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What is considered normal and lawful in most of the rest of the country is illegal in New York City. Knicks guard (and former UNC Tar Heels star) Raymond Felton unfortunately found this out the hard way. Felton was arrested this morning on two felony counts of possession of an unregistered firearm. The firearms were taken to a local police precinct house by an attorney for his wife Ariane Raymondo-Felton.
From ESPN:
But before the Monday night game, an attorney for wife Ariane Raymondo-Felton arrived at a Manhattan police precinct with a Belgian-made FN Herstal pistol, police spokesman Sgt. Lee Jones said. Ramondo-Felton later went to the precinct that night and made a statement to detectives, police said.
Investigators then contacted the director of security at Madison Square Garden in an attempt to reach Felton, police said.
Felton made no statement after he arrived at the precinct with a lawyer, police said.
He was charged with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a firearm, which are felonies, and fourth-degree possession of a firearm, a misdemeanor, a police spokesman told ESPNNewYork.com. Police said Felton was in possession of a gun he wasn’t registered to own.
Felton is expected to appear in criminal court in Manhattan later Tuesday.
Raymondo-Felton is a law student at Fordham University School of Law, a spokeswoman confirmed. Court records show she filed for divorce from Felton on Feb. 18.
Felton, a South Carolina native, started his NBA career playing for the Charlotte Bobcats. Given the hell that New York Police are going to put him through, I’ll bet he wishes he still was in Charlotte.
If it was the wife's lawyer turning the pistol over to the police, that suggests it was in his wife's possession, not his. Why is he the one being arrested for illegal possession?
This is a woman scorned issue, using the power of the state for retribution.
Felton should be able to afford the best lawyers money can buy. Should he consider hiring some of the best from the SAF and similar organizations to fight the NYC gun laws on a 2nd Amendment basis?
What a wonderful wife! I don't think Ms Soon to be X-Felton is going to collect much alimony from future earnings if he is in jail. So why not spend all he has now on lawyers?