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Accepting responsibility for the drunk-driving crash that killed a pedestrian on Miami Beach, NFL player Donte' Stallworth pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to serve one month in a Miami-Dade County jail.
Stallworth, 28, was immediately taken into custody.
After he gets out, Stallworth will serve two years of house arrest followed by eight years' probation, according to his plea deal. He will also lose his driving privileges for life and have to perform 1,000 hours of community service.
Stallworth has also agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to the Reyes family.
''I will continue to bear this burden the rest of my life,'' Stallworth told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy, who imposed the sentence.
The Cleveland Browns wide receiver was charged with DUI manslaughter in the death of Mario Reyes, 59, a crane operator who was crossing the MacArthur Causeway on the morning of March 14 to catch the bus home when he was struck and killed.
Stallworth, driving a black Bentley, had a blood alcohol level of .126, well above the legal limit, according to prosecutors. He had been drinking at a posh Miami Beach nightclub earlier that morning.
Prosecutors filed formal charges June 4, and Stallworth had pleaded not guilty. The unusually speedy end to the case came at the urging of the Reyes family, which wanted to resolve the matter to avoid further emotional trauma.
In offering the deal, prosecutors considered Stallworth's clean driving record, remorse for Reyes' death and his cooperation with investigators.
Stallworth's sentence also provides for these special conditions during his probation:
• Drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment if recommended.
• Random drug testing.
• $2,500 donation to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving).
• $2,500 donation to Parents of Murdered Children.
• 1,000 hours of community service, with all community service projects performed with the input and consent of the state attorney's office. These may include public service announcements and speaking engagements with children about the danger and risks associated with drugs, alcohol and driving, and how this case has affected him.
• Cost recovery to the Miami Beach Police Department of $1,842.88.
• Cost recovery to Miami-Dade Police Department of $813.14.
• Court costs of $583.
Accepting responsibility for the drunk-driving crash that killed a pedestrian on Miami Beach, NFL player Donte' Stallworth pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to serve one month in a Miami-Dade County jail.
Stallworth, 28, was immediately taken into custody.
After he gets out, Stallworth will serve two years of house arrest followed by eight years' probation, according to his plea deal. He will also lose his driving privileges for life and have to perform 1,000 hours of community service.
Stallworth has also agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to the Reyes family.
''I will continue to bear this burden the rest of my life,'' Stallworth told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy, who imposed the sentence.
The Cleveland Browns wide receiver was charged with DUI manslaughter in the death of Mario Reyes, 59, a crane operator who was crossing the MacArthur Causeway on the morning of March 14 to catch the bus home when he was struck and killed.
Stallworth, driving a black Bentley, had a blood alcohol level of .126, well above the legal limit, according to prosecutors. He had been drinking at a posh Miami Beach nightclub earlier that morning.
Prosecutors filed formal charges June 4, and Stallworth had pleaded not guilty. The unusually speedy end to the case came at the urging of the Reyes family, which wanted to resolve the matter to avoid further emotional trauma.
In offering the deal, prosecutors considered Stallworth's clean driving record, remorse for Reyes' death and his cooperation with investigators.
Stallworth's sentence also provides for these special conditions during his probation:
• Drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment if recommended.
• Random drug testing.
• $2,500 donation to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving).
• $2,500 donation to Parents of Murdered Children.
• 1,000 hours of community service, with all community service projects performed with the input and consent of the state attorney's office. These may include public service announcements and speaking engagements with children about the danger and risks associated with drugs, alcohol and driving, and how this case has affected him.
• Cost recovery to the Miami Beach Police Department of $1,842.88.
• Cost recovery to Miami-Dade Police Department of $813.14.
• Court costs of $583.
