| | CINCINNATI -- Former Seattle SuperSonics player Dontonio
Wingfield was sentenced Friday to a year in state prison for
assaulting two suburban Cincinnati police officers.
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Wingfield, 25, had been arrested Thursday when he showed up two
days late for a sentencing hearing in Hamilton County Common Pleas
Court.
He was jailed overnight before Friday's sentencing. Judge David
Davis gave Wingfield a year in prison for his guilty plea to
aggravated assault, and a six-month sentence to be served at the
same time on the conviction for assault on a police officer.
In April, the judge ordered Wingfield arrested when he failed to
show up for a court appearance. Wingfield arrived a week late, but
Davis threw out the arrest warrant.
Early Wednesday, Wingfield was involved in a one-car accident in
suburban Cincinnati. Greenhills police said Wingfield told them he
blacked out shortly before his car struck a utility pole.
Wingfield, who was not seriously hurt, was cited for failure to
control his vehicle and failure to display a driver's license,
police said.
The native of Albany, Ga., played for the University of
Cincinnati in the 1993-94 season. He left after his freshman year
and played for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail
Blazers. Portland released him last year.
Wingfield could have gotten up to 18 months in jail and a $5,000
fine for his guilty pleas to attacking the Forest Park police
officers. The judge declined to fine Wingfield on Friday.
In August 1998, Wingfield fought with the police officers when
they arrived in response to a report of his dispute with a
girlfriend at her apartment. Police said Wingfield was verbally
abusive, resisted arrest, and broke a finger and tore tendons of
one officer.
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