MAITLAND, Fla. — The 34-year-old son of NBA great Michael Jordan was arrested early Tuesday in central Florida on a misdemeanor drug charge after police officers found his car stuck on railroad tracks minutes before a commuter train was scheduled to pass, authorities said.
Marcus Jordan was charged with possession of cocaine, a second-degree misdemeanor, and resisting an officer without violence, also a misdemeanor, according to online court records. He was arrested at 1:14 a.m. ET, booked at 6:03 a.m. and released at 11:38 a.m. on $4,000 bond.
Officers with the Maitland Police Department found Jordan’s Lamborghini sport utility vehicle immobile on railroad tracks in the Orlando suburb — with a commuter train just 10 minutes away — because the vehicle’s tires were buried in dirt and rock from being spun repeatedly, according to an arrest report.
Officers learned that Jordan had just fled from a traffic stop in a neighboring county. They asked him to get out of the vehicle after smelling alcohol and noticing his slurred speech and confusion. They found a bag in his pants of what tested positive for cocaine, the arrest report said.
Jordan, a former University of Central Florida basketball player, refused to talk to reporters when he was released Tuesday from the Orange County Jail.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.