Sac native Donte Stallworth kills pedestrian with his Bentley

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Browns WR Stallworth hits, kills Fla. pedestrian
Former Patriot hit man crossing Miami Beach causeway at 7 a.m.

The Associated Press
updated 12:03 p.m. PT, Sat., March. 14, 2009

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Police in Miami Beach say Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth has hit and killed a pedestrian with his Bentley.
Police spokesman Juan Sanchez says Stallworth hit a man crossing the busy causeway that links downtown Miami with Miami Beach around 7 a.m. Saturday.
The man was pronounced dead at a trauma center. He was near a crosswalk but it’s not clear if he was crossing legally.
Stallworth is cooperating and no charges have been filed. Officers drew his blood to test for drugs or alcohol, which is routine. Police say it’s too early to tell if Stallworth was violating traffic laws.
The 28-year-old former New England Patriot signed a seven-year, $35 million contract with the Browns as a free agent before last season but hardly played because he was hurt.

© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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The article won't load for me, but based on the thread title. That is really really sad. Hasn't he had issues with the law before or am I thinking of someone else?
 
kingsnation said:
...Hasn't he had issues with the law before or am I thinking of someone else?
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Yes, he's been in trouble with the law before.

From:
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/story/1700847.html

...Stallworth's driving has gotten him in trouble with Miami Beach police before.

In March 2006, Stallworth was arrested after resisting arrest during a traffic stop. He was pulled over in his black 2005 Bentley for driving with an expired paper tag. According to an arrest report, Stallworth tried to drive away from officers and then refused to step out of his car, shut off the Bentley's engine or get off his cell phone. Charges were filed, but he was not prosecuted.

In 2002, Stallworth was charged for allowing a passenger to ride on the exterior of his vehicle, and he pleaded guilty in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court...
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15 years minimum though I bet there is some magical plea... idiot.
 
Stallworth just got a huge new contract and giant signing bonus. Besides going to a Florida state prison for many years will surely lose mutli-millions in negligent death law suit. Total ruined life for the pea-brained fool. As a young dude he'll have decades to ponder why he never thought to throw a few crumbs out for a limo or designated driver. No sympathy from me but I feel terrible about the man he killed, his wife and teenage daughter.
 
Actually there were rumors that Stallworth was going to be cut before this happened so that money probably wasn't going to materialize. It does raise an interesting thought about a wrongful death lawsuit though since the family of the victim would likely receive more money if he somehow weaseled out of a lengthy prison sentence.
 
Superman said:
Stallworth drunk at time of accident
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I was really afraid it might be something like this...

When are people going to realize that drinking and driving is serious? I'm willing to bet each of us on this board - and everywhere else - has either lost someone close to them or knows someone who lost a loved one because of drunk driving. And it's not a question of "how drunk" the driver was or what he was drinking or anything else...

If you drink, don't freaking drive. How hard is that concept to grasp?????

:mad: :mad:
 
VF21 said:
If you drink, don't freaking drive. How hard is that concept to grasp?????

:mad: :mad:
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Unless they start draconian sentences for even first time offenses I don't think some people will ever grasp it. I bet most people likely to drive drunk are more deterred by the financial penalties a DUI carries than the actual threat of harm, when you're set for life like most celebrities its practically a license to drive drunk.
 
Yeah, I know. It was more a rhetorial question than anything else.

I heard a couple of days ago that my little community lost another young adult (she was barely 18) because she happened to be in the path of a drunk driver. Her family will never recover. She was the first one that would have been attending college in the fall, etc. It is just very frustrating to know these things happen and we, as individuals, cannot do anything to stop it...
 
Its only a matter of time before the internets allow us to live a full and complete life without ever leaving our desks. Perhaps then?
 
pdxKingsFan said:
Its only a matter of time before the internets allow us to live a full and complete life without ever leaving our desks. Perhaps then?
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While I would never equate drunk driving with drunk posting, have you ever seen some of the crapola posted on this board by someone obviously under the influence of vast quantities of some intoxicating substance?

