Javaris Crittenton Charged -gets off easy

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #1 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:45 pm

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local- ... itten.html

Wizards' Javaris Crittenton charged with gun counts

Wizards reserve guard Javaris Crittenton was charged Monday with unlawful possession of a firearm, which is a felony and attempting to carry a pistol without a license, a misdemeanor.

Sources say Crittenton is working on a plea agreement to drop the felony and plead to the misdemeanor.

-- Keith L. Alexander

Looks like he didnt get off so easy

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #2 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:34 pm

Haha, Oh my...it gets MORE BETTER
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wizard ... l#comments

Statement from Crittenton's lawyer

The following statement was released this afternoon by Javaris Crittenton's lawyer, Peter H. White:

There has been a great deal of misinformation published about this event and about Javaris Crittenton. Mr. Crittenton brought a lawfully owned, unloaded handgun into Washington, DC only because he legitimately feared for his life. The government's proffer of facts to be filed today acknowledges that his handgun was not loaded and that he never threatened anyone with it. The gun was legally purchased, but bringing it into the District, even for self defense, violated the city's strict gun control laws. Mr. Crittenton, who was 21 years old at the time of this incident, has never before been arrested or charged with any crime, and with today's misdemeanor plea to possession of an unregistered firearm, accepts responsibility for his conduct. He looks forward to explaining his actions to the NBA and returning to the basketball court as soon as possible.

Halcyon · Post #3 » by **Halcyon** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:41 pm

But I thought he was being really street smart about this!!

Post #4 » by **TheSecretWeapon** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:46 pm

Wait, he brought an UNLOADED gun to DC because he feared for his life?

I guess that's because there's no better tool for self defense than an unloaded gun.

doclinkin · Post #5 » by **doclinkin** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:51 pm

The 'fear for his life' thing works against Gil's avoiding jail. Can't see why this was added to the statement, helps Critt not at all and kneecaps Arenas if anything. Maybe that's the point, I suppose. But it seems to me to work counter to the league's attempt to snuff this thing quickly to drop it out of the news cycle. Can't see how that helps Critt at all in Stern's office.

dlts20 · Post #6 » by **dlts20** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:06 pm

He already plead http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02032.html

Its funny how Gil gets the felony but Critt only gets the misemenor. Stern will also give Gil way more time than Critt. Its also funny how Critt said he felt threatened. You definitely have to break that up now

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #7 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:07 pm

yep...

Senior Judge Bruce Beaudin on Monday agreed with the prosecutor's suggestion and sentenced Crittenton to one year of unsupervised probation and $1,250 in fines.

McGully Culkin · Post #8 » by **McGully Culkin** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:26 pm

Wow....this situation has the potential to go from bad to worse for Gil. I'm basing this off of Critt's comments that he "feared for his life." Now it doesn't make sense if the guns were unloaded, but that's a pretty harsh comment. I know we were all kinda wondering why the Wizards organization reacted the way they did in basically erasing Gil from the VC and any other team-oriented items. Maybe they (Wizards) knew about Critt's "fears" and had the whole story long before this even broke today. I just don't know what to think. Stay tuned...

Wizardspride · Post #9 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:27 pm

And to think that Gil tried to take some of the heat away from Javaris..... :evil:

dlts20 · Post #10 » by **dlts20** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:27 pm

I also find it funny how they say that Critt's gun was unloaded. How do they know that? Because he said so? They never found it. Why would Critt bring a gun if its unloaded? Its clear that Gil's think was a joke even if it wasnt funny but Critt brought a gun for serious reasons and people say that he cocked it. Either way I find it hard to believe that he didnt have any bullets. It just sounds more like they just want to get Gil. He feared for his life but brought an unloaded weapon?

Wizardspride · Post #11 » by **Wizardspride** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:30 pm

dlts20 wrote: He feared for his life but brought an unloaded weapon?

Makes alot of sense.....doesn't it?

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #12 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:31 pm

Gil would have probably gotten off with a misdemeanor, too, had the Wizards not insisted he bring the guns back and turn them in to police--instead of advising him to lawyer up and they'd reported the incident.

dlts20 · Post #13 » by **dlts20** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:35 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Gil would have probably gotten off with a misdemeanor, too, had the Wizards not insisted he bring the guns back and turn them in to police--instead of advising him to lawyer up and they'd reported the incident.

Thats why I made a post saying they knew that and thats another reason why Gil is upset. I think they didnt do it to help Gil. I think even at that time they were thinking about getting out of the contract and thats why they turned them in and everything. Thats why Gil is upset

Donkey McDonkerton · Post #14 » by **Donkey McDonkerton** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:36 pm

The thing hurting Gil the most I think was his prior. I wonder if this will help Gils sentencing come March.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #15 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:37 pm

doclinkin wrote:The 'fear for his life' thing works against Gil's avoiding jail. Can't see why this was added to the statement, helps Critt not at all and kneecaps Arenas if anything. Maybe that's the point, I suppose. But it seems to me to work counter to the league's attempt to snuff this thing quickly to drop it out of the news cycle. Can't see how that helps Critt at all in Stern's office.

