Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth was charged in Miami on Wednesday with killing a pedestrian last month while driving drunk after a night out at a swank South Beach nightspot.
An arrest warrant charging Stallworth, 28, with DUI manslaughter was filed in the March 14 accident that killed 59-year-old Mario Reyes. If convicted, Stallworth would face as many as 15 years in prison.
Stallworth's blood-alcohol level after the crash was .126, well above Florida's legal limit of .08, according to results of a blood test. Stallworth will also be charged with DUI, which carries a possible six-month sentence plus fines and community service for first offenders.
Stallworth, who is expected to surrender in court today, released a statement last month saying he was "grief-stricken" over the accident. Prosecutors said they will ask that he be released on $200,000 bail.
The arraignment for the 22-year-old son of Cal State Northridge basketball Coach Bobby Braswell on felony theft and burglary charges was postponed until April 23. Jeffrey Braswell, along with Northridge player Deon Tresvant, 23, and Phannuel Gbewonyo, 28, allegedly stole more than $6,600 in merchandise from a Porter Ranch Best Buy store on New Year's Day.
The police officer who pulled out his gun and threatened an NFL player with jail instead of allowing him inside a hospital where his mother-in-law was dying has resigned. Officer Robert Powell had been put on paid leave pending an investigation of the March 18 incident. He had stopped Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats' car outside Baylor Regional Medical Center in Plano, Texas, after the vehicle rolled through a red light.
New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain pleaded guilty to drunk driving and was given probation and a fine. The 23-year-old right-hander was pulled over Oct. 18 by police on the outskirts of Lincoln, Neb. Authorities say his blood-alcohol level was .134. The legal limit in Nebraska is .08.
TENNIS
Williams sisters to face each other
Venus and Serena Williams will meet tonight in the semifinals at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. Top-ranked Serena advanced first, overcoming a dismal start to beat unseeded Li Na, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2.
She was followed into the semifinals by No. 5-seeded Venus, who beat No. 26 Iveta Benesova, 6-1, 6-4.
