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For Reids, more anguish
After latest driving incident, coach's son sent to jail in weapons case.
By Mari A. Schaefer
Inquirer Staff Writer
It all happened so fast.
Britt Reid was ordered to appear for a drug test and bail hearing so quickly yesterday that he didn't don the suit and tie he usually wears to court.
So the son of Eagles coach Andy Reid was dressed in a black T-shirt, long, gray striped shorts, and flip-flops when sheriff's deputies ordered him to his feet and slapped the cuffs on his wrists.
Reid was in court because a day earlier he was allegedly seen weaving through a parking lot before crashing his truck into a shopping cart. He then failed a sobriety test administered to him by police.
And because Reid was already out on bail awaiting sentencing on a weapons charge from a previous run-in with the law, prosecutors filed a motion to jail him.
"Bail revoked," Montgomery County Court Judge Steven T. O'Neill said as he ordered Reid jailed until his sentencing on the weapons charge that resulted from a road-rage incident in January. No date has been set, but sentencing is expected within weeks.
As he was led out of the courtroom yesterday, Reid, 22, of Villanova, gave a bitter smile to his attorney, William J. Winning. Reid sat alone in the backseat of a sheriff's car as he was taken to the Montgomery County Prison in Eagleville.
"It's a disappointing day for Andy Reid and his family," Winning said as he left the hearing. Neither of Britt Reid's parents was in court.
Winning said he and fellow defense attorney Ross Weiss were "surprised by the events of yesterday and today."
Reid was taken into custody after a clerk at Dick's Sporting Goods in Plymouth Township got the impression that he was too impaired to drive and called police.
Police allege Reid "nearly struck a sports utility vehicle, drove over a curb into a landscaped island area, and then struck a shopping cart pinning it to the island," according to court papers.
As he exited his black pickup truck, Reid "stumbled, was lethargic in his speech and appeared to be impaired."
When they searched Reid, police said, they found two plastic containers containing a total of 33 pills.
Reid has prescriptions for most of the drugs found, according to court documents.
However, the judge noted one of the drugs was Vicodin - an opiate. Court documents said Reid was not known to have a prescription for any drug containing opiates. Reid also had in his possession Buprenorphine, a detoxification agent for opiates. O'Neill said "no doctor" would prescribe both drugs to the same individual.
Reid's automobile trip for sporting goods was another violation of his bail, O'Neill ruled, because Reid had been ordered not to drive except to and from his classes at Montgomery County Community College.
"He drove and he had drugs," said Senior Deputy Attorney General Patrick J. Blessington.
No new charges have been filed in connection with the parking-lot incident. Reid was taken to Mercy Suburban Hospital that day for drug and alcohol blood tests, and the results, expected next week, will determine what, if any, charges are filed.
The second blood test, ordered yesterday, was connected to his bail hearing. Results were not immediately available.
Also yesterday, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. executed a sealed search warrant on Reid's truck.
Without providing any details, O'Neill said the items found in the truck were "extremely relevant" to the bail decision. "What was in that car was serious business."
In the January incident, Reid was accused of flashing a handgun at another driver in West Conshohocken. Officers later discovered small amounts of marijuana and cocaine in his vehicle.
The same day, Reid's older brother, Garrett, 24, was involved in a traffic accident in Plymouth Township. He pleaded guilty July 26 to drug and traffic charges and also awaits sentencing.
The road-rage case is being prosecuted by the state because one of Reid's attorneys is involved in Castor's campaign for county commissioner.
Because the investigation is still under way in the incident from Thursday, and no formal charges have been filed, Castor is still involved.
"It is an usual situation to have two prosecuting agencies for the same defendant," Castor said. "I'm charged with supervising the new circumstances."
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After latest driving incident, coach's son sent to jail in weapons case.
By Mari A. Schaefer
Inquirer Staff Writer
It all happened so fast.
Britt Reid was ordered to appear for a drug test and bail hearing so quickly yesterday that he didn't don the suit and tie he usually wears to court.
So the son of Eagles coach Andy Reid was dressed in a black T-shirt, long, gray striped shorts, and flip-flops when sheriff's deputies ordered him to his feet and slapped the cuffs on his wrists.
Reid was in court because a day earlier he was allegedly seen weaving through a parking lot before crashing his truck into a shopping cart. He then failed a sobriety test administered to him by police.
And because Reid was already out on bail awaiting sentencing on a weapons charge from a previous run-in with the law, prosecutors filed a motion to jail him.
"Bail revoked," Montgomery County Court Judge Steven T. O'Neill said as he ordered Reid jailed until his sentencing on the weapons charge that resulted from a road-rage incident in January. No date has been set, but sentencing is expected within weeks.
As he was led out of the courtroom yesterday, Reid, 22, of Villanova, gave a bitter smile to his attorney, William J. Winning. Reid sat alone in the backseat of a sheriff's car as he was taken to the Montgomery County Prison in Eagleville.
"It's a disappointing day for Andy Reid and his family," Winning said as he left the hearing. Neither of Britt Reid's parents was in court.
Winning said he and fellow defense attorney Ross Weiss were "surprised by the events of yesterday and today."
Reid was taken into custody after a clerk at Dick's Sporting Goods in Plymouth Township got the impression that he was too impaired to drive and called police.
Police allege Reid "nearly struck a sports utility vehicle, drove over a curb into a landscaped island area, and then struck a shopping cart pinning it to the island," according to court papers.
As he exited his black pickup truck, Reid "stumbled, was lethargic in his speech and appeared to be impaired."
When they searched Reid, police said, they found two plastic containers containing a total of 33 pills.
Reid has prescriptions for most of the drugs found, according to court documents.
However, the judge noted one of the drugs was Vicodin - an opiate. Court documents said Reid was not known to have a prescription for any drug containing opiates. Reid also had in his possession Buprenorphine, a detoxification agent for opiates. O'Neill said "no doctor" would prescribe both drugs to the same individual.
Reid's automobile trip for sporting goods was another violation of his bail, O'Neill ruled, because Reid had been ordered not to drive except to and from his classes at Montgomery County Community College.
"He drove and he had drugs," said Senior Deputy Attorney General Patrick J. Blessington.
No new charges have been filed in connection with the parking-lot incident. Reid was taken to Mercy Suburban Hospital that day for drug and alcohol blood tests, and the results, expected next week, will determine what, if any, charges are filed.
The second blood test, ordered yesterday, was connected to his bail hearing. Results were not immediately available.
Also yesterday, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. executed a sealed search warrant on Reid's truck.
Without providing any details, O'Neill said the items found in the truck were "extremely relevant" to the bail decision. "What was in that car was serious business."
In the January incident, Reid was accused of flashing a handgun at another driver in West Conshohocken. Officers later discovered small amounts of marijuana and cocaine in his vehicle.
The same day, Reid's older brother, Garrett, 24, was involved in a traffic accident in Plymouth Township. He pleaded guilty July 26 to drug and traffic charges and also awaits sentencing.
The road-rage case is being prosecuted by the state because one of Reid's attorneys is involved in Castor's campaign for county commissioner.
Because the investigation is still under way in the incident from Thursday, and no formal charges have been filed, Castor is still involved.
"It is an usual situation to have two prosecuting agencies for the same defendant," Castor said. "I'm charged with supervising the new circumstances."
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