Quinton Jackson picked up again by police for mental evaluationby MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jul 17, 2008 at 12:24 pm ET
A day after being arrested on a felony hit-and-run charge and posting $25,000 bail, UFC light heavyweight Quinton Jackson has been apprehended again by police in California, according to TMZ.com.
According to today's report, friends of "Rampage" waved down police at approximately 4:30 p.m. after they were "worried about his behavior."
Jackson was reportedly taken to a hospital for observation.
According to TMZ.com:
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been picked up by police again.
Sources say around 4:30 PM yesterday, friends who were hanging out with Rampage, waved down an Irvine police car after they were worried about his behavior. This, of course, following the insane chase the day before in which the UFC fighter hit several cars in his monster truck and was arrested at gunpoint.
We're told Irvine cops saw Rampage, deemed him a danger to himself and others, and took him to a hospital for observation. Rampage was very coopertive with police.
Cops won't officially confirm if it's a psychiatric hold.
According to NBCSports.com, Jackson was admitted to a hospital for a mental evaluation and is not being charged with any crime.
As MMAjunkie.com (
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UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) reported on Tuesday, Jackson was arrested on Tuesday after an alleged hit-and-run accident and subsequent police chase. He was charged with felony evading, hit-and-run and reckless driving.
Jackson allegedly hit multiple cars during a short police chase Tuesday afternoon. He eventually pulled over and surrendered to police after traveling from Costa Mesa to Newport Beach in California. No injuries were reported.
According to a press release from the Costa Mesa Police Department, Jackson ignored an officer's directions to pull over and continued "weaving in and out of traffic" while forcing "pedestrians to flee for their lives" as he continued "running several red lights."
MMAjunkie.com will have more on the story later today.
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