MSU's Delton Williams pleads guilty to reduced charge

Suspended Michigan State running back Delton Williams has pleaded guilty to a reduced weapons charge and will forfeit his firearm and not seek a concealed weapons permit in any state, according to court documents.

Williams, 21, of Erie, Pa., accepted a plea bargain today in East Lansing 54-B District Court, after he initially was charged with misdemeanor brandishing a weapon in public.

The reduced charge is a violation of MSU's weapons ordinance 18.01, which states: "Except as permitted by state law regulating firearms, no person shall possess any firearm or weapon anywhere upon property governed by the Board. Persons residing on property governed by the Board shall store any and all firearms and weapons with the Department of Police and Public Safety."

Williams is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 18 in 54-B District Court, when fines and costs will be determined. The conditions of today's plea are that Williams will forfeit the Smith and Wesson .40-caliber pistol -- for which he had a concealed weapons permit --that MSU police took from him after a March 16 incident on campus and that he "may not seek" such a permit in any state moving forward.

Williams was arrested after allegedly flashing the gun at another driver on campus. According to the police report, Williams cut off the other driver after a stoplight, the other driver honked, and Williams showed the gun moments later but did not point it.

The other driver took a picture of Williams' license plate and contacted police, though he later wrote a letter asking that the charges against Williams be dropped.

Williams, a possible contender to start at running back for MSU in 2015, has been suspended since the incident. There has been no word from MSU coach Mark Dantonio on his future status with the team.

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