California DUI defense lawyers report Charles Barkley has been arrested on suspicion of DUI / drunk driving / DWI/ drinking and driving.

Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler says an officer with a task force that targets drunken drivers saw the former NBA star allgedly run a stop sign around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in Scottsdale.

Charles Barkley allegedly told Arizona cops that he ran a stop sign because he was in a hurry to pick up a girl who had "given him a 'blow job' one week earlier," which the former NBA star allegedly described as "the best one he had ever had in his life." According to a Gilbert Police Department report, police allegedly asked Barkley where he was going at the time of the 1:26 AM traffic stop in Scottsdale. "You want the truth? I was gonna drive around the corner and get a blow job," allegedly answered Barkley, who is pictured in the below mug shot. A cooperative Barkley also allegedly joked with a civilian police employee that, "I'll tattoo your name on my ass" if it would get him out of the DUI charge.

Shuhandler says Barkley allegedly declined to submit to a breath test but was given a blood test. The results have not come in.

After Barkley was processed, he was cited and released. Shuhandler says Barkley left the scene in a cab.

Barkley played 16 NBA seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, and played on the USA Olympic "Dream Team" in 1992 and 1996. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star and league MVP in 1993.