Rams defensive end Leonard Little was indicted on charges of persistent drunken driving, nearly two months after police in Ladue arrested him.
Little pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in an alcohol-related wreck that killed a St. Louis woman in 1998. The latest indictment mirrors charges in a criminal complaint filed against him April 26.
Little was indicted Wednesday on charges of speeding, and as a persistent offender with felony driving while intoxicated. His lawyer, Scott Rosenblum, said Little would plead innocent.
Little was arrested on April 24 after police pulled him over for speeding on an interstate. Police said he had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol, failed three roadside sobriety tests and admitted drinking alcohol.
In the manslaughter case, Little completed a three-month jail sentence, 1,000 hours of community service and four years of probation. He was also suspended without pay for the first half of the 1999 season. Little's blood-alcohol level was nearly twice Missouri's legal limit at the time of the accident.
Little could face another suspension from the league, which is reviewing the matter under terms of its substance-abuse policy.
The charge of driving while intoxicated normally is a misdemeanor. If convicted of the felony, Little could face up to four years in prison.
Little went to his first Pro Bowl after last season and has played with the Rams for his entire six-year career. He was fifth in the NFL with 12.5 sacks last year despite missing a month with a torn pectoral muscle
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Little pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in an alcohol-related wreck that killed a St. Louis woman in 1998. The latest indictment mirrors charges in a criminal complaint filed against him April 26.
Little was indicted Wednesday on charges of speeding, and as a persistent offender with felony driving while intoxicated. His lawyer, Scott Rosenblum, said Little would plead innocent.
Little was arrested on April 24 after police pulled him over for speeding on an interstate. Police said he had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol, failed three roadside sobriety tests and admitted drinking alcohol.
In the manslaughter case, Little completed a three-month jail sentence, 1,000 hours of community service and four years of probation. He was also suspended without pay for the first half of the 1999 season. Little's blood-alcohol level was nearly twice Missouri's legal limit at the time of the accident.
Little could face another suspension from the league, which is reviewing the matter under terms of its substance-abuse policy.
The charge of driving while intoxicated normally is a misdemeanor. If convicted of the felony, Little could face up to four years in prison.
Little went to his first Pro Bowl after last season and has played with the Rams for his entire six-year career. He was fifth in the NFL with 12.5 sacks last year despite missing a month with a torn pectoral muscle





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