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Wizards' Arenas charged with felony gun possession
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January 16, 2010, Saturday
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WASHINGTON Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged with felony gun possession in connection with a December 21 locker room confrontation with a teammate.
Prosecutors charged Arenas with one count of carrying a pistol without a license, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The charges were filed in DC Superior Court in an "information," a document that generally signals a plea deal.
The Wizards said in a statement that they were aware of the charge and were carefully following the legal process.
Arenas, who has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA pending the investigation, has said he kept multiple guns in his locker at the Verizon Center. The 28-year-old three-time All-Star said he wanted to keep them away from his children and didn't know it was illegal.
He says he took them out of the locker on December 21 in a "misguided effort to play a joke" on a teammate.
League officials have said the locker-room incident stemmed from a card-game dispute between Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton on a plane trip two days earlier.
There are multiple conflicting reports about what happened in the locker room.
It's unclear what role Crittenton played in the incident and whether he had a gun.
He has kept a low profile and has said he did nothing wrong.
Prosecutors charged Arenas with one count of carrying a pistol without a license, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The charges were filed in DC Superior Court in an "information," a document that generally signals a plea deal.
The Wizards said in a statement that they were aware of the charge and were carefully following the legal process.
Arenas, who has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA pending the investigation, has said he kept multiple guns in his locker at the Verizon Center. The 28-year-old three-time All-Star said he wanted to keep them away from his children and didn't know it was illegal.
He says he took them out of the locker on December 21 in a "misguided effort to play a joke" on a teammate.
League officials have said the locker-room incident stemmed from a card-game dispute between Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton on a plane trip two days earlier.
There are multiple conflicting reports about what happened in the locker room.
It's unclear what role Crittenton played in the incident and whether he had a gun.
He has kept a low profile and has said he did nothing wrong.
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