The other thread is a dumpster fire. I'm sure this will become one as well, but might as well start with a clean slate. I'll at least try to keep the OP updated with any notable news. Feel free to PM me if I miss anything good.
Arrest warrant and potential charges:
Spoiler!
BREAKING: An arrest warrant has been issued for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice in connection to his involvement in a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 75 in Dallas in late March, sources tell WFAA. https://t.co/XL3F7oCuW1
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Rice, 23, now faces eight charges in the case -- six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and one count of aggravated assault, according to the arrest warrant. All of the charges are felonies.
Collision involving injury carries a penalty of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine fine not to exceed $5,000 or both. Collision involving serious bodily injury -- a third-degree felony -- carries a punishment of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years. Aggravated assault -- a second-degree felony -- is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
TL;DR, his concern was at a 2, and now it's a 4 (out of 10). Still probably not a huge deal, but there are some concerning possibilities. Overall, though, he thinks it all gets pled down to misdemeanors, he misses a couple of games, and he writes some massive checks to those he injured.
#Chiefs WR Rashee Rice and former SMU CB Theodore Knox are being sued for $1 million by two victims of the March 30 crash in Dallas, Texas, for severe injuries, including 'trauma to the brain, lacerations to the face requiring stitches, multiple contusions about the body,… pic.twitter.com/RlDvilVLi6
#Chiefs Patrick Mahomes said he's worked with Rashee Rice throughout the offseason and will continue to do so while the legal process plays out for Rice..
Originally Posted by Dante84:
If they were stacking, how do they not have him dead to rights on leaving the scene or racing? I suppose they can add those later if needed.
I'm sure he stated he needed medical attention. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dante84:
Maybe they are saying his decision to drive the way he did is classified as an assault? And it's aggravated because he used a car?
No clue.
Yeah, from what I read, reckless driving that ends in injury can sometimes be classified as assault. I have no interest in trying to get into the legalese of the conditions for it, but it's a thing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dante84:
If they were stacking, how do they not have him dead to rights on leaving the scene or racing? I suppose they can add those later if needed.
Maybe what they'll plea down to? Potentially some sort of lesser included? No idea - perhaps that's an aggravating factor for a sort of vehicular assault charge so they're folded into that? Essentially recharacterizing the leaving the scene into a wanton disregard sort of thing that leads to the aggravated assault?