None — ATLANTA -- An Atlanta judge has ruled that an ex-NBA player can be released on bond after he was charged in the fatal shooting of a mother of four.
Fulton County Magistrate Judge Karen Woodson set bond for Javaris Crittenton at $230,000 Tuesday.
Police in Atlanta had obtained a murder warrant for Crittenton in the Aug. 19 shooting of Jullian Jones, 23, as she was walking with two men.Crittenton, 23, was wanted on a federal arrest warrant after the FBI learned that he traveled on a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, where he was known to have family and friends, several days after the shooting.
Jones was outside her house with 18-year-old Trontavious Stephens when a black Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid pulled up and gunfire erupted. Authorities have said they don't believe Jones was the intended target, but they haven't said whom they think the assailant was after.Channel 2's Ryan Young was in court Tuesday for the hearing.
Young said a petition was presented to the judge asking that Crittenton be released on bond.
He also said there was testimony by 10 character witnesses to support Crittenton.Crittenton pleaded guilty in January 2010 to a misdemeanor gun charge and received a year of unsupervised probation.
Arenas entered his guilty plea on Jan. 15, 2010. He served a short time in a halfway house.
Crittenton was the 19th overall pick of the 2007 NBA draft, selected by the Los Angeles Lakers. He played little with Los Angeles and was sent to Memphis in the Pau Gasol deal his rookie year. He was traded to Washington in December 2008. Crittenton is on the roster of the NBA developmental league's Dakota Wizards.The judge scheduled another hearing for Oct. 25.
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