Mark Sanchez now faces felony prices for stabbing a supply driver over parking spot, prosecutors say | EUROtoday

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez is now dealing with upgraded felony prices stemming from a violent weekend altercation that left him and one other man hospitalized, prosecutors introduced Monday.

Sanchez, who’s now a Fox Sports analyst, was stabbed throughout a battle, whereas a 69-year-old man sustained critical accidents, in response to a possible trigger affidavit.

Sanchez was initially charged on October 4 with misdemeanor counts of battery leading to damage, public intoxication, and illegal entry of a motorized vehicle. His money bond was set at $300. The upgraded felony cost was filed Monday. A listening to is about for October 7, in response to on-line court docket data.

“We are literally talking about people fighting about a parking spot,” Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears mentioned throughout a information convention saying the extra critical cost.

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The two males obtained right into a dispute simply earlier than 12:30 a.m. Saturday in downtown Indianapolis, close to Loughmiller’s Pub & Eatery, after Sanchez obtained upset on the different man for parking his work field truck at a loading dock to gather used cooking oil, in response to court docket paperwork.

Surveillance video captured Sanchez approaching the driving force’s door of the truck to talk with the person inside, who was struggling to listen to him as a result of he wasn’t sporting his listening to aids, in response to a possible trigger affidavit. Sanchez allegedly then climbed into the truck earlier than a battle broke out. Video from the scene reveals Sanchez then following the person as he backed away from him.

“Sanchez is seen running after (the man) and the video shows Mr. Sanchez grabbing and throwing (the man) towards the wall of the Westin,” police wrote within the affidavit.

The brawl ensued within the alley between a dumpster and the truck earlier than transferring towards the center of the alley.

“Mr. Sanchez is then seen throwing (the man) to the ground on the west side of the alley,” investigators wrote.

The man informed police that he “realized things had escalated, and he was now in physical danger,” in response to court docket paperwork.

He then used pepper spray on Sanchez, telling police it ”appeared to have an impact (on Sanchez) for a second,” however that he “wiped his face and again advanced” towards him.

The man informed police that, in that second, he thought, “This guy is trying to kill me,” so he pulled out his knife. When Sanchez got here at him, he struck him two or thrice with the knife, he informed police.

The man mentioned Sanchez checked out him “with a look of shock” earlier than taking off, heading north out of the alley. Responding officers discovered Sanchez inside a bar subsequent to the alley.

Sanchez later informed a detective that he might barely bear in mind something concerning the incident, together with who was concerned or the place it occurred. He was later arrested on the hospital and charged with the misdemenors.

Mears mentioned it was “clear” that further prices wanted to be filed after authorities had been “were provided with additional information about the victim’s current medical condition.” He added that it was “by no means the end of this investigation.”

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The sentence for the felony cost might be one to 6 years, in response to Mears.

Sanchez, who joined Fox as an analyst in 2021, had been in Indianapolis to name Sunday’s Colts sport towards the Las Vegas Raiders.

Before transitioning to a broadcasting profession, Sanchez performed 10 seasons within the NFL, most notably with the New York Jets, after being drafted fifth total within the 2009 NFL Draft.

“I don’t care who you are. I don’t care what you do for a living,” Indianapolis Police Chief Chris Bailey mentioned, including: “We’re lucky that no one is dead.”

“I don’t care where you live. If you come into our city, commit violence, we will use all the tools that are at our disposal to hold you accountable,” he mentioned.