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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Ex-Eagle Stallworth gets jail time

    Former Eagle and current Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth will serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty in Florida to a DUI manslaughter charge, The Associated Press reported today.
    The plea deal calls for the 28-year-old Stallworth to also serve 10 years’ probation and do 1,000 community service hours for killing a pedestrian he hit with his car. Stallworth had faced up to 15 years in prison.
    Police say Stallworth was drinking at a hotel bar before the March 14 crash that killed 59-year-old construction worker Mario Reyes. Tests showed Stallworth’s blood-alcohol content was .126.
    Stallworth also reached a confidential financial settlement with the Reyes’ family. A person close to the negotiations told The Association Press about the agreement on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the deal.
 

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Posted 01:59 PM, 06/16/2009
rizdiggah
if this were you or I, we would be sittin in a cell now and for the next 15 years. Money talks man.
Posted 02:04 PM, 06/16/2009
stblindtiger
Stallworth made a mistake... a HUGE mistake. The guy that was killed was walking on a highway in the dark if I remember correctly. Stallworth didn't run, he admitted guilt, he is serving jailtime, he is not getting a special break because of his fame. There are normal people who have done worse and gotten less.
Posted 02:23 PM, 06/16/2009
mikerainey82
I'm done recycling. This world needs to end.
Posted 02:32 PM, 06/16/2009
phillynupe4
Hew blew a .126, he should get two years for staying conscious after that!
Posted 02:42 PM, 06/16/2009
soliteryman
the victims family wanted this over with also
Posted 02:48 PM, 06/16/2009
BigDawg13
.126 = 4 drinks in an hour.
Posted 03:04 PM, 06/16/2009
brobbins78
Mike Vick got a year for killing dogs........ Donte Stallworth gets 30 days for killing a person..... ONLY IN AMERICIA!!!!
Posted 03:05 PM, 06/16/2009
cusoraider
So let me get this straight you kill a man while drunk you get 30days in jail and 1000 hours of community service plus no protests about not being able to play in the NFL again. But if you breed pitbulls to fight you get 23 months in jail and protesters screaming about you should not be allowed to play football again. Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?
Posted 03:13 PM, 06/16/2009
phillychaos
stblindtiger- He was legally drunk. He should be lucky he's only serving 30 days.
Posted 03:14 PM, 06/16/2009
Richard Saunders
"I'm done recycling. This world needs to end." Ha!
Posted 04:37 PM, 06/16/2009
zwarte piet
cnn reports that the first 2 years of the 10 years probation are house arrest, so this puts his career in jeopardy.. not saying that makes the penalty appropriate, but just saying that he is not getting off as easy as is reported here.
Posted 05:10 PM, 06/16/2009
elektrika
Does a construction worker get to go back to work? A dentist? A waiter? Why not Stallworth and Vick? That's what these people do. I just hope they don't get their old salaries.
Posted 09:04 PM, 06/16/2009
referees
larry mendte got into more trouble for being creepy; snooping around emails. mike vick is a sick dude, but like someone said; DOGS! martha stewart was a smart business woman; dishonest but smart, and got hammered for it. there's probably more people who have done less and been punished far worse..... i dont understand this. people do thirty days for 1st offense dui's in some surrounding counties. this is a crazy agreement.
Posted 09:07 PM, 06/16/2009
Chuckle Berry
Both men were in the wrong. Reyes was jaywalking and Stallworth was DUI. A convergence of mistakes cost one man his life. But Stallworth can help the surviving family much more if he is working for a living in the NFL instead of "busting bricks" or whatever they do these days in the County Jails in Florida. It's enough to see one life ended. Why two? Stallworth didn't set out to hurt anyone. And that's the key point when you compare him to Vick as well... the criminal intent was absent in Stallworth's case.
Posted 09:13 PM, 06/16/2009
phigglesfan75
Unbelievable....
Posted 05:23 AM, 06/17/2009
AlwaysRight
Isnt it a crime to give or promise to give anything of value to victims of a crime which may influence the outcome of a pending criminal proceeding?
Posted 06:35 AM, 06/17/2009
hatchet
Comparing Stallworth to Vick or M.Stewart is wrong just for the fact that D.S owned up to his mistake, both Vick and Stewart lied about there wrong doings and admited they broke the law.i also understand that Stallworth has to donate money to M.A.D and other inti DUI groups, the only other thing I would like to see is him doing honst public service spot for M.A.D who know may he will as part of his community service. As for Vick he glamorized the killing of mans best friend for fun and profit knowing all along he was brakeing the law and even bought property to enable his criminal activites.
Posted 06:40 AM, 06/17/2009
jonnyB
Millionaires walk. Simple. As others note, any of us would be in jail for years. The remaining family member made a million I'm sure just like the two families Ray Lewis paid off in Miami to cover up murder.
Posted 06:49 AM, 06/17/2009
allen_jones
Really Chuckle? Both were wrong. I mean how can you compare jaywalking to DRUNK DRIVING. Hey , they were both wrong, one irresponsibly got drunk and then took his life, and everyone else's on the road, for granted as he got behind the wheel of a car. The other irresponsibly...crossed...the...road. Bottom line, if Donte wasn't drunk he wouldn't have hit that man, or even been out on the road at 7:15am. If it was you or me we would be in jail. They family took money from Donte, that's their business, but he should be in jail, or a whole lot of other people should be let out.
