NBA guard Cameron Payne dialed 911 merely sooner than he was arrested in Arizona last month … and in a tense dialog with dispatch, he talked about his determine was “Terry Johnson.”
The chat with the Scottsdale Police Division — which lasted larger than 5 minutes — occurred on June 14 at spherical 2:30 AM … after the 29-year-old hooper talked about he had gotten proper right into a verbal dispute alongside together with his girlfriend.
Initially, you could hear in audio of the choice — obtained by TMZ Sports activities actions — that Payne wanted officers to return again to his house ASAP. Nonetheless, in an ensuing backwards and forwards with dispatch, Payne pled with the official to drop the matter.
Payne stated time and again that he had referred to as by mistake and that each one the items was OK. The dispatcher, nonetheless, insisted Payne cooperate — and requested for his determine.
“My determine’s Terry,” Cameron talked about. “What’s your last determine, Terry?” the official replied. “Johnson,” Cameron talked about.
When dispatch requested for the determine of Payne’s girlfriend, the hooper then turned a bit combative.
“I don’t want to tell you on account of it isn’t an enormous deal, sir,” he talked about.
“OK,” the official responded. “Properly, you referred to as 911, sir. So, it’s a large deal.”
After various minutes of arguing, Payne lastly relented and allowed the dispatcher to ship some officers to his house.
Nonetheless, in line with police paperwork, Payne remained uncooperative in particular person… and repeatedly suggested officers that his determine was Terry Johnson.
In the long run, Payne was arrested and booked on two separate bills — one rely of refusal to produce a truthful determine and one rely of false report again to laws enforcement. Info current he’s due in courtroom for a listening to throughout the case subsequent month.
Whatever the incident, Payne — who’s logged minutes with the Suns, Bucks, Sixers and others in his NBA occupation — nonetheless signed a 1-year, $3 million contract with the New York Knicks earlier this month.









