WNBA legend Cappie Pondexter has been arrested in Los Angeles and is NOT missing ... TMZ Sports has learned.
The LAPD tells us the 37-year-old was taken into custody Tuesday and booked on a misdemeanor battery charge.
We're told Pondexter refused to ID herself to cops so she was booked as "Jane Doe" ... and was held in jail until she was released earlier Thursday.
Now, multiple law enforcement officials tell us the woman has been identified as Pondexter.
Details of the alleged incident are unclear ... we're working on it.