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 stevieray:
Exactly. It's that choice that exhibits no remorse or accountability when the accident occurs, though I doubt that was the motive for bailing.
If he bails he doesn't have to worry about the NFL's alcohol or substance abuse programs. So, from a legal and work perspective it was smart.
Originally Posted by TinyEvel:
I have a question to pose which has already probably been answered on this subject regarding the charges:
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 warrant. All of the charges are felonies.
So like, say, I am a mom coming home from the grocery store. My kid is crying in the back seat and I try to reach back with a cookie for them. My split second destruction makes me miss a light and I T-bone a car causing the drive to injure their head and get stitches in their eye.
I have insurance and the other driver's medical bills are paid in full plus some personal injury compensation.
However I am now convicted of a felony in Texas?
So, anybody involved in an accident where one party reports an injury, (like a sore neck or bruised arm?) all those people are now felons?
So you left out a couple details:
1. Was Mom racing at the time and playing with other people's lives for a thrill?
2. Did she injure other's because of her own negligence?
3. Were there drugs found in the vehicle that injured others?
4. Did she leave the scene of the accident after injuring others and wrecking the vehicles w/o providing any insurance information for compensation?
5. Was she photographed at bar before all this happened?
See, it's those "little" things you should be worried about.
Now let's have the peanut gallery chime in with over exaggerations of dealing with reality.
I'll start "ARE YOU SAYING ELECTRIC CHAIR!!!!" [Reply]
Originally Posted by StinkBox:
So you left out a couple details:
1. Was Mom racing at the time and playing with other people's lives for a thrill?
2. Did she injure other's because of her own negligence?
3. Were there drugs found in the vehicle that injured others?
4. Did she leave the scene of the accident after injuring others and wrecking the vehicles w/o providing any insurance information for compensation?
5. Was she photographed at bar before all this happened?
See, it's those "little" things you should be worried about.
Now let's have the peanut gallery chime in with over exaggerations of dealing with reality.
I'll start "ARE YOU SAYING ELECTRIC CHAIR!!!!"
Again, he's not going to jail, will likely plead to misdemeanors, diversion program for first offenders. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rausch:
If he bails he doesn't have to worry about the NFL's alcohol or substance abuse programs. So, from a legal and work perspective it was smart.
