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Former NBA guard Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges after he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop.

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Former NBA guard Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges in a Connecticut juice shop, police announced.

Just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, several 911 callers reported "a male acting aggressively and in a bizarre manner" inside a juice shop in Stamford, the city's assistant police chief, Richard Conklin, said Thursday.

The man, identified as Gordon, continued to act erratically when officers arrived and tried to take him into custody, Conklin said.

The officers eventually subdued Gordon and placed him under arrest. Conklin added they found a folding knife clipped to Gordon's pocket and a stun gun and brass knuckles in his backpack.

Gordon was arrested on charges including carrying a dangerous weapon, second-degree threatening, and interfering with an officer.

He was taken to the police detention center and then to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, Conklin said. Gordon was released late Tuesday on a $10,000 bond, he said.

Gordon has been arrested for the 3rd time in the last 6 months. The court hearing is expected in April.

Gordon was previouslyarrested in November after he was accused of beating up two security guards at a McDonald's in Chicago, and in October, for allegedly hitting his 10-year-old son in the face at Laguardia airport.

Gordon was selected third overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Bulls.

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