Former Atlanta Braves Center Fielder Otis Nixon Arrested in Cherokee

Former Atlanta Brave Otis Nixon is in trouble with the law.

The former center-fielder for the Braves was arrested just after midnight on Saturday for felony possession of cocaine and possession of a drug-related object, according to a police report from the Cherokee Sheriff's Office. 

He remains at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center on a $11,880 bond.

Nixon, who had a 66-year-old female passenger in the truck with him, was pulled over after Cherokee County dispatchers put out a be-on-the-lookout for a possible intoxicated driver traveling in a red Dodge Ram truck northbound on Interstate 575.

Dispatch received the tip from a caller who witnessed the truck allegedly weave over the roadway.

An investigator with the sheriff's office pulled the truck over near the Airport Road interchange and asked Nixon to step out of the vehicle.

When Nixon got out of the car, the investigator discovered a "small rock substance suspected to be crack cocaine" on the driver seat of the truck, according to the incident report.

The report also notes deputies discovered drug paraphernalia that appeared to be a pipe in Nixon's pants pocket. 

Nixon was given an breathalyzer for alcohol, but it came back negative. He was also found not to be under the influence of crack cocaine or any other stimulants after deputies conducted field sobriety tests.

Nixon allegedly told deputies the drugs and the pipe didn't belong to him, but belonged to his son. Nixon later told deputies his son used the truck and "must have left the crack cocaine in his truck" and he planned to dispose of the pipe. 

Deputies found no illegal drugs or weapons on Nixon's female companion and the woman told deputies she was "unaware of the illegal drugs and Otis was just driving her home."

Once deputies collected evidence, the passenger was allowed to drive Nixon's vehicle away from the scene. 

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