Posted 08:18 AM, 06/17/2009
mick314
Will Browns sign Larry Mendte if Stalls gets banned ?
Posted 09:43 AM, 06/17/2009
craig123
It's amazing what some cash and an attorney can buy. Manslaughter now carries only a 30 day sentence. Two years "house arrest" but can travel the country playing football. Lifetime suspension of his drivers license, BUT can get it back in five years. AND in the wonderful world of pro sports he will be on the field in no time making millions again. WTF is wrong with this world? It's called rationalization, just ask Chuckle Berry. No cash, no fancy attorney equals 15 years and two lines in the Metro section. THAT’S WHAT IT SHOULD BE!!
Posted 06:55 PM, 06/17/2009
AlwaysRight
1. My research of 1000s of recent FL DUI Manslaughter convictions: normally brings a 15 yr sentence. I did not find ONE case where the sentence was less than 10 years! 2. It is a felony for a defendant to directly/indirectly give anything of value to person(s) involved in his prosecution.
Posted 07:44 PM, 06/17/2009
boltfan
True anyone without money would get 15 yrs in florida dui manslaughter but people with money dont.Remember Jennifer Porter school teacher rich family ran over 4 kids killing 2 drove away family hired Barry Cohen got probation.Cant teach anymore.Point is commit a felony no more pro sports.Thats how it should be,but its not.
Posted 06:19 AM, 06/18/2009
Panthro22
brobbins78, that's what I'm talking about! How the F can you convict Mike Vick for over 365 days and Stallworth gets only 30? THIRTY?? PlEASE! What is this world coming to? And then look how quiet the story was for Stallworth as compared to Vick? I guess we value dogs MORE THAN people nowadays! SHEESH! What a country!
Posted 09:17 AM, 06/18/2009
scrap32
you dont need any intent to kill someone & go to jail.what gets me is mike vick gets 2 yrs for killing dogs ..OMG SMH .people forget about charles smith (georgetown)he did 5yrs for the samething
Posted 09:35 AM, 06/18/2009
brickhead
I am telling you right now in FL, you or me Five years min.
Posted 03:10 PM, 06/18/2009
jwood
yea who are these people calculating a .126 BAC, for someone his size it really isn't a very high BAC. Saying that he weighs 180-190 its probably more like 5 0r 6 drinks an hour, or 7 or 8 over a few hours. I was arrested for DUI with .129 and to be honest all people react differently to alcohol but I was able to pass all of the field sobriety tests and failed the breathalizer so although this is a mistake both parties were in the wrong and it is not entirely irrational to say that this may have happened if he were under the legal limit or not intoxicated at all. Wrong place, wrong time.
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Posted 02:03 PM, 06/19/2009
boltfan
All this talk about Vick and Stallworth should be able to play again because "thats what the do for a living" how come no one is saying Tim Donaghy should ref in the nba.? thats what he did for a living,he did his time,paid his debt.What about Pete Rose nobody crying about him.Is what they did worse?Dont hear Al Sharpton campaining for them like he did Vick.Must be because their white.
Posted 09:07 AM, 06/21/2009
bear4995
Still won't post my previous comments you Philly.com censorship police. Grow a pair!
Posted 10:22 AM, 06/23/2009
MFPhils
zwarte, the terms of his probation will allow him to work on the field.
Posted 10:27 AM, 06/23/2009
MFPhils
You people need to use common sense...A pilot gets drunk and runs into a building, and kills hundreds vs. a man killing dogs for the fun of it. One is obviously a bigger tragedy than the other, but the latter was done with intent, which means the person is deranged. As long as we allow alchohol to exist (impossible not to), there's going to be horrible side effects. Truth is, most drunk drivers are so impaired that they don't even realize they are too drunk to drive. You know what beer muscles are...think they can take on anything. So there was no intent by Donte to kill a man, and on top of that, the reason you aren't allowed to walk on a highway is because it significantly increases your chances of getting run over by even a sober person. If this person would have been on a sidewalk, or in their car, the outcome would have been tottally different. This guy may have been drunk and stumbling himself...no one knows, but everyone judges like they do.
Posted 12:03 PM, 06/26/2009
philly sports
he should have gotten time like a broke man would have gotten, cuz this aint the 1st time he has had problems with alcohol.
Posted 05:07 PM, 06/27/2009
phigglesfan75
zwarte piet-You try to make a point about Stallworth not getting off that easy...Please...2 years of house arrest putting his career in jeopardy...It should be jail, and you know it... Yeah it's great he is giving a settlement to the family, but he killed a man while he was drunk. It's hard to file that one in the accident category...
Posted 07:19 AM, 06/28/2009
dapmman
It wasn't "just" 30 days...the family agreed to take money as punishment, so who are we to whine about it. Mike Vick's career may be over and look at the time he got plus the notoriety for the remainder of his life. Like it or not, in this country there is more emphasis on the life of an animal than for a human being. If Stallworth had run over a dog while drunk he'd probably have gotten life, celebrity or not.
Posted 06:39 PM, 07/01/2009
Chuckle Berry
tested positive for pot too. anybody shocked about that?
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Posted 07:43 PM, 07/19/2009
tulsaphil
The FACTS are .... he is an Ex New England players. We lose ownership when he moves on.
Posted 11:04 AM, 07/20/2009
LarsMendte2
I'm with you Chuckles!
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