Ex-NFL QB Mark Sanchez faces felony battery cost, which carries 1 to 6-year sentence

[ad_1] Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is now dealing with a felony battery cost for what authorities stated Monday was a combat over a parking dispute, along with the misdemeanor fees that the Fox Sports activities analyst was already dealing with from the weekend incident in Indianapolis.

Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears introduced the brand new cost of battery involving critical bodily harm, which carries a possible sentence of 1 to 6 years in jail, throughout a information convention with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Division Chief Chris Bailey. Mears stated the investigation is ongoing and that extra fees are potential.

"We are actually speaking about folks preventing over a parking house and-or a dispute about the place individuals are parking, and it resulted in somebody receiving simply extremely vital injures," the prosecutor instructed reporters.

A police affidavit alleges the 38-year-old Sanchez, smelling of alcohol, accosted a 69-year-old truck driver who backed right into a lodge's loading docks in downtown Indianapolis, resulting in a confrontation early Saturday outdoors the car that prompted the driving force to drag out a knife to defend himself.

The previous New York Jets pivot was pepper-sprayed and stabbed a number of occasions throughout the altercation, in accordance with court docket information filed Sunday.

It turned clear after investigators realized extra concerning the sufferer's medical situation that the extra critical felony cost was warranted, Mears stated.

"This was a scenario that didn't must happen," the prosecutor stated. "The allegations contain a 38-year-old man turning into concerned in an altercation with a 69-year-old man who sustained vital and really extreme accidents because of that altercation."

Sanchez was hospitalized with stab wounds to his higher proper torso, the affidavit signed by a police detective stated. The truck driver, recognized as P.T., had a reduce to his left cheek, it stated.

Listening to rescheduled to Nov. 4 Authorities haven't stated whether or not the truck driver may also faces fees, however Mears famous that Indiana "has among the most sturdy self-defense legal guidelines within the nation."

Sanchez had been scheduled for a listening to Tuesday on the unique misdemeanor fees however that was rescheduled to Nov. 4. Sanchez remained hospitalized and was listed in steady situation Monday morning.

Considered one of Sanchez's attorneys, James Voyles, declined to touch upon the case.

Sanchez was in Indianapolis for the community's protection of Sunday's sport between the Colts and the Las Vegas Raiders.

The prosecutor stated police are nonetheless gathering info and have a number of excellent search warrants. He additionally stated surveillance video captured the incident from a number of angles.

"I do not care who you might be. I do not care what you do for a dwelling. I do not care the place you reside," the police chief stated. "In the event you come into our metropolis, commit violence, we'll use all of the instruments at our disposal to carry you accountable."

Sanchez had a 10-year NFL profession earlier than retiring in 2019. He spent 4 seasons with the Jets and in addition appeared in video games with Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington.