The Missouri Governor Shortens The DWI Prison Sentence Of Former Chiefs Assistant Coach Britt Reid

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday shortened the jail sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid for a drunken driving crash that severely injured a 5-year-old lady.

Parson’s commutation transformed the rest of Reid’s three-year jail sentence to accommodate arrest, topic to a number of circumstances. Reid had been sentenced in November 2022 after pleading responsible to driving whereas intoxicated inflicting critical bodily harm. He is the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid.

Parson is a longtime Chiefs season ticket-holder holder who celebrated with the workforce at its current Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City. A Parson spokesman mentioned the governor thought of a number of components when making his commutation determination.

“Reid had completed his alcohol abuse treatment program and has served more prison time than most individuals convicted of similar offenses,” Parson spokesman Johnathan Shiflett mentioned.

Reid’s home arrest will proceed till Oct. 31, 2025, with necessities for weekly conferences with a parole officer and peer assist sponsor and attendance at behavioral counseling. He additionally shall be required to work at the least 30 hours every week and full 10 hours a month of neighborhood service, amongst different issues.

The Chiefs declined to remark about Parson’s commutation of Reid.

Prosecutors mentioned Reid was intoxicated and driving about 84 mph (135 kph) in a 65 mph zone when his Dodge truck hit the vehicles on an entrance ramp to Interstate 435 close to Arrowhead Stadium on Feb. 4, 2021.

A lady inside one of many vehicles, Ariel Young, suffered a traumatic mind harm. A complete of six individuals, together with Reid, had been injured. One of the autos he hit had stalled due to a lifeless battery, and the second was owned by Ariel’s mom, who had arrived to assist.

Reid had a blood-alcohol stage of 0.113% two hours after the crash, police mentioned. The authorized restrict is 0.08%.

The Chiefs reached a confidential settlement with Ariel’s household to pay for her ongoing medical therapy and different bills.

An lawyer who represented Ariel’s household didn’t instantly reply to messages Friday.

Reid’s sentencing reprieve was one among three commutations and 36 pardons introduced Friday by Parson, who additionally denied 63 clemency requests.

Parson, a former sheriff, has now granted clemency to greater than 760 individuals since 2020 — greater than any Missouri governor because the Nineteen Forties. Parson has been been working to clear a backlog of almost 3,700 clemency purposes he inherited when taking up as governor in 2018, however he additionally has thought of some new requests.

Many of these granted clemency by Parson had been convicted many years in the past of drug crimes, theft or housebreaking and had accomplished their jail sentences way back.

But two notable exceptions had been Mark and Patricia McCloskey. The St. Louis couple who gained nationwide consideration for waving weapons at racial injustice protesters had been pardoned by Parson on July 30, 2021, simply six weeks after Mark McCloskey pleaded responsible to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and Patricia McCloskey pleaded responsible to misdemeanor harassment.

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Associated Press author Dave Skretta in Kansas City, and Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report.

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