Chicago Bears Lance Briggs pleads guilty to leaving scene
Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs pleaded guilty yesterday to leaving the scene of an accident today in Skokie. As I told you back in August, Lance’s brand-new Lamborghini Murcielago, valued at over $300,000, was found at the side of a highway in Chicago, badly damaged.
In exchange for his guilty plea, Lance received one year supervision, 15 days of community service and a $485 fine. A sentence of supervision is sort of like “probation-lite” in that if he completes the year supervision without incident, it will not be considered a conviction. As part of his community service, Lance will have to teach school children about safe driving habits. Hopefully Lance will be able to keep on the straight and narrow and will not become a problem player like the Bears had in Tank Johnson.
The judge gave that specific community service because of the fact the children look up to Lance because he is an NFL player. Hopefuly Lance will receive a pamphlet or something to help him with the teaching, because obviously safe driving is not his strong suit. Lance does have a lot of experience working with children with his foundation, Briggs 4 Kidz.
It was probably a good idea for Lance to plead guilty and get this behind him. The Chicago Bears have gotten off to a rough start this season, in large part to the tremendous amount of injuries on the defense, including Lance. He did not practice again this week due to a hamstring injury and did not play in the last game against the Lions.
The Bears play the undefeated Green Bay Packers this Sunday night in Green Bay.
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