Telfair arrested

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Celtics star collared on gun charge on Bronx River Parkway; team has no
comment 

By RICHARD LIEBSON

THE JOURNAL NEWS





(Original publication: April 20, 2007)

YONKERS - Boston Celtics star Sebastian Telfair was arrested early today
after police said a loaded hand gun was found in his car when he was stopped
for speeding on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers.

Telfair, 21, who gave police addresses in White Plains and his native
Brooklyn, was stopped shortly before 4 a.m. On the northbound Bronx River
Parkway, when police said his 2006 Landrover was clocked going 77 miles per
hour in a 45 mph zone.

Police said Telfair, who was driving, produced a Florida driver's license
that had been suspended. Westchester County Police Officer Adrian Camacho
subsequently found a loaded .45-caliber handgun under the front passenger
seat, Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said.

A short time later Camacho discovered a loaded .45 caliber handgun under the
front passenger seat, O'Leary said.

Telfair and a passenger in the car, Al Eden Fuentes, 28, of Queens, were
both charged with second-degree possession of a weapon, a felony. Telfair
was also hit with a misdemeanor charge of second-degree aggravated
unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and issued summonses accusing him of
speeding and driving without a license violations.

"He was very polite and cooperative with our officer,'' O'Leary said of
Telfair, who along with Fuentes was being held by county police this morning


Both men are expected to be arraigned later today in Yonkers City Court.

Reached shortly before noon, Celtics spokeswoman Erica Hunt said the team would have no comment at this time.