Washington ( CNN ) -- Washington Wizards player Javaris Crittenton Monday became the second member of the NBA team to plead guilty to a weapons charge following a gun-toting locker-room incident . Crittenton , 22 , pleaded guilty in Superior Court in the District of Columbia to a misdemeanor count of possession of an unregistered firearm . He will avoid jail time . Judge Bruce Beaudin sentenced Crittenton to one year of unsupervised probation . The judge also ordered him to perform community service with a children 's organization in Washington and through the NBA 's Haiti project . `` Possessing a firearm unlawfully in the District of Columbia can lead to nothing but trouble and can have serious consequences , '' said U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips . `` We commend Mr. Crittenton for accepting responsibility and hope he fully appreciates the gravity of his actions , '' Phillips said . The Wizards said in a statement that the charges and Crittenton 's plea were `` another disappointing development in what has already been a long and frustrating process for the team , the NBA and , most importantly , our fans . '' `` Javaris clearly used very bad judgment in this situation and will now face the consequences of his actions , '' the statement said . Crittenton , who is currently listed as inactive on the Wizards ' roster and has not played a game all season , agreed with prosecutors that the incident stemmed from an angry exchange with teammate Gilbert Arenas following arguments over a card game . The argument led to shooting threats , according to documents submitted to the court . Prosecutors say Arenas threatened to burn or blow up Crittenton 's car when they came to practice the following Monday . `` According to Crittenton before he left his home in Virginia for practice that day , Crittenton placed a lawfully owned unloaded handgun into his backpack because he believed that Arenas would carry out his threat to shoot him that day , '' prosecutors said . Authorities say Crittenton displayed the weapon to Arenas , but did not aim it at him or load the weapon . Arenas had placed four of his own guns at Crittenton 's locker and told him to `` pick one , '' authorities said . Authorities say Crittenton had been cooperating with them after the incident , and had voluntarily surrendered his weapon , a 9 mm semi-automatic Taurus , to law enforcement officials . Arenas , a former NBA all-star , pleaded guilty to a more serious felony charge and faces potentially six months in jail , and has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA . His sentencing is set for March 26 .
NEW : Wizards call charges and sentencing `` another disappointing development '' a year after the first trial ended with no conviction of any Wizards player in connection to an incident that occurred on Jan. 1, 2012, at Madison Square Garden during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the New While he will avoid jail time , Crittenton must perform community service . Crittenton agreed incident stemmed from angry exchange with teammate Gilbert Arenas .