*In Washington, prosecutors are portraying Gilbert Arenas as a thuggish intimidator who tried to pressure his teammate into a cover-up, as they argue for a three-month jail sentence for the NBA star on a weapons charge.
Arenas’ lawyer says his client is “a peaceful man” who played a misguided prank and has already been severely punished for bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room. He says the more fitting punishment is probation and community service.
Both sides staked out their positions Tuesday in court filings, ahead of Friday’s sentencing in D.C. Superior Court.
Arenas pleaded guilty Jan. 15 to one felony count of violating the District of Columbia’s strict gun laws, a charge stemming from a locker-room confrontation that followed a card-game dispute between Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton during a Dec. 19 flight to Washington. Authorities say Arenas threatened to shoot Crittenton in the face and blow up his car. Two days later, Arenas brought four guns to the locker room and put them in a chair by Crittenton’s locker with a sign saying, “Pick 1.” Crittenton then retrieved his own gun and showed it to Arenas.
Prosecutors wrote that the locker-room incident “was not a spur-of-the-moment joke,” but rather a calculated attempt by Arenas to defend his supremacy among his peers.
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Has Crittenton been charged?
I’m hearing a whole lot about Arenas, but nothing about the other dude.
Three months? is that all they want him to serve? Mr Arenas committed a felony, bringing guns to his place of work. He could of accidentally shot someone with his senseless and juvenile prank. He basically receives a slap on the wrist.
Ex…they may be focusing more on Arenas because of his previous possession charge in Cali.
BabyC, you can be fired from your job for bringing a gun. You can also be charged w/a crime and depending on local laws..you may or may not be jailed.
IMO, this is bullshyt. Now we all have to pay for Gil’s 3-month incarceration because the prosecutors want to turn a goofball into a thug.
I think Crittendon plead guilty and got a suspended sentence and heavy fine. I don’t think he had any priors. It has been said that he has been fully cooperative with the authorities.
This could have been more serious. This I agree. And it was callous and stupid. But I’m honestly trying to wrestle with whether putting a dude in jail on the public’s dime for something like this is worth the time of day, prior offense or not.
That’s what prosecutors do. They come up with some ridiculous sentence which they know the judge is not likely to consider. Now if the judge complies, that will be a whole ‘nother matter.
what they need to worry about is them yt people walking around strapped and threatening the government.
Rachel Maddow had a piece called “Emboldened extremist right incites violence.” She asked why isn’t this domestic terrorism.