;)
 
I may be guilty of the occasional post under the influence here and there but I learned my lesson real good on usenet in the early 90s about the dangers of drunken posting.
 
Hrm...I suspect that might have to be the topic of discussion at some point late at night during the worst part of TDOS.
 
I'd imagine future highlights of that thread live in this season's game threads. :)
 
How did Leonard Little only get 90 days a long time ago when he was drunk, wrecked and killed someone? Was the penalty not as serious back then?
 
Maybe he hit the guy on purpose?

I'm guessing they had a breathalyzer or urinalysis as the initial test and then he demanded a blood test afterwards. I believe this is a common way to get charges reduced or beat them entirely as the blood results will come back lower since it is the last to be administered.
 
I think technically it will be a manslaughter charge, not murder.

I found this State of Florida site:

http://www.flhsmv.gov/ddl/duilaws.html

  • DUI/Manslaughter: Second Degree Felony (not more than $10,000 fine and/or 15 years imprisonment).

  • DUI Manslaughter/Leaving the Scene: A driver convicted of DUI Manslaughter who knew/should have known accident occurred; and failed to give information or render aid is guilty of a First Degree Felony (not more than $10,000 fine and/or 30 years imprisonment).
Nothing reported so far says he fled the scence of the accident and he was cooperating, so DUI/Manslaughter looks most likely.
 
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Interesting, I had been told that the DUI/Manslaughter in Florida was a 15 year minimum but your post would indicate that is the maximum sentence instead.

Its also rather interesting that for the leaving the scene offenses the DUI version is actually more lenient since it provides a "should have known" out. I think the DUI laws should be tougher than the regular laws, not the same or with loopholes.
 
Apparently, Florida recently made their DUI laws much tougher. Sorry I just took out the stuff related to non-DUI vehicular manslaughter after you posted. The list is on the linked webpage, though.
 
Cleveland Browns Player Donte Stallworth to Be Charged With DUI Killing

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512069,00.html


MIAMI — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth will be charged Wednesday with killing a pedestrian last month while driving drunk in Miami, according to people familiar with the case.
Two people said an arrest warrant charging the 28-year-old Stallworth with DUI manslaughter will be filed Wednesday in the March 14 accident that killed 59-year-old Mario Reyes. The people requested anonymity because the charges haven't been announced.
The charge carries a possible 15-year prison sentence. Stallworth's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .12, well above Florida's legal limit of .08, according to results of a blood test. Stallworth will also be charged with DUI, according to the people informed about the case.

more...
 
RIP miyagi said:
minimum 4 years, max 15... wow. the guy wasn't using the crosswalk, so i guess that takes away some of the time.
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Not when he says he "flashed his lights" at the guy. And from whay I read he said he was lying down in the road.

If you have time to flash your lights you can hit the brakes and change lanes. If he says there were cars around him then why aren't they witnesses?
 
Pedestrians have the right-of-way, whether they are in the crosswalk or not. If he had darted into trafffic so as to be completely unavoidable, that could possibly mitigate what happened. However, because Stallworth was legally drunk he pretty much has no excuse.

My experience is that most witnesses to accidents do not stop. I've been in a few (not my fault) and I did witness one. I stayed, but most people just went on their merry way. :rolleyes: There was injuries, too.
 
Donte Stallworth, Rae Carruth, Ontario Smith...

What's the deal with NFL players from Sacramento? Must be something in the water
 
TheWileyVet said:
Donte Stallworth, Rae Carruth, Ontario Smith...

What's the deal with NFL players from Sacramento? Must be something in the water
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Not to forget, Don Rogers.

What an incredible tragedy in his case involving drug overdose death on his wedding day, the Sac native high school several sports star, UCLA All- American and Cleveland Browns All-Pro DB.
 
PurpleHaze said:
Not to forget, Don Rogers.

What an incredible tragedy in his case involving drug overdose death on his wedding day, the Sac native high school several sports star, UCLA All- American and Cleveland Browns All-Pro DB.
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I hadn't heard of Don Rogers so I googled him. That being said he passed when I was 1. Tragedy no doubt
 
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