Basketball phenom Mikey Williams appears to avoid jail time after agreeing to plea deal

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It appears Mikey Williams, the basketball phenom and social media star, won’t be going to prison. 

Williams entered a plea deal Thursday, admitting guilt to a single felony count of making a criminal threat in an April shooting outside his home in California, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office spokesman Steve Walker told Yahoo Sports. 

Williams, 19, will be required to complete 80 hours of community service and attend cognitive behavior therapy, gun safety and anger management classes as part of the plea deal. 

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Mikey Williams (1) of San Ysidro drives to the basket during the Hoophall Classic high school basketball game against Christopher Columbus Jan. 14, 2023, at Blake Arena in Springfield, Mass (John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

If Williams completes his sentence successfully and stays out of trouble, the felony will be reduced to a misdemeanor. 

Williams was arrested April 13 after an incident two weeks earlier at his home. The basketball star was angered with visitors showing up to his home and brought out a gun, allegedly threatening to shoot.

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As a vehicle with visitors inside drove off, Williams allegedly shot a handgun at the vehicle, hitting the trunk and rear windshield. No one was hurt in the shooting. 

He was facing six counts of assault with a firearm — one count for each occupant in the vehicle — one count of firing into an occupied motor vehicle and two counts of making threats that could result in death or great bodily injury. 

Combined, the charges carried up to