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:
No charges for:
- Guns
- Drugs
- DUI
- Leaving the scene
- Racing
- Reckless driving
The NFL has never previously suspended a player for off the field conduct without a crime involving domestic violence, murder, guns, or drugs/alcohol. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dante84:
No charges for:
- Guns
- Drugs
- DUI
- Leaving the scene
- Racing
- Reckless driving
Just to be clear, though, it's not a crime to get into an accident that causes injury if you're just driving normally. The fact that he left the scene turns all of the "collision involving injury" incidents into felonies, and the reckless driving (and possibly drugs) causes it to be aggravated assault. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88:
The NFL has never previously suspended a player for off the field conduct without a crime involving domestic violence, murder, guns, or drugs/alcohol.
This is one I brought up in the other thread. Last offseason, Jets player suspended one game for going 35 mph over the speed limit and partially paralyzed another driver. He was charged with Assault as well, and other traffic violations. The article is below. This is what makes me think he would get 4 games or less. This was handed down last offseason.
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Jets cornerback Brandin Echols was suspended for one game Thursday, with the reason reportedly involving a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy.
It could be linked to a Florham Park crash near the Jets facility in April 2022, according to an NFL Network report.
Earlier this year, the 25-year-old cornerback entered a three-year pretrial intervention program following a charge for fourth-degree assault by auto, in addition to summonses for reckless driving, speeding, failure to wear a seat belt, an unsafe lane change and improper passing, according to a story from the Daily Record in March.
The April 22, 2022 crash left Stephen Gilberg “partially paralyzed” when Echols’ Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, allegedly traveling at 84 mph five seconds before the crash, collided with Gilberg’s BMW X5, according to the Daily Record.
The impact allegedly caused Gilberg’s car to land in a marsh off the roadway, and the collision occurred two miles from the Jets facility in Florham Park, per the outlet.
It left Gilberg, who was driving his vehicle, with broken ribs and “no feeling or movement in both hands and his right leg that required spinal surgery,” according to the Daily Record, and during a hearing 10 months later in Morris County, Gilberg said that the crash and injuries will “forever haunt me.”
He was taken to Morristown Medical Center following the collision and had allegedly compiled medical bills that neared $1 million by March 2023, according to the outlet.
“While I’ve made certain strides physically, such as learning to walk again albeit not in the same way I used to, it’s the nerve damage and the pain you don’t see,” Gilberg said in the hearing, according to the Daily Record. “The physical things I will never be able to do and the psychological trauma I am living with every single day that will continue to impact the rest of my life.”
Echols entered the pretrial intervention program “voluntarily,” his attorney Mitch Schuster told the Daily Record in March, and the assault by auto charge — along with the handful of driving summons — will reportedly be dismissed once he completes the three-year requirements.
Per The Daily Record, Echols will “undergo various programs for rehabilitation and will be monitored by the courts” throughout the duration of his pretrial intervention program, in addition to reportedly having to pay Gilbert $1,200 per month in “restitution” until $54,460 is reached.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
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.
Originally Posted by TambaBerry:
What serious injury occurred? The worse I heard was stitches on an eyelid or something lol which I still don't know how thats possible.
Wearing glasses or sunglasses or glass shattered into eye. [Reply]
