CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was arrested Friday in New York City after being accused of breaking someone's phone as they tried to snap a photo of him outside a Manhattan nightclub, New York City police say.
Smith, whose real name is Earl Joseph Smith, was issued what New York police call a "desk appearance" to appear in court sometime in September, according to New York City police spokeswoman Det. Sophia Mason.
The incident happened July 29 in front of the The Park restaurant in the Chelsea neighborhood, Mason said. Someone tried to take a photo of Smith, 32, as he walked out of the restaurant, Mason said.