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CARMELO ANTHONY PLEADS GUILTY TO A REDUCED CHARGE AFTER DUI ARREST GETS COMMUNITY SERVICE

NBA star Carmelo Anthony pleaded guilty to reduced charge of driving while impaired and was sentenced to community service. The Denver Nuggets All Star was arrested for a DUI. Prosecutors dropped the more serious DUI charge in exchange for his plea agreement. Watch a video update on the story. He will have to complete 24 hours of community service and pay $1,000 in fines. Click here for more on this story.

Carmelo Anthony Apologizes For DUI

All-Star Carmelo Anthony may have found reassurance that the Denver Nuggets still want him around in the most unlikely of places: the courtroom where he pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of driving while ability-impaired.

With trade rumors swirling around the beleaguered Anthony in recent weeks, coach George Karl and Mark Warkentien, the team's vice president of basketball operations, were in the courtroom to offer their support. Anthony was sentenced to a year probation, 24 hours of community service, and more than $1,000 in fees and court costs while prosecutors dropped a more serious DUI charge.

Anthony also pleaded guilty to failure to stay in a single lane.

The sentencing capped off a bustling two days for the 24-year-old. He was chosen for the U.S. Olympic team on Monday, only to learn he was suspended by his team for two games because of the DUI arrest.

"I'm happy that it's over so I get a chance to take care of my business," Anthony said.

Anthony, who signed a five-year, $80 million extension in 2006, has been the topic of trade rumors, but he said Tuesday he expects to remain with the Nuggets for the foreseeable future.

"I hope so," he said with a grin. "I plan to be."

Anthony's agent, Calvin Andrews, also doesn't see his client going anywhere.

"I've been saying that until I'm blue in the face -- there's no plans to trade Carmelo Anthony," Andrews said Tuesday. source

LALA VAZQUEZ STANDS BY HER MAN CARMELO ANTHONY AFTER HIS DUI ARREST

According to People Magazine Carmelo Anthony's fiancee  LaLa Vazquez is speaking out about internet reports that she refused to pick up Camelo from the police station after his DUI arrest on Monday. Watch the couple on the red carpet at the 2005 VMAS.

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Basketball star Carmelo Anthony and his fiancée LaLa Vazquez are speaking out to PEOPLE about his DUI arrest – denying Internet reports she was unsupportive and wouldn't pick him up from the police station.

"I want to make sure the public understands that I fully support my fiancé, Carmelo Anthony, and stand by him through this ordeal," Vazquez, a former MTV veejay, says in a statement to PEOPLE on Tuesday. "I will always have his back and never refused to pick him up from the police station. In fact, they offered to bring him to me."

The couple have a child together, 1-year-old son Kiyan. Vazquez will soon costar in the movie Let the Church Say Amen and will host and executive produce VH1's upcoming reality show The Sixth Man.

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CARMELO ANTHONY ARRESTED IN DENVER ON DUI CHARGES

Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony was arrested this morning on suspicion of DUI. Carmelo's lawyer issued an apology on his behalf. Click here to watch video on this story.

NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony was arrested early Monday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence, hours after his worst game of the season.

Police said the Denver Nuggets forward was arrested on Interstate 25. He was pulled over for weaving and failing to dim his lights.

Detective Sharon Hahn said Anthony, who was alone in the car, failed a series of sobriety tests. He was ticketed and released at the scene, but Hahn did not know how he got home. Denver police don't jail DUI suspects and Anthony was no exception, Hahn said.

Anthony is due in court May 14.

Mark Warkentien, the Nuggets' vice president of basketball operations, said the team was aware of the situation but declined comment.

Anthony apologized through his attorney, Dan Recht.

"Carmelo apologizes to his fans, the Denver community, his teammates and the Nuggets organization for the distraction this is causing them," Recht said.

He said Anthony consented to a blood test, but results won't be available for about two weeks.

In the meantime, "Carmelo will try to stay focused on his family and his team," Recht said. source

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