Bodycam footage, records provide clearer picture of Tony Allen arrest
Former Memphis Grizzlies player Tony Allen watches a tribute film during his jersey retirement ceremony Saturday, March 15, 2025, at FedExForum. (Brandon Dill/AP file)
Two days after former Memphis Grizzly Tony Allen was arrested for drug possession alongside an Arkansas highway, a clearer picture has begun to emerge about what happened that day, based on bodycam footage and public records.
Allen and former local wrestler William Grant Hatton were taken into custody in Poinsett County on Wednesday morning after deputies found marijuana and cocaine in a car Hatton was driving. Both spent the night in jail but were each released the next day on $1,000 bonds.
Allen is due in court Dec. 19, Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder said Friday. Hatton has the same court date, according to Molder.
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Jody Callahan
Jody Callahan graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from what is now known as the University of Memphis. He has covered news in Memphis for more than 25 years.
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