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Former NFL player gets 15 years in
DUI crash
AP - Former NFL and Arena Football League player Darion Conner was
sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday for killing a bicyclist while
he was driving drunk.
A jury found Conner guilty last week of DUI-manslaughter and vehicular
homicide, both second-degree felonies.
Witnesses testified they saw the 37-year-old Conner driving his Toyota
Land Cruiser erratically before slamming into Jonathan Michael Conklin
around 1:50 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2004. The collision sent Conklin, 32,
flying about 200 feet through the air, prosecutors said. He died at the
scene.
Investigators who arrived a few minutes later said they found Conner
passed out behind the wheel with alcohol on his breath. His
blood-alcohol level was tested at 0.27 percent, more than three times
the legal limit of 0.08.
Jurors also were shown a video of Conner, who has several previous DUI
convictions, flunking a sobriety test.
Conner spent eight seasons as a defensive lineman in the NFL with the
New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Carolina Panthers
and Philadelphia Eagles. The Jackson State University product spent the
last six years playing for the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football
League.
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