A former Michigan State basketball player charged with felony offenses after he allegedly was spotted pulling a firearm out of the trunk of a car in the parking lot of a Dearborn strip club over the weekend is to be arraigned this afternoon, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said today.
Keith Appling, 24, of Detroit, a point guard at MSU from 2010-14 and former star at Detroit Pershing, is expected to be arraigned at 2:30 p.m. in 19th District Court in Dearborn before Judge William Hultgren, according to the court and the prosecutor's office.
He is charged with carrying a concealed weapon, a five-year felony; possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, a two-year misdemeanor; and possession of marijuana, a one-year misdemeanor, according to a news release from Prosecutor Kym Worthy.