Officers found the former Celtics player stopped on the freeway and asleep behind the wheel.
The young animal was "way too close to the fire to allow him to stay until his mom returned," so fire officials evacuated the fawn.
California Highway Patrol officers were on poultry patrol when a mishap resulted in chickens running loose on a major highway.
The California Highway Patrol said Oscar De La Hoya was pulled over for speeding in Pasadena shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday and was taken into custody after failing a field sobriety test.
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been charged with hit-and-run for a wrong-way-related crash on a Southern California freeway.
