Wizards star Gilbert Arenas released a statement Monday after meeting with law enforcement officials. And Arenas' lawyer says the player voluntarily met with prosecutors and detectives and answered every question during a two-hour interview. In his statement, Arenas repeated his assertion that he brought four guns to the Verizon Center to store in his locker in order to get them out of his house and away from his children. He said he mistakenly believed that recent changes in D.C. law made it legal for him to store them there.

Arenas said he took them out of his locker on Dec. 21 "to play a joke on a teammate." He denied threatening or assaulting anyone. The New York Post has reported that Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton drew guns on each other.

"Joke or not, I now recognize that what I did was a mistake," Arenas said. "I should not have brought the guns to D.C. in the first place, and I now realize that there's no such thing as joking around when it comes to guns - even if unloaded."

Crittenton's agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Monday his client did nothing wrong. It was unclear whether Crittenton planned to meet with authorities. His lawyer, Peter White, said he would not be at any meetings Monday or Tuesday.

Arenas also expressed regret in the statement, saying, "I want to apologize to everybody for letting them down with my conduct, and I promise to do better in the future."

Commissioner David Stern likely will wait until the legal process is complete before handing down penalties.

AP