From day one I thought Gil's story about having the guns there to keep them away from his children was BS.

I thought there was a serious altercation and that nobody was playing. Gil was IMO half-serious about shooting Javaris in the face. Brothers don't joke like that. OTOH Gil's a fool for even going there. That's enough to get you killed.

I still wouldn't be surprised if Crittenton's not seriously fearing for his life now.

Him or Gil could get gunned down over this. This is way more serious than what they're going on about IMO.

Post #16 » by **LyricalRico** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:43 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Gil would have probably gotten off with a misdemeanor, too, had the Wizards not insisted he bring the guns back and turn them in to police--instead of advising him to lawyer up and they'd reported the incident.

First, I read that the police found the guns at Gilbert's house, but I guess that's somehow the Wizards fault too.

Second, Critt was able to plead down to a misdemeanor because he had only one felony count and no priors. Gil OTOH had a prior conviction and was charged with 4 felony counts. I'm not a lawyer but I have to imagine that being able to plead that down to one is about as good as you can get. I doubt there was anything the Wiz could have done to influence that one way or the other.

Post #17 » by **Ruzious** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:45 pm

dlts20 wrote:He already plead http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02032.html

Its funny how Gil gets the felony but Critt only gets the misemenor. Stern will also give Gil way more time than Critt. Its also funny how Critt said he felt threatened. You definitely have to break that up now

It just might have something to do with Gilbert saying he was going to shoot him and knowing Gil had a bunch of guns at their workplace - something real complicated like that.

dlts20 · Post #18 » by **dlts20** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:45 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
doclinkin wrote:The 'fear for his life' thing works against Gil's avoiding jail. Can't see why this was added to the statement, helps Critt not at all and kneecaps Arenas if anything. Maybe that's the point, I suppose. But it seems to me to work counter to the league's attempt to snuff this thing quickly to drop it out of the news cycle. Can't see how that helps Critt at all in Stern's office.

From day one I thought Gil's story about having the guns there to keep them away from his children was BS.

I thought there was a serious altercation and that nobody was playing. Gil was IMO half-serious about shooting Javaris in the face. Brothers don't joke like that. OTOH Gil's a fool for even going there. That's enough to get you killed.

I still wouldn't be surprised if Crittenton's not seriously fearing for his life now.

Him or Gil could get gunned down over this. This is way more serious than what they're going on about IMO.

are you serious? If you are then you are really overreacting. Critt still fears for his life and both guys can get gunned down? Why, because Gil is a thug with murderers on the pay roll? Come on now. Gil said he would shoot him in the face "or burn his car up". Now when you add that part it easily sounds like a joke. People I know joke all the time about stuff like that. Him saying shoot you in the face is what makes the joke funny. You have to look at if from a different side. He's saying something unique and thats what makes it funny. No real thug will say that he's going to shoot you in the face or no one will say that if they are serious. Ill going to shoot you in the face or burn your car up? Come on man, that sounds just like a joke

dlts20 · Post #19 » by **dlts20** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:47 pm

Ruzious wrote:
dlts20 wrote:He already plead http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02032.html

Its funny how Gil gets the felony but Critt only gets the misemenor. Stern will also give Gil way more time than Critt. Its also funny how Critt said he felt threatened. You definitely have to break that up now

It just might have something to do with Gilbert saying he was going to shoot him and knowing Gil had a bunch of guns at their workplace - something real complicated like that.

Except Critt also said he was going to shoot Gil and the story now is that Gil didnt have the guns at the work place but brought them in that same day. What about people say Critt cocked the gun? Why believe all the bad stuff on Gil and not Critt? What about Critt starting it by wanting to fight Gil? Should Gil feel threatened? No one talks about that part. What about Critt bringing what we all know was a loaded gun

dlts20 · Post #20 » by **dlts20** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:48 pm

LyricalRico wrote:
Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Gil would have probably gotten off with a misdemeanor, too, had the Wizards not insisted he bring the guns back and turn them in to police--instead of advising him to lawyer up and they'd reported the incident.

First, I read that the police found the guns at Gilbert's house, but I guess that's somehow the Wizards fault too.

Second, Critt was able to plead down to a misdemeanor because he had only one felony count and no priors. Gil OTOH had a prior conviction and was charged with 4 felony counts. I'm not a lawyer but I have to imagine that being able to plead that down to one is about as good as you can get. I doubt there was anything the Wiz could have done to influence that one way or the other.

They didnt go to Gil's house. What for when they already had the guns?