Day: August 30, 2007

Rockets’ Alston charged for slashing manRockets’ Alston charged for slashing man

Houston Rockets guard Rafer Alston is seen in this Oct. 3, 2006 file photo in Houston. Alston was released without bail on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 after being charged in New York with stabbing a man at a Manhattan nightspot _ his second brush with the law this month.

Houston Rockets guard Rafer Alston was charged Tuesday with slashing a man’s neck during a ruckus at a Manhattan nightspot — his second brush with the law this month. Alston was arraigned on felony assault charges before being released without bail. A judge ordered him to return to court Jan. 3. His lawyer said Alston was “absolutely innocent.” The man who said he was injured told police the…