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Dallas police are looking into an alleged nightclub assault involving A Star wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
Dallas — According to police sources, Rashee Rice, a receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, is being investigated for reportedly striking a photographer early on Monday at a Dallas club.
According to sources close to the Dallas police department, witnesses to the purported Monday incident at Lit Kitchen’s address of 609 N. Harwood Street are being questioned by officers.
In relation to his role in a multi-vehicle incident on U.S. 75 in Dallas in late March, Rice turned himself in to authorities last month.
According to documents, Rice turned himself in to the Glenn Heights Police Department and was brought to the DeSoto Jail, where his bond was set at $40,000. This was after Dallas Police indicated that Rice will face charges for his involvement in that crash.
After Rice turned himself in, his lawyer, state senator Royce West, released the following statement: “Mr. Rashee Rice brought himself in today and was freed on bond. I would like to reiterate that Mr. Rice will continue to assist law enforcement. Mr. Rice regrets what he did and expresses his sincere sympathy to everyone who was hurt in the collision. All legal documents must now be reviewed by our legal team.”
Rice, 23, is charged with eight counts in that instance, including one count of aggravated assault, six counts of collision involving bodily injury, and one count of collision causing serious bodily injury, per the warrant. The accusations are all felonies.
A collision resulting in injury is punishable by up to five years of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, up to a year of incarceration in the county jail, a fine of no more than $5,000, or both.
Serious bodily injury collisions are third-degree felonies, punishable by up to two years or more in jail according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. As a second-degree felony, aggravated assault carries a maximum fine of $10,000 and a maximum sentence of two to twenty years in prison.
North Richland Hills in Tarrant County is the hometown of Rice, who attended SMU before being drafted by the Chiefs. Andy Reid, the coach of the Chiefs, said that Rice will take part in the team’s voluntary offseason program beginning earlier this month.
