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| 4th July, 2006 - 5:03 pm |  ESPN.com - Green Bay rookie Cory Rodgers, whose potential impressed the Packers in spring practices, has reached a plea agreement with Tarrant County (Texas) prosecutors on gun-related charges spawned by a May incident outside a Forth Worth nightclub.
Under the deferred adjudication agreement, Rodgers was sentenced to 15 months of probation for unlawfully carrying a firearm. He also received a $500 fine and must perform 80 hours of community service.
Provided that Rodgers completes the terms of his probation without further incident, the case will be dismissed and the conviction expunged from his record.
But by pleading guilty to lesser charges, prosecutors agreed not to pursue a more serious charge of firing a weapon when Rodgers pleaded to the misdemeanor charge of carrying a firearm, the WR could still be subject to NFL discipline. The league's personal conduct policy stipulates that, even when a player pleads to a lesser charge, he can be sanctioned. [READ] |
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