Knicks Point Guard Raymond Felton Arrested & Charged With Felony Weapons Possession

Knicks guard Raymond Felton went from center court to criminal court after his Tuesday bust for keeping an illegal gun with armor-piercing ammo at his bedside, sources told the Daily News.
Felton was busted and handcuffed on felony weapons charges around 12:50 a.m. after surrendering at the 20th Precinct following the latest Knicks’ loss, the sources said.
Felton arrived after a lawyer for his estranged wife, Ariane Raymondo-Felton, brought cops the fully-loaded pistol — a Belgian-made FN Five-seveN — kept by the hoops star at their W. 63rd St. home, sources said.
The unregistered gun, usually kept in a bag in the couple’s bedroom, was filled with armor-piercing bullets, a source told the Daily News.

Cops were stunned when they removed the magazine from the pistol and a bullet fell out, indicating the weapon was ready to fire, the source said.
Felton would wave the weapon around when he became irate — although he never pointed it at his wife, the source close to the case indicated.

Raven-haired Ariana, 26, a Cornell University grad now studying at Fordham University law school, filed for divorce last week after just 19 months of marriage.

A police source said she was scared that the handgun was kept in the home.
“She had knowledge that the gun was there,” the source said. “She said she didn't want the gun there anymore.”
Felton, 29, was charged with two counts of felony possession of a firearm and an additional misdemeanor possession count, an NYPD spokesman said.
The arrest places Felton in the cross-hairs of New York City's strict gun possession laws.
In 2009, Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in prison after accepting a plea deal after he accidentally shot himself in a Manhattan nightclub.

Felton, whose salary for 2013-14 is $3.6 million, is due in Manhattan Criminal Court in Manhattan later Tuesday morning.
Felton came to the precinct after the Knicks’ heartbreaking Monday night loss to the Dallas Mavericks — a 110-108 defeat at Madison Square Garden.

The eight-year NBA veteran, in his second stint with the Knicks, posted eight points and seven assists.
Felton told The News last week that he wasn't letting the reported divorce affect his game.
“It’s your life,” Felton said. “When you’re going through certain things in life it’s on your mind, no matter what. You try not to let it come into your job, into your workplace, but sometimes it does. You’re human and it’s a part of life. But at the same time, it is what it is. That’s my personal life, though; I don’t want to discuss that part.”
He has played poorly this season and the Knicks unsuccessfully tried to trade him prior to the Feb. 20 trade deadline.
The Knicks are off Tuesday, with no practice scheduled, before returning to action Thursday in Miami against the Heat.

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