BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Onetime American professional
basketball player Sebastian
Telfair was sentenced
to three-and-a-half years in
prison for illegal weapons
possession, Brooklyn’s top
prosecutor announced Monday.
The nine-year NBA veteran
was slapped with felony
charges for carrying a loaded
.45-caliber handgun, which
police discovered during a
traffi c stop in June 2017, according
to District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez.
Cops stopped Telfair and
another man after spotting
the athlete pull an illegal
U turn on Atlantic Avenue
near Classon Avenue and
then drive towards Prospect
Heights with his headlights
off at 2:50 a.m. on June 11,
according to Gonzalez.
The offi cers detected an
odor of weed, and after a brief
search discovered a lit joint
and the fully loaded .45-caliber
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pistol in the center console
of his car, as well as a small arsenal
ARSENAL: Cops found a small arsenal in Telfair’s trunk during a traffi c stop in June 2017, including a submachine
gun, two handguns, a bulletproof vest, and several magazines and rounds of ammo. NYPD
that included a submachine
gun, two other pistols,
and a bulletproof vest stashed
in his trunk, according to
prosecutors.
Telfair had Florida gun permits
for all of his weapons, and
jury only found him guilty in
April of felony second-degree
criminal possession for the pistol
that was within arms reach
at the time of his arrest
Federal prosecutors also
charged the baller’s sister, Octavia
Telfair, on May 20 for
threatening a witness who testifi
ed against Sebastian during
his trial.
This isn’t the fi rst time
police caught Telfair locked
and loaded — the basketball
player was cuffed for carrying
a loaded handgun in Yonkers
back in 2007, earning
him three years probation,
according to a spokesman for
Gonzalez.
Former pro hoops
star sentenced
after gun arrest
Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair
was sentenced to three-and-a-half
years behind bars on Aug. 12.
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s offi ce
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