Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was charged today with felony gun possession after an incident last month in which he took a pistol into the NBA team's dressing room, Reuters reported.
The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The spokeswoman declined to comment on whether the charge was part of a plea deal between prosecutors and Gilbert's attorneys.
But the charge was filed in Superior Court in the District of Columbia in a document called an "information" -- which is typically used only in cases when a plea deal has been reached.
He was charged with carrying a pistol without a license in violation of Washington, D.C., law.
Arenas was suspended by the NBA on January 6, the day after a game at Philadelphia in which he appeared to make a gun sign with his fingers during the warm-up and commented on the incident on Twitter.
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