NBA: Arenas Under Investigation For Firearm Possession?
|
Dec 29 2009, 8:12 PM
WASHINGTON - D.C. police said Tuesday they are
investigating a report that weapons were found inside a locker-room at
the Verizon Center, where the Washington Wizards play.
Last week, the Wizards said that guard Gilbert Arenas
stored unloaded firearms in a container in his locker at the arena and
that the NBA was looking into the situation. But Metropolitan Police
Department spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump did not mention Arenas or the
team in a one-sentence statement on the investigation.
Arenas acknowledged he was being investigated after the Wizards'
110-98 loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night but he did not specify if
it was by the NBA or police.
"They've been (investigating) for the last two weeks," Arenas said. "You guys just found out about it."
Arenas said he was co-operating with the investigation and that he hadn't brandished the weapons in the team's dressing room.
"They just want to know where I got them from," Arenas said. "They want to make sure they're not dirty guns."
Crump did not immediately answer a follow-up email asking if Arenas was under investigation.
The statement said: "Members of the Metropolitan Police Department
are currently assisting the United States Attorney's Office for the
District of Columbia with an investigation into an allegation that
weapons were located inside a locker-room at the Verizon Center."
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Via(www.tsn.ca)
WASHINGTON - D.C. police said Tuesday they are investigating a report that weapons were found inside a locker-room at the Verizon Center, where the Washington Wizards play.
Last week, the Wizards said that guard Gilbert Arenas stored unloaded firearms in a container in his locker at the arena and that the NBA was looking into the situation. But Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump did not mention Arenas or the team in a one-sentence statement on the investigation.
Arenas acknowledged he was being investigated after the Wizards' 110-98 loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night but he did not specify if it was by the NBA or police.
"They've been (investigating) for the last two weeks," Arenas said. "You guys just found out about it."
Arenas said he was co-operating with the investigation and that he hadn't brandished the weapons in the team's dressing room.
"They just want to know where I got them from," Arenas said. "They want to make sure they're not dirty guns."
Crump did not immediately answer a follow-up email asking if Arenas was under investigation.
The statement said: "Members of the Metropolitan Police Department are currently assisting the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia with an investigation into an allegation that weapons were located inside a locker-room at the Verizon Center."
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Via(www.tsn.ca)
Comments
Sign in to comment with your TypePad, Twitter, Facebook, Google, Yahoo or OpenID.