Crittenton behind bars

RIVERDALE,GA. —Former nba player Javaris Crittenton is back in jail.

Out on bond on charges that he killed a woman in an August drive-by shooting in south Atlanta, authorities said he was jailed on Wednesday after being pulled over for speeding and refusing to get out of his Porsche.

The former Washington Wizards player was pulled over for going more than 60 m.p.h. in a 45-m.p.h. zone, said Riverdale police Maj. Greg Barney.

The former Georgia Tech star initially refused to get out of his black Porsche and refused to sign the speeding ticket, forcing the officer to call for backup, Barney said.

Police have said the former first-round draft pick for the Lakers in 2007 was retaliating for being robbed of $55,000 in jewelry when the Aug. 19 shooting happened. He is accused of killing Jullian Jones, a 23-year-old mother of four, outside her house. A trial date for that charge hasn’t been set.

Crittenton was with the Wizards in 2009 when he and Arenas had a dispute over a card game. Two days later, Arenas brought four guns to the locker-room and set them in front of Crittenton’s locker with a sign telling him to “PICK 1.” Crittenton then took out his own gun.

Crittenton pleaded guilty in January 2010 to a misdemeanour gun charge and received a year of unsupervised probation. Arenas entered a guilty plea on Jan. 15, 2010, and served a short time in a halfway house.

After the incident with Arenas, there wasn’t much demand in the NBA for Crittenton, who averaged 5.3 points and 1.8 assists in his four-year career.