Former UA football player gets more prison time
Friday, July 9, 2010
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Arkansas football player serving time in Texas over a drug case has been sentenced to an additional 15 years after pleading guilty to a deadly drunken-driving crash.
State District Judge Louis Sturns on Thursday ordered 27-year-old Mark Charles Pierce to serve his latest term concurrently with an eight-year prison sentence he is now serving for a 2006 drug conviction.
Pierce told the court he suffered a head injury and doesn’t remember much about the 2008 two-vehicle crash that killed Lance Shetler of Burleson.
Pierce went to prison after a Parker County judge revoked his probation when he refused a blood test following the December 2008 accident.
The ex-Weatherford High School standout played fullback for Arkansas, before departing prior to his senior year.
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oink2u2 says...
What a tragedy and waste.
July 9, 2010 at 2:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dwp007 says...
In Texas, Mark could easily have gotten 20 years on an Intoxication Manslaughter conviction. I don’t think he has been right since the unexpected death of his father. Sad, sad, story. Prayers go out to all.
July 9, 2010 at 6:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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