The younger Jordan, 34, was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail on charges of DUI, cocaine possession and resisting arrest without violence. The officer spoke to him from the passenger side of the vehicle and noticed a strong smell of alcohol coming from inside.
The report states the younger Jordan kept saying he made a wrong turn and needed help getting his SUV off the railroad tracks. At first, the officer asked Marcus Jordan and the passenger in his vehicle to get out of the SUV since there was danger they could potentially be hit by an oncoming train, but neither listened. Eventually, the arrested officer had to order them out of the vehicle, according to the arrest report.
Marcus Jordan told the officer he had a few drinks, but claimed he was under the legal driving limit of. The officers also found a bag of white powdery substance, later identified as cocaine, in one of his pockets during a search.
The responding officers arrested Marcus Jordan for driving under the influence. While walking to the vehicle, they said he was pulling away, trying to avoid walking to the patrol vehicle.
The arrest report also stated he put his leg into the doorway of the car to stop the door from closing. The arrest comes just months after Jordan was photographed in France appearing to sniff a white powder during a poolside lunch with girlfriend Ashley Stevenson in August The relationship, which ran from to , reportedly sparked a renewed feud between the elder Jordan and Pippen, who were teammates on the Chicago Bulls.
