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Article: Allen serving 10-day jail sentence.(Sports)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 11, 1998
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Washington Redskins running back Terry Allen is serving a 10-day prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to drunken driving and fleeing police in Monroe, Ga., last summer.
After six months of plea bargain negotiations, Allen agreed to serve concurrent 10-day sentences for the July 5, 1997, car chase that ended with Allen crashing his $137,000 F355 Ferrari Spider convertible. In return, charges of driving 133 mph in a 55 mph zone, reckless driving, hitting a fixed object and failure to show proof of insurance were dismissed.
Allen began serving his sentence Thursday in the Monroe County Jail immediately after entering his plea in the Superior Court of ...