charges of driving with a revoked license and using an out-of-state license while his North Carolina license was revoked. Coleman had his license revoked because he refused to take a sobriety test after an accident in October of 2001 . Coleman was charged after his Sport Utility Vehicle was involved in a late-night wreck with a tractor-trailer in Charlotte . Coleman and a female passenger received facial and head lacerations, and Eldridge Recasner , a reserve shooting guard for the Hornets, almost died after sustaining a broken shoulder and a partially collapsed lung. While Recasner was still in intesive care, Coleman called the wreck a 'freak accident' and said "I'm just happy everybody's OK and that we can look at this particular point in time laugh and joke about it,". Coleman refused to take a blood test after the wreck. Coleman eventually was acquitted of the drunken driving charges due to a mistrial. Coleman later accused the media of unfairly scrutinizing him for his arrests. At the start of training camp with the Nets, then-coach Butch Beard advised his players to adhere to a dress code or be fined. Coleman outraged Beard by simply handing him a blank check to cover all the fines he promised to pile up. EXTERNAL LINKS
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