Jayson Williams, Ex-Nets Star, To Be Arraigned at Hospital Bedside for DWI Charge

By DNAinfo staff

January 7, 2010 7:50am | Updated January 7, 2010 7:31am

Jayson Williams' Mercedes-Benz SUV seen parked outside the 13th Precinct house in Manhattan.

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By Gabriela Resto-Montero

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Authorities expect to arraign ex-Nets star Jayson Williams from his hospital bed Thursday on drunken driving charges.

Williams has been in Bellevue Hospital after apparently breaking his neck after he wrecked his Mercedes SUV near the FDR on Tuesday.

The former NBA player refused to take a Brethalyzer test at the scene of the crash, near 18th Street and Avenue C.

At the time of the accident Williams faced a retrial for the shooting death of his driver, Costas (Gus) Christofi, at his New Jersey home.

This Sept. 30, 2009, file photo shows Jayson Williams in court in Somerville, N.J.

(AP Photo/Kathy Johnson)

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