Originally published May 18, 2009 at 5:16 PM | Page modified May 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Comments (0)
E-mail article
Print
Share
Reggie Rogers pleads guilty to 2 DUIs
Former UW athlete and NFL draft pick Reggie Rogers pleaded guilty today to two separate DUI incidents from last fall. Prosecutors are seeking an 18-month jail sentence.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Latest from the Husky Football & Basketball blogs
May questions, volume seven NEW - 5/25, 12:09 PM
UW targets six recruits on ESPN's list NEW - 5/24, 11:28 AM
A former UW athlete and NFL draft pick pleaded guilty today to two separate DUI incidents from last fall. Prosecutors are seeking an 18-month jail sentence.
Reggie Rogers, 45, refused to submit to breath-alcohol tests after police stopped him on Oct. 17 on Interstate 5 near Westfield Southcenter, and on Nov. 26, according to a plea agreement. The second incident, also on I-5 near Tukwila, resulted in Rogers' arrest because he fled the scene after hitting another car. Nobody was seriously hurt in either incident.
Had the cases gone to trial, Rogers could have faced up to three years in prison, said Dan Donohoe, spokesman for King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. Rogers is scheduled to be sentenced on June 18.
More than 20 years ago, Rogers wound up in prison after being found guilty of negligent homicide. In that case, three teenagers were killed when Rogers ran a stop sign and collided with their car in October 1988.
Rogers, who had been the Detroit Lions' first-round pick, was dropped by the team when he went to prison. After a year behind bars, the Buffalo Bills picked him up but then dropped him after playing him in only two games.
Since the end of this football career, Rogers has been arrested for a string of DUIs, assault and other criminal traffic violations.
Information previously reported in The Seattle Times is contained in this report.
Jennifer Sullivan: 206-464-8294 or jensullivan@seattletimes.com
Copyright © 2009 The Seattle Times Company
UPDATE - 10:18 PM
Washington State's Klay Thompson will play Thursday against Huskies
Nothing unusual about schools paying recruiting services
UW women mount comeback, but lose in overtime to USC
Steve Kelley: What happened to the once-scary Huskies?
NW Briefs: Washington softball completes three-game sweep of New Mexico
Rescue of 13-year-old boy at Wallace Falls
Museum officials discuss King Tut exhibit installation
Kayak surfing
Male song birds
Newly hired Seattle schools superintendent Jose Banda
Inmates work with abandoned felines
May Day raw video: Protesters march along Jackson
May Day raw video: Rally at Marion St. and 2nd Ave
May Day raw video: Police attempt to clear downtown intersection
Open Houses
|
Find all open houses.
|
nwautos
(Daihatsu) Daihatsu FC Sho Case This futuristic four-seater debuted at the Tokyo auto show in December. Its seats can fold flat into the floor and th...
Post a comment
- Madrona dad killed by a bullet as he drove through Central Area
- Matt Flynn has good day in Seahawks' 3-way QB competition
- Why dealing for Kellen Winslow makes sense for Seahawks | Steve Kelley
- Facebook messages trigger melee at Whitman Middle School
- Komen controversy hurting Race for the Cure
- Driver fatally shot in Central Area
- Ex-boyfriend sought in death of Renton girl, 17
- Opponents of gay-marriage law get unexpected aid: from Muslims
- Fatal south Seattle shooting suspect now in jail
- It's been great; see you soon in my new columns | Nicole Brodeur
- Opponents of gay-marriage law say they have enough signatures 864
- Mariners look to get back on winning track against Angels 473
- Madrona dad killed by stray bullet as he drove through Central Area 275
- Komen controversy hurting Race for the Cure 217
- Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds 149
- Sources: DOJ sends letters to city blasting police reform efforts 138
- Fact check: Ad exaggerates Obama's debt 96
- It's been great; see you soon in my new columns 71
- The Seattle area's scandalous lack of adequate transit capacity 66
- Eric Wedge not happy with Mariners after 14-strikeout perfromance versus Dan Haren 60
- Madrona dad killed by a bullet as he drove through Central Area
- Facebook messages trigger melee at Whitman Middle School
- Driver fatally shot in Central Area
- Downtown building fetches $55M, thanks to Amazon effect
- Opponents of gay-marriage law get unexpected aid: from Muslims
- Get a sitter — please — for these 10 great date-night restaurants | All You Can Eat
- Komen controversy hurting Race for the Cure
- Rescued teen tells author how story helped him survive
- Sounders FC salaries released for 2012 season | Sounders FC Blog
- 520 bridge builders pledge to look into beer drinking
