PLAXICO BURRESS PLEADS GUILTY

By LAURA ITALIANO and CLEMENTE LISI
NY POST

August 20, 2009 --
Here's one break Plaxico didn't catch.

In a stunning move, former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty today to criminal possession of a weapon and agreed to spend 20 months behind bars.

The ex-Super Bowl hero shot himself in the thigh with his unregistered Glock last November at a Midtown nightclub.

He was indicted in Manhattan Supreme Court earlier this month on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment.

In what was supposed to be his arraignment this morning, Burress instead entered a guilty plea after making a deal with prosecutors.

Burress was at the Latin Quarter nightclub last Nov. 29 when an unlicensed gun tucked into his waistband slipped down his leg and fired, shooting him in the right thigh.

The Giants released Burress in April.