Sanchez charged after allegedly attacking driver

Former NFL backmost and existent Fox Sports broadcaster Mark Sanchez has been charged with 3 misdemeanors successful narration to an incidental connected Saturday successful Indianapolis wherever helium was stabbed and taken to a hospital.

Sanchez, 38, was charged with artillery with injury, nationalist intoxication and unlawful introduction of a vehicle, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office announced Sunday morning. An archetypal proceeding has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, with enslaved acceptable for $300.

"This incidental should ne'er person happened," Marion County authoritative Ryan Mears said successful a connection issued Sunday. "What began arsenic a disagreement betwixt a 38-year-old nonrecreational jock and a 69-year-old antheral should not person escalated into unit oregon near anyone earnestly injured. As with immoderate case, we willl travel the facts and the instrumentality wherever they lead."

According to an affidavit for probable origin obtained by aggregate outlets, Sanchez allegedly accosted a motortruck operator astatine a loading dock. According to the affidavit, the confrontation escalated to the constituent wherever the motortruck operator believed helium was successful danger, sprayed Sanchez successful the look with capsicum spray and, with Sanchez inactive advancing toward him, said helium thought "this feline is trying to termination me."

According to the affidavit, the motortruck operator past pulled his weapon and, with Sanchez inactive coming astatine him, said helium struck Sanchez "two oregon 3 times." The motortruck operator past said helium was thrown against a dumpster and onto the crushed and believed helium was successful a "life-or-death situation." The driver, according to the affidavit, past said "a look of shock" came to Sanchez's look and past Sanchez "took off."

Sanchez was arrested by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department astatine a infirmary connected Saturday. Fox Sports connected Saturday said successful a connection that helium was recovering and successful unchangeable condition.

The IMPD connected Saturday said it was investigating an incidental betwixt 2 men that took spot astatine astir 12:30 a.m. The IMPD did not place the men successful its earlier connection but said 1 antheral received lacerations portion the different antheral received injuries accordant with stab wounds.

Detectives reviewed video footage of the confrontation, which constabulary said occurred successful the fashionable downtown nightlife Wholesale District adjacent to the Indiana statehouse.

Sanchez was scheduled to beryllium portion of the broadcast unit for Sunday's contention betwixt the Las Vegas Raiders and Indianapolis Colts astatine Lucas Oil Stadium but volition nary longer enactment the game.

Sanchez played 8 seasons successful the NFL aft being selected 5th by the New York Jets successful the 2009 draught retired of USC. He helped the Jets to back-to-back AFC Championship Game appearances successful his archetypal 2 seasons.

Sanchez besides played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and Washington, the squad helium past appeared successful a regular-season crippled for successful 2018.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.