Scaga
03-03-2005, 03:09 PM
Posted on Thu, Mar. 03, 2005
Chiefs' Eric Warfield sentenced on DUI charge
Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Eric Warfield was sentenced today to 10 days in the Johnson County jail followed by 80 days of house arrest after pleading no contest to a felony charge of driving under the influence.
Warfield also was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and perform 100 hours of community service. He will be on probation for a year.
Warfield entered his plea in January.
In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dismissed misdemeanor counts of driving with a suspended license and having no proof of insurance.
The DUI charge against Warfield was a felony because he had two prior DUI convictions, Assistant District Attorney Adrian Gilby said in January.
Warfield, 28, was charged after he was stopped by Overland Park police on Sept. 20 on Interstate 435 near Mission Road for speeding and not staying within his lane of traffic. His blood alcohol level was later tested at 0.189 percent, Gilby said. The legal limit in Kansas for adults is 0.08 percent.
—Tony Rizzo/The Star
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Chiefs' Eric Warfield sentenced on DUI charge
Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Eric Warfield was sentenced today to 10 days in the Johnson County jail followed by 80 days of house arrest after pleading no contest to a felony charge of driving under the influence.
Warfield also was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and perform 100 hours of community service. He will be on probation for a year.
Warfield entered his plea in January.
In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dismissed misdemeanor counts of driving with a suspended license and having no proof of insurance.
The DUI charge against Warfield was a felony because he had two prior DUI convictions, Assistant District Attorney Adrian Gilby said in January.
Warfield, 28, was charged after he was stopped by Overland Park police on Sept. 20 on Interstate 435 near Mission Road for speeding and not staying within his lane of traffic. His blood alcohol level was later tested at 0.189 percent, Gilby said. The legal limit in Kansas for adults is 0.08 percent.
—Tony Rizzo/The Star
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