Would-be semi-pro basketball team owner Jason Smith, now serving a 10-year prison sentence for writing bad checks in connection with his basketball business, was denied shock probation Monday during a hearing.

Smith, 25, appeared before Warren Circuit Court Judge John Grise.

Smith pleaded guilty in April to eight counts of theft by deception over $300 – only months earlier he had announced his intention to own and operate the Kentucky Mavericks, an American Basketball Association franchise that was to have played its home games in Bowling Green.

Team management, however, failed to secure Western Kentucky University’s E.A. Diddle Arena for home dates, and soon after Smith announced he was leaving the team, allegations surfaced that he had passed bad checks totaling more than $108,000.

Arrest — A 17-year-old Bowling Green juvenile was arrested after Bowling Green Police Department officers responded to a call of shots fired around 2 a.m. Sunday at Good Tymes, 1607 U.S. 31-W By-Pass, according to a police report. Bar employees reported seeing a male shoot six to eight shots in the air with a silver handgun and leave in a black Tahoe truck occupied by several other men. When police stopped the suspect vehicle at Magnolia Street and East 14th Avenue, they found a handgun and ammunition. The 17-year-old was arrested and charged with first-degree wanton endangerment, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a defaced firearm.

Arrest — Christopher L. Patterson, 20, 1421 High St., was arrested at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday and charged with receiving stolen property, carrying a concealed weapon, violation of a Kentucky domestic violence order, operating a motor vehicle under the influence while under 20 years of age, disregarding a stop sign, obstructed vision and/or windshield and failure to notify address change to the Kentucky Department of Transportation.

According to a city police arrest report, Patterson was stopped in the 2400 block of Nashville Road after disregarding a stop sign at Fields Drive and Bakerfields Way. An officer found a loaded .38 Special handgun under the driver’s seat. The gun had been reported stolen from Tennessee.

By possessing the gun, Patterson violated an active DVO against him. Patterson failed all field sobriety tests and after submitting to a breath test at Warren County Regional Jail, had a blood alcohol level of .042. He remains jailed under a $10,000 bond.

Arrest — Linda F. Gray, 45, 1305 Collegeview Drive, was arrested at about 4:15 p.m. Friday and charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance and third-degree possession of a controlled substance.

According to a city police report, officers acting on a drug tip found at Gray’s residence 1.8 grams of methamphetamine in a plastic box, a prescription bottle containing three Xanax and three Valium pills and a .22 caliber revolver.

Gray was released Friday on a $9,000 bond.

Arrest — James P. Nicely II, 18, 549 Iron Bridge Road, was arrested at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of State Street and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia (second offense), second-degree unlawful transaction with a minor and tampering with physical evidence.

Nicely was released Monday under a $5,000 bond.

Arrests — Jesse Benjamin Calvert, 26, 633 Mount Carmel Church Road, Scottsville, and Ronnie Wayne Cherry, 24, 520 Brownsford Road, Scottsville, were each arrested at about 1 a.m. Sunday at Ramada Inn, 4767 Scottsville Road.

Both men were charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana, while Calvert was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. A third person was cited for possession of marijuana.

According to a city police report, officers in the Ramada Inn parking lot saw the three sitting in a pickup truck passing what appeared to be a marijuana joint.

After questioning the group, the officers found a Xanax tablet and a Lortab tablet in the truck.

Cherry and Calvert were released Sunday under $1,000 bonds.

Arrest — James. T. Blakey, 47, 1500 Bryant Way, Apt. G14, was arrested and charged with trafficking in a controlled substance Friday about 7 p.m., according to a city police report. Police stopped a vehicle in the 2500 block of Mt. Victor Lane occupied by two men who police believed had active arrest warrants. The warrants were confirmed and both men were arrested. A search of Blakey’s pockets revealed three pieces of suspected cocaine, according to the report.

Blakey remained in jail on a $2,500 bond today.

Assault — A Bowling Green man was stabbed Thursday by another man in the 800 block of Gilbert Street, according to a city police report. The victim and another man were intoxicated and began fighting in a home’s backyard, according to witnesses. Police couldn’t find the suspect. The victim was taken to The Medical Center.

Burglary — Someone entered a residence in the 5200 block of Louisville Road at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday and stole an Xbox video game system, a DVD player and various DVDs, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. Losses totaled $900.

Burglary, criminal mischief — A window was damaged when someone entered Gentle Pet Care, 1347 Hwy. 185, July 30 or July 31, according to a city police report. Nothing appeared to have been taken from the store; damage totaled $86.

Forgery — An employee at Shell, 553 Duntov Way, reported that someone used a counterfeit $20 bill at the store between midnight Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday, according to a city police report.

Theft — Someone stole $1,042 from a lockbox at Fern Terrace Lodge, 1030 Shive Lane, between July 31 and Aug. 3, according to a city police report.

Theft — Jewelry and diabetic supplies were reported stolen from a home in the 300 block of St. Albans Drive between Feb. 10 and Aug. 3, according to a city police report. The victim told police she believed the items may have been stolen from someone working at her home. Reported stolen were $12,000 in jewelry and a box of diabetic supplies worth $2,000.

Theft — A Bowling Green woman reported a ring valued at $6,000 was taken from her car by her ex-fiance in May or June, according to a city police report.

Wanton endangerment, fleeing or evading police — City police are searching for a Bowling Green man who allegedly drove at officers and then led them on a high-speed chase, according to a city police report. Police wanted to speak to Sotap Roeun, 26, of 936 Shive Lane, about an alleged assault when they located him in a parking lot in the 2700 block of Scottsville Road about 2 a.m. Friday. Roeun drove toward a police car at a high rate of speed and then ran a stop sign, according to the report. A pursuit followed down several city streets during which Roeun continued to speed and go through red lights and stop signs. He eventually eluded police. Roeun’s vehicle was found abandoned on Cabell Drive, and a warrant for his arrest was issued.