Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Guns and Basketball dont mix


WASHINGTON -- Washington Wizards guard Javaris Crittenton has been sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge stemming from a dispute with teammate Gilbert Arenas.

Senior Judge Bruce Beaudin ordered Crittenton to do outreach work with young people after accepting his plea Monday to one count of possession of an unregistered firearm.

Prosecutors agreed to drop a second misdemeanor charge of attempted carrying a pistol without a license.

Crittenton apologized for what he called an "embarrassment" and said the incident was out of character. His lawyer says the 22-year-old brought the gun to D.C. because he feared Arenas would carry out threats he had made.

NBA spokesman Tim Frank said the league had no comment at this time.

Arenas pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 to a felony gun charge connected to a locker-room argument that is believed to have involved Crittenton.

Arenas, who is under an indefinite NBA suspension, will learn the ultimate length of the ban by the end of next week, sources told ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan.

Associated Press

2 comments:

  1. Its a shame that we still have to talk about this story. This story will take another turn when Arenas gets handed his official suspension from David Stern. It could get even worse if the Wizards try to void Arenas' contract. Crittenton is all but done. I cant see him getting back to the league after this year. Attention Free agents, their will be 2 spots open in Washington relatively soon.

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  2. You're right...so sad that we do have to continue to talk about this...with Arenas' age...his career might be over too...what do you think